I. determiner
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a final/last attempt
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They made one final attempt to make their marriage work.
a lasting benefit
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These plans are likely to result in lasting benefit to the whole of our district.
a lasting friendship
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This began a lasting friendship between the two women.
a lasting impact (= one that lasts for a long time )
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The arrival of the railways made a lasting impact on many sectors of the economy.
a lasting impression (= one that someone remembers for a long time )
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Sam’s performance had clearly made a lasting impression on the audience.
a lasting influence (= continuing for a long time )
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His travels in Africa had a lasting influence on his work.
a lasting/permanent peace
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He has the chance to forge a lasting peace with the Palestinians.
an abiding/enduring/lasting memory (= that you will always have )
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The children's abiding memory of their father is of his patience and gentleness.
an effect lasts (= continues )
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The effect of the drug lasts about six hours.
come first/last etc in a race ( also finish first/last etc in a race )
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She came third in the race.
down to...last penny
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She’s down to her last penny .
every last drop/bit/scrap etc (= all of something, including even the smallest amount of it )
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They made us pick up every last scrap of paper.
first and last (= it was the only mountain I ever climbed )
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The first and last mountain I climbed was Mount Rundle .
first/last on a list
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Your name will be first on my list.
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Why am I always last on the list?
first/second/last post (= the first, second, or last collection or delivery of letters each day )
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The last post is at 5.30.
give...the last rites
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A priest came to give him the last rites .
last bastions
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These clubs are the last bastions of male privilege.
last call
last (for) an hour
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The meeting lasted almost two hours.
last forever
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I wanted that moment to last forever .
last Friday
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I had a terrible time last Friday.
last heard of (= he was in Washington the last time someone had information about him )
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He was last heard of in Washington .
last hurrah
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He’s made it clear that this Olympics, his third, will be his last hurrah.
last judgment
last lap...journey
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The last lap of their journey was by ship.
last Monday
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Kelly arrived last Monday.
last month
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The new restaurant opened last month.
last name
last night
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It rained last night.
last orders
last post
last rites
last Saturday
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I saw Sally last Saturday at the mall.
last Sunday
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It was our wedding anniversary last Sunday.
last Thursday
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He was arrested last Thursday.
last Tuesday
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It was my birthday last Tuesday.
last Wednesday
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They left last Wednesday.
last week
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Last week, my washing machine broke down.
last weekend
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We were in Glasgow last weekend.
last year
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Last year we spent a lot on the house.
last/current/coming/next fiscal year
lasting fame (= being famous for a long time )
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Diderot gained lasting fame as the editor of the French Encyclopaedia.
lasting happiness (= happiness that continues )
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Leonie had found a lasting happiness in her relationship with Jim.
lasting value (= that will be important or useful for a long time )
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He wanted to achieve something of lasting value.
lasting/permanent harm
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The injury caused him discomfort but no lasting harm.
last/next summer
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He visited Brittany last summer.
last...throw of the dice
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a last desperate throw of the dice to try and win his wife back
leave sth until the last minute/until last
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If you leave your preparation until the last minute , you’ll reduce your chances of passing.
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I left the best bit until last.
leave sth until the last minute/until last
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If you leave your preparation until the last minute , you’ll reduce your chances of passing.
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I left the best bit until last.
next/last April
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I’m going to Cuba next April.
next/last August
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I was there last August.
next/last December
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Last December they visited Prague.
next/last February
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Mum died last February.
next/last January
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I haven’t heard from him since last January.
next/last July
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Laura came over to England last July.
next/last June
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I finished school last June.
next/last March
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She started work here last March.
next/last May
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She started work here last May.
next/last November
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He started work here last November.
next/last October
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We moved in last October.
next/last September
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I haven’t heard from him since last September.
one final/last point
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There is one final point I would like to make.
only yesterday/last week/recently
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‘When did you email her?’ ‘Only yesterday.’
permanent/lasting memorial
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An appeal has been launched to build a lasting memorial to the composer.
sb's first/second/last etc appearance
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This is the band's last appearance in the UK before a 46-date tour of Europe.
