noun
ADJECTIVE
▪ last , past
▪ previous
▪ coming , following , next
▪ consecutive , successive
▪
They won 1–0 for the fourth consecutive ~.
▪ entire , full , whole
▪
It's the first time I've done a full week's work since the accident.
▪ work ( esp. AmE ) (usually workweek in AmE ) , working ( esp. BrE )
▪
a reduction in the working ~/workweek
▪ busy , hard , tough
▪ long
▪
It's been a long ~ and I'm very tired.
▪ short
▪
This is a short ~ because of the public holiday.
▪
In just a few short ~s we'll be going home.
▪ quiet
▪
It's been a very quiet ~ for me.
▪ 3-day , 40-hour , etc.
▪
He earns enough money to work a four-day ~.
VERB + WEEK
▪ spend
▪
We spent two ~s in Mexico last summer.
▪ take
▪ enter
▪
The strike has entered its second ~.
WEEK + VERB
▪ elapse , go by , pass
▪
The ~ passed very slowly.
▪ drag
PREPOSITION
▪ by the ~
▪
They're paid by the ~.
▪ during the ~
▪
I go out most weekends, but rarely during the ~.
▪ for a ~
▪
I haven't seen him for ~s.
▪ in a ~
▪
We'll be back in a ~.
▪ in ~s
▪
It hasn't rained in ~s.
▪ over a ~ , under a ~
▪
It's over a ~ since she called me.
▪ per ~
▪
How much do you earn per ~?
▪ within a/the ~
▪
I'll have the report finished within the next couple of ~s.
PHRASES
▪ a day of the ~
▪
Which day of the ~ was it?
▪ twice, two days, etc. a ~
▪
She works three days a ~.