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An example use of tack in a speech by a native speaker of british english:
“… the fish and then tack there's hot …”
Tack is a type of small nail that is used to keep objects together.
the word tack occurs in english on average 5.3 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.
it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that tack can be often used in the following areas:
1) business and work;
2) transport and travel;