sb's last will and testament formal (= sb's will )
sb’s last chance
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This is my last chance to try and pass the exam.
sb’s last/final resting place (= the place where someone is buried )
sb’s last/final/dying wish
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Her last wish was to be buried in her husband’s grave.
the first/last day of term
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On the last day of term we went home early.
the last vestiges
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The new law removed the last vestiges of royal power.
the last/final chapter
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The final chapter summarizes the themes in the book.
the last/final part
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We had reached the last part of our journey.
the last/latter half
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He struggled with ill health in the latter half of his life.
the last/latter/closing years of sth
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He changed his opinion during the last years of his life.
the last/next century
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The boats were built in the last century.
the last/next few
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The office has been closed for the last few days.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
at the last count
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At the last count , only 18 Japanese firms were making car parts in America.
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There are a lot of professional athletes living in the Orlando area -- more than 100 at last count .
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Apart from Summerchild and a clerical assistant, the Unit at the last count still consisted of one single member, Serafin herself.
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I have, at the last count , 19 separate applications under consideration by 12 separate funding bodies.
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It has now become a challenge to find new varieties of herb - at the last count there were just over 130.
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More than 200, in fact, at the last count .
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My sister Mahaud, at the last count , had more admirers than there are Elks.
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The total world population was put at 190 at the last count .
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They have been joined by a growing group of people denied entry, 198 at the last count .
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Yet at the last count there were six oil-rich states bordering the Gulf.
be down to your last pound/dollar/litre etc
be sb's last/only/best hope
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Advocates just seem to take it on faith that annexation is the only hope of salvation for this city.
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But mad or not, you are my only hope , Meg.
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But Thomas Sachs was now her only hope .
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I expected to be disappointed, though the letter was now my only hope .
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In the long term, Mr Heseltine said that privatisation was the only hope for the industry.
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Is he only hoping to make money?
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Robert Urquhart was her only hope , her only ally.
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That was the only hope I had of reaching the doctor.
be the last thing on sb's mind
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Marriage is the last thing on my mind right now.
breathe your last (breath)
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Five hours more and she'd breathe her last and never know them.
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In the blue light of the morning he breathed his last.
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Large-scale, publicly-owned enterprises will breathe their last gasp and wither away well before the state which spawned them.
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Millions who were dangerously ill or breathing their last.
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The moment Carey was confident that Elizabeth had breathed her last he was in the saddle, racing for the Border.
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When it looked as though he was breathing his last, Beria's face shone with delight.
every (last) ounce of courage/energy/strength etc
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It had taken every ounce of courage she possessed to board the aircraft after her last experience.
famous last words
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So he said, with those famous last words, "Don't worry, everything will be fine."
first and last
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And a system whose first and last resort was all too often expediency.
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At Banff I climbed my first and last mountain - Mount Rundle.
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For the first and last time in her life, Amelia was too preoccupied to interact with her peers.
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I sat back and treated myself to a cigarette, determined to make it the first and last of the day.
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Instead of pressing the spacebar anywhere between the first and last characters of the text, press the Home spacebar.
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It was the first and last time that management capitulated in the face of a departing mortgage trader.
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She wrote that she was dying of a fever, and asked him to visit her for the first and last time.
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These records included the first and last dates of all absences and the reason for absence.
have the last laugh
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Boy did he have the last laugh .
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Holding a rolling pin and determined to have the last laugh .
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Yet women drivers have the last laugh .
in the final/last analysis
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In the final analysis Stalin was just as much a dictator as Hitler.
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In the final analysis , the project was a failure.
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The responsibility for the accident must, in the last analysis , rest with the captain.
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And, in the final analysis , are they any good?
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But in the final analysis it had been he who wanted out.
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But in the final analysis , these are just details.
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It should also comfort to recognize that, in the final analysis , these sums are operating to purify decision-making.
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That, in the final analysis , is what organizational control is all about.
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The pressures driving research evaluation are, in the final analysis , political.
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The shift of leadership to John Smith may seem temporarily convincing, but it is in the last analysis cosmetic.
