LAST


Meaning of LAST in English

I.

verb

ADVERB

▪ long

Your car will ~ longer if you take care of it.

▪ well

Even when cut, the flowers ~ very well.

▪ forever , indefinitely

Nothing ~s forever.

With care, the vines will ~ indefinitely.

▪ rarely

This type of happiness rarely ~s.

▪ never

Happiness never ~s.

VERB + LAST

▪ can

The storm could ~ quite a long time.

The good weather couldn't ~.

▪ will

The kids are all very enthusiastic, but it won't ~.

▪ be likely to , be sure to

a bruise that was sure to ~ for days

▪ be unlikely to

I always thought his popularity was unlikely to ~.

▪ be expected to

▪ seem to

The flight seemed to ~ forever.

▪ be built to , be made to

This house was built to ~.

PREPOSITION

▪ for

The war ~ed for three years.

▪ into

The celebrations ~ed well into the next week.

▪ through

The effort began in November and ~ed through February. ( AmE )

She hoped they had enough firewood to ~ through the night. ( BrE )

▪ until

The trial is expected to ~ until the end of the week.

PHRASES

▪ while sth ~s

Interest rates are at their lowest level for a decade. I suggest you enjoy it while it ~s.

Last is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑ beauty , ↑ bulb , ↑ career , ↑ ceasefire , ↑ effect , ↑ kiss , ↑ marriage , ↑ period , ↑ relationship , ↑ session , ↑ siege , ↑ stock , ↑ storm , ↑ strike , ↑ supply , ↑ truce , ↑ war

Last is used with these nouns as the object: ↑ hour , ↑ lifetime , ↑ minute , ↑ moment

II.

adj.

Last is used with these nouns: ↑ act , ↑ appearance , ↑ autumn , ↑ bend , ↑ birthday , ↑ boyfriend , ↑ bus , ↑ call , ↑ century , ↑ chance , ↑ chapter , ↑ check , ↑ dance , ↑ decade , ↑ effort , ↑ election , ↑ encounter , ↑ episode , ↑ fall , ↑ farewell , ↑ favour , ↑ flicker , ↑ fling , ↑ fortnight , ↑ frontier , ↑ frost , ↑ generation , ↑ girlfriend , ↑ glimpse , ↑ half , ↑ haul , ↑ hope , ↑ hurdle , ↑ illness , ↑ incarnation , ↑ instalment , ↑ kiss , ↑ lap , ↑ leg , ↑ minute , ↑ moment , ↑ month , ↑ mouthful , ↑ movement , ↑ name , ↑ night , ↑ order , ↑ page , ↑ part , ↑ phase , ↑ post , ↑ posting , ↑ quarter , ↑ ray , ↑ recording , ↑ refuge , ↑ relic , ↑ remnant , ↑ request , ↑ reserve , ↑ round , ↑ salute , ↑ scene , ↑ scrap , ↑ semester , ↑ session , ↑ shred , ↑ sip , ↑ spring , ↑ stage , ↑ stand , ↑ step , ↑ summer , ↑ survivor , ↑ syllable , ↑ thing , ↑ third , ↑ time , ↑ train , ↑ vestige , ↑ visit , ↑ voyage , ↑ warning , ↑ week , ↑ weekend , ↑ wilderness , ↑ winter , ↑ wish , ↑ word , ↑ year

Oxford Collocations English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь словосочетаний .