I.
noun
ADJECTIVE
▪ confused
▪ dense , thick
▪
a dense ~ of undergrowth
▪ complex , vast
▪
a complex ~ of loyalties
▪ legal
… OF TANGLES
▪ mass ( esp. AmE )
▪
her hair was a mass of ~s
VERB + TANGLE
▪ get in/into
▪
He got into a ~ with his budget figures.
▪ sort out ( esp. BrE ), unravel
▪
The legal ~ was never really unravelled/unraveled.
▪ brush out , remove
▪
She brushed the ~s out of her hair.
▪ run your fingers through
▪
She ran her fingers through the ~s in her hair.
▪ fight (your way) through , pick (your way) through , work (your way) through
▪
I had to pick my way through the ~ of bodies.
PREPOSITION
▪ in a ~
▪
This string's in a ~.
▪ ~ of
▪
a ~ of wires
II.
verb
Tangle is used with these nouns as the object: ↑ leg