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The Trotskyist movement could benefit only in the final analysis and in the long range.
last rites
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Both were given last rites before being taken into the operating room.
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But they can not perform Catholic sacramental duties, such as hearing confession, offering Communion or giving last rites .
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It might as well have been the last rites .
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So he did what he has become accustomed to doing - gave the last rites .
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The Steelers were one Hail Mary away from last rites .
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They will have nothing to do with Catholic baptisms, marriages, or last rites .
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When a priest arrived to administer the last rites , Mansell sent him away.
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Your marriage has got off to an unfortunate start but it doesn't warrant the last rites just yet.
last thing
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It was the last thing he ever saw.
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Nobody can get to that last thing .
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Right now the last thing she wanted was to have them say it to her.
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The last thing Ardamal heard as he raced down the corridor was the tinkle of metal parts hitting the floor.
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The last thing I will be is a high-wire walker.
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This is the last thing President Mikhail Gorbachev needs, as he tries to contain a staggering economic crisis.
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When you have a chance to shoot 59, the last thing you want to do is leave it short.
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With household costs inevitably rising, the last thing he wants is a larger mortgage than he can reasonably afford.
last thing at night
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Lock the doors and turn off the lights last thing at night .
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The soldiers are supposed to polish their shoes last thing at night .
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Empty ashtrays last thing at night , and don't smoke in bed.
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It's the first thing I look at when I wake up, the last thing at night .
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It was after dark; the last thing at night .
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Of course, only in moderate quantities, and generally to be taken last thing at night .
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The only times my father could be found in his room were first thing in the morning and last thing at night .
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The rosary last thing at night .
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This can be carried out last thing at night , once the puppy has been outside to relieve itself.
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Why not set a few moments aside first thing in the morning and last thing at night ?
last/final resort
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Great power status was in the last resort the ability to wage war.
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In buildings of more than two storeys, wait for the fire brigade, and jump only as a last resort .
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Lithium was to be a last resort , and it looked as if she needed some in October.
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Only in the last resort , under careful international policing and after all other attempts at persuasion have been exhausted.
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That was a last resort , they said.
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The guidance emphasises that restraint should be used as a last resort within a caring and disciplined home environment.
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They also want to use public community service jobs as a last resort , something Wilson strongly opposes.
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Who is the lender of last resort stopping financial panics and capital outflows from bringing the system down?
not hear the last of sb
pay your last respects (to sb)
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At the graveside, a volley of shots ... before a Hercules flew overhead to pay its last respects .
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Many thousands paid their last respects to Dubcek at his funeral in Bratislava on Nov. 15.
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The Krays, Richardsons, and many more villains had come to pay their last respects .
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This was quite a normal thing at that time and neighbours would call to pay their last respects .
sb's/sth's last gasp
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This cold spell appears to be winter's last gasp for the year.
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But it also was the last gasp for a team on the slide.
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Large-scale, publicly-owned enterprises will breathe their last gasp and wither away well before the state which spawned them.
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Sometimes even negative change is interpreted as merely the last gasp of the resistant old order.
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That is the way to add people on their last gasp to the repossessed list, not reduce it.
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This is the last gasp of the Romantic revolution that Beethoven instigated.
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Whether it is a rebirth or a last gasp remains to be seen.
see the last of sb/sth
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I hope we've seen the last of Tina Hughes' stupid boyfriend!
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All she did know was that she hadn't seen the last of him by a long chalk!
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At the end of the ceremony, they would see the last of the candidates step into the silvery baptismal pool.
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But still the house of Eli has not seen the last of it.
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Hadn't she thought she'd seen the last of Rourke Deveraugh?
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History is full of such isms, and we have hardly seen the last of them.
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It was a relief to see the last of them.
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We haven't seen the last of Bonnie.
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We may not have seen the last of this controversy.
the last but one/the next but two etc
the last judgment
the last minute
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And with so many players rushing into the market at the last minute , prices soared.
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As expected, Rachel canceled at the last minute .
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At the last minute a sense of something unsaid made her hurry after him.
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At the last minute the parent would abandon its charade and fly off to safety.
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At the last minute , McCain was relegated to the Oval Office.
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Not all were satisfied that the last minute restrictions were necessary.
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Work is still going on in fitting out a new store right up to the last minute .
the last moment
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At the last moment he saw an apple lying on the dresser and put it in his pocket.
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At the last moment , I looked up at the sky.
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But at the last moment courage failed them.
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I took the can carefully away at the last moment .
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I was hoping to hit him, but he dove clear at the last moment .
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In Madrid Casado triumphed and at the last moment Communist power was broken.
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We keep getting ready to go to oh all sorts of places - but at the last moment something always comes up.
the last post
the last rites
the last straw
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Making me work late on a Friday was the last straw !
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Suzy lying to me about the money was the last straw .
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And they felt that the pressures of her work had been the last straw .
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For some reason that Jinny did not quite understand, it was the last straw .
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For some, the effort to silence Zundel was the last straw .
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His electoral thefts were the last straw .
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Mr Brown said the planned charges were the last straw for customers already angry over banks' high-handed attitude.
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My getting this malignancy is the last straw , in her opinion.
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Recruitment of 40 top staff was the last straw .
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Sending in bailiffs was the last straw .
the last thing sb wants/expects/needs etc
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I like going to bed with her when going to bed with me is the last thing she wants.
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To be slipshod is to be hounded, which is the last thing he wants.
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With household costs inevitably rising, the last thing he wants is a larger mortgage than he can reasonably afford.
the last/final word
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The final word rests with the board.
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But the final word must be reserved for the destructive, disruptive role played by George Bush's administration.
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But the project belonged ultimately to the pupils and they should have the last words .
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By no means has the last word been written on the quantum Hall effect.
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Dana was opinionated and liked to have the last word in an argument.
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He had learned to let Leah have the last word .
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Intimacy is probably the last word anyone would use in connection with the Coliseum.
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Let that be the last word .
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So they do; but that is not the last word , only the first.
the next to last
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Stewart was assured of the championship in the next to last race of the year.
the/your last penny
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They took everything she had, down to the last penny .
to a man/to the last man
too good to be true/to last
with your last/dying breath
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With his last breath , he told me he would always love me.
II. adverb
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Connect the red wires first and the black ones last .
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I'm saving that chocolate for last .
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I do all our dishes, and leave the dog's dish till last .
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I was told I'll be speaking last .
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The teacher called out my name last .
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When I saw her last , she was pregnant.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Despite experiencing tiredness and illness at times, she can't remember when she last took time off work.
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Isetan shares were last offered at 1, 620 yen, down 1. 8 percent from its closing price yesterday.
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Josie came out of the school almost last .
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Oakland and the New York Mets last did it in 1973.
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Yet there was a change in his lad since he had last seen him.
III. noun
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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At a press conference, Wiltshire Police revealed that Mrs Campbell had last been seen alive a week ago.
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But I figured the jeans wouldn't last long.
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Each one was hurrying to avoid being last .
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It's good to see their interests being looked after at long last .
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It was last to start and at this rate, will probably be last to finish.
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Mr Evan's rages were noisy while they lasted but they didn't last long.
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Only the leaders were mounted, and even that would not last long, although there were horse-boys behind with replacements.
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She had been last noticed at the wheel of the car when the Josephs arrived there.
IV. verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
about
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They were easy interviews and lasted about ten minutes.
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He gave only one kind of sound, a grating, even-toned grunt that lasted about one second.
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The journey lasts about twenty five minutes.
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Such cycles last about 100 years and have consisted of three phases, each about a generation long.
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This would last about 2-3 weeks, during which time I asked the family to make great efforts with the treatment plan.
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At the outset of the campaign, allied spokesmen suggested the air-only phase was expected to last about ten days.
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It lasts about 45 minutes, and is not usually Communion.
for
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Depending on use, these will last for between 60 and 90 minutes of continuous operation.
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It can thus invest on the assumption that the contract will not last for merely a year.
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Its 3.3V design enables the battery to last for approximately eight hours.
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We used Forest palisade poles, which are pressure-treated with preservative and guaranteed to last for at least fifteen years.
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Furthermore, because projects can last for up to four months, an upturn could take time to emerge.
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Hibernation lasts for between four and five months, from October until March or a little later in the north of Britain.
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In fact the affair - if that's what it ever came to - lasted for only twenty days.
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This arrangement appears to have lasted for around a century.
for ever
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Like their love, it would last forever .
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This atmosphere can perhaps last for some time, but it will not last forever .
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The stench of the skunk seems to last forever .
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Success is not going to last forever .
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At the moment they think being with their parents is absolutely wonderful and that's not going to last forever .
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When you bought that new computer a couple of years ago, you probably thought its 500-megabyte hard disk would last forever .
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I want this voyage to last forever .
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At the top of the bell-shaped curve, you feel as if your success will last forever .
long
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The contest did not last long , but nearly 1500 were killed and wounded...
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The ambiguity lasted long after Willie died.
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When they did, walkouts never lasted long .
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You don't last long in a job if you start killing people.
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It was decomposing fast, of course, bodies don't last long in the sea, especially in this weather.
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This didn't last long , however, as one customer thought it was there to be consumed!
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The tequila didn't last long .
longer
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Eddie Gray was a great player too and lasted longer than Best.
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One town that has lasted longer than most is Bisbee.
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I do go for designer clothes most of the time, because they last longer and are a far better quality.
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Making these uses less energy, and they last longer than the cast iron drains and sewers they replace.
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He noted, in passing, that he had lasted longer than Texas Sen.
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Blanche wished her patience had lasted longer but she shrugged stoically.
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The flowers will last longer in the cooler air, too.
■ NOUN
century
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They stayed on in Constantinople and became the nucleus of the Varangian Guard, which lasted for many centuries .
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They lasted more than a century and still determine much of national life.
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Some of this can be 1,000 times more radioactive than low-level waste, and its activity will last centuries rather than decades.
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Instead, heavy trade restrictions were levied, driving the young country into a period of isolation that lasted over a century .
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This arrangement appears to have lasted for around a century .
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Plenty of mysteries have lasted for centuries and finally yielded to explanation.
course
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He had even tried to stop drinking a couple of times for me, though of course it never lasted .
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The course lasts for two years and is a combination of taught lectures, tutorials and practical experience.
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Those with a professional approach have provided structured courses for church musicians lasting a year or more.
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This course lasts for the equivalent of three terms, and has two distinct parts.
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The Lyons course was scheduled to last four years, but few pupils stayed much more than a year.
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The full course last from January to November 1993, but it is made up of six separate units.
day
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They were able to reflect that their wanderings at sea had lasted precisely forty days and forty nights.
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The meeting lasted two days and the competitors were billeted out in the homes of local schoolchildren.
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The initial period lasts for 20 working days .
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If the engagement lasts several days , like this festival, the first half drags.
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At first his visit was intended to last only a few days .
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The symptoms of flu may last several days , usually starting with a high temperature often with a headache.
days
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A similar Flosse-Vernaudon coalition in 1982 had lasted only 110 days .
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Because of this search, the Mysteries last nine days , with a torchlit procession during the middle night.
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The sergeant has denied assault, in a trial that's expected to last five days .
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The moratorium would last 45 days but could be extended for up to two years.
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In a bad season there may be one or two breaks in the wind pattern lasting four to seven days .
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Normally, a stand down would last three days or so.
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The initial period lasts for 20 working days .
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Their conversations lasted seventeen days and ended in zero.
decade
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Some of this can be 1,000 times more radioactive than low-level waste, and its activity will last centuries rather than decades .
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It was a life that would last for a decade , and die with the war.
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Many of these lakes last for decades if not centuries and are used by several generations of beavers.
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Passage of the 1994 law came after a bitter fight that lasted nearly a decade .
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The move, condemned by the International Labour Organization, led to a dispute which lasted through the decade .
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What does it mean to say that a marriage which may have lasted decades was never valid?
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Thus began a rich collaboration between the two that has lasted nearly five decades .
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Give it six years and it should enter a terrific mature period that should last at least a decade .
hour
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He was speaking after a meeting with Sir Patrick Mayhew which lasted more than an hour .
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Rush hour lasts half an hour, and bicycles remain a realistic form of transportation.
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More than 100 people attended the seminar, which was mean to last one-and-half hours but continued for three!
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Then, the evening emergence lasts half an hour .
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The visit lasted over an hour during which time Neil Kinnock experienced at first hand what carpet manufacturing was all about.
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I thought it would last about half an hour .
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The meeting lasted almost two hours .
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There are guided tours lasting approximately an hour round the Town Hall.
hours
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Helpers approaching have sometimes been bitten or attacked wildly in the delirium that follows and which may last as long as twelve tormented hours .
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These divagations last several hours , and at no point does Blue have the sense that Black is walking to any purpose.
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When such dinners can last for hours , a well-upholstered seat is essential.
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The dreamlike flight lasted four hours .
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Over 100 interviews were carried out, lasting some 170 hours in all, as well as several shorter, informal conversations.
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She tried again the next day at a lower pump pressure and lasted two hours and fifteen minutes.
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Our sense of achievement lasted the few hours until we collected the kids.
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The movie lasts almost three hours and the two stars spend around 10 minutes together.
journey
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The journey on the ferry lasted just half an hour.
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The journey lasts about twenty five minutes.
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The train journey lasted all day, and it was dark when they arrived at the station.
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The caravan journey lasted no more than a mile.
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The journey was meant to last three hours, but the train always left at least an hour late.
lifetime
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Good looks can last your lifetime !
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The second benefit is long lasting; in fact, it lasts a lifetime .
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We've had enough of fair-haired people here to last us a lifetime !
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Grief following any death can last a lifetime .
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Eating smoked salmon while talking to Johnny Prescott had seemed to last a lifetime .
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Indeed, the overwhelming fascination of men with female youth argues that pair bonds have lasted lifetimes .
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In a single sentence, Pope John provided the Council with a method and commentators with material that could last a lifetime .
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Properly cared for, however, they can last a lifetime , even become heirlooms.
minute
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No song lasted more than three minutes , and after each the carrot-haired kid cursed us to death.
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The seizure usually lasts about 1 minute and is typically followed by a brief period of confusion.
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The trial of the 22-year-old player lasted 45 minutes .
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It lasted only a minute and stopped.
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Not for the first time this season, he was lucky to last 90 minutes .
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The obligatory standing ovation when he first entered the game against the Golden State Warriors lasted less than a minute .
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Begin increasing training intensity as soon as you can last the 20 minutes .
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This stalemate lasted an excruciating minute until Ray sat down.
minutes
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A test session lasting 30 minutes or more is not unusual.
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A 6-3 third set lasted only 26 perfunctory minutes .
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I try and believe in important things and they don't last for five minutes .
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Each pre-shift meeting should last 20 minutes , not two or three, and emphasize selling strategies.
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His opening statement to the commission was a rambling affair lasting 75 minutes .
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It lasted about 20 minutes , time only for a few film clips.
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The whole proceedings lasted only twenty-three minutes and assurances were given that the House would be kept informed.
month
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For £14.50 you can buy a season ticket to last four months .
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It was Desmond who put me on the game - that lasted for a few months , then I got fed up with it.
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A truce of sorts lasted until a month ago when the Gabrielsens revoked the agreement, their legal right under its provisions.
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It is expected to last two months with a break between June 19 and July 7.
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It would last for another six months , but by the time it ended, intimate revue was finally dead.
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He did not last six months .
months
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His longest relationship had lasted three months , and he had few friends.
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It lasted a nerve-racking eight months .
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The condition can last for months , but it goes away completely in time.
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Holiness aside, he was ill-suited for the papal office; he lasted five months in the Vatican.
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For £40.00 you can buy a season ticket to last 12 months .
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It was Desmond who put me on the game - that lasted for a few months , then I got fed up with it.
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Such a suspension can last for months or years.
night
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Oliver Ingraham said that the emergency nurses had told him he should be prepared: Jasper might not last the night .
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She can't last the night through.
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Such meetings can last all day and night , or for the duration of the trip.
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The highs can last all night - the lows a life-time.
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His clemency had earned him the regard of the West and would, surely, last until Twelfth Night .
peace
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To make sure that the peace lasts , ask other friends and family for help.
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Despite his calls for moderation, however, he must have known that peace would not last .
period
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Never over-exercise; the ideal period should not last longer than 15 minutes.
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Instead, heavy trade restrictions were levied, driving the young country into a period of isolation that lasted over a century.
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The initial period lasts for 20 working days.
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The first period lasts until age 7 or 8.
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The training period lasted from July 2 to August 25, with area studies concentrated in the final month.
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Give it six years and it should enter a terrific mature period that should last at least a decade.
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Then I got worried when my period lasted a month.
rest
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He had seen enough terror there to last him the rest of his days.
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If only this day could last for the rest of her life.
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As we drove back through Johannesburg, I wondered if I would be able to last the rest of the week.
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It develops a state of mind which lasts for the rest of one's life; an approach to things.
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In 1832 Nicholas made a trade agreement with Washington which lasted for the rest of the century.
seconds
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My irritation at the contrivance lasted for 30 seconds .
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One of them was a local boxer from Medfield who lasted 89 seconds with Mike Tyson.
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The witnesses would say later that the searingly brilliant white flash seemed to last for several seconds .
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This process should last only a few seconds or the coral will begin to dissolve.
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It lasted only about 60 seconds , and perhaps it doesn't sound like a particularly memorable sighting.
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It lasted only a few seconds before a vision of terror struck them dumb.
trial
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The trial lasted for a month, but no reports of the proceedings had appeared.
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That phase of the trial is expected to last only a week.
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The trial is expected to last several weeks.
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The trial is expected to last about a week, attorneys said.
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Bedworth's trial , expected to last three weeks, continues.
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The trial lasted for over a month.
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In contrast to Guinness I, Ward's trial lasted just six weeks and was based on one charge.
war
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The alliance should prepare for a conventional war lasting no more than a few days.
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But the war has lasted a long time and you learn to cope with such things.
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I wondered just how long the war would last .
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All these countries are deep in civil wars that have lasted for years-or even decades.
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They all prayed that the war wouldn't last long.
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Little did we imagine then that the war would last until November 1918.
week
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He had been admitted with a fever which had lasted for three weeks .
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He thought she might not last a week at Anpetuwi.
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The trial is expected to last about a week .
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The trial, the first of its kind, is expected to last three weeks .
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It was the beginning of a siege that would last a week .
weeks
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Family credit lasts for 26 weeks at a time, then you will have to reapply.
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When the hypercalcemia is due to toxicity from vitamin D2 therapy, it may last for several weeks .
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Taylor suggests that in more than 50% of cases of acute H pylori infection, hypochlorhydria lasts for several weeks .
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The situation worsened when another shutdown began on Dec. 16. and lasted more than three weeks .
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In the spring of 1785 Leopold Mozart paid his son a visit lasting 10 weeks .
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The chorea tends to occur several months after rheumatic fever and lasts four to six weeks at most.
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Complaints lasting for days or weeks from excitement of the emotions, worry or vexation.
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The trial, held in the cafeteria of the Youth Guidance Center, lasted four weeks .
year
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The death of a pit is the end of an era, in some cases lasting more than 100 years .
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He calculates the car will last two more years after which he thinks he will be able to sell it for £400.
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Coal reserves have also expanded worldwide, with Britain's contribution expected to last several hundred years .
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Those with a professional approach have provided structured courses for church musicians lasting a year or more.
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The 1975 definition was an exceptionally pure version that had not been current previously and only lasted a year or two.
years
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He calculates the car will last two more years after which he thinks he will be able to sell it for £400.
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Typically lasts 10 to 15 years , depending on the brand.
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The course lasts for two years and is a combination of taught lectures, tutorials and practical experience.
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The probe has lasted for nearly two years and in its final days has split the House into warring partisan camps.
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It is extraordinary that their image of being hardworking, respectable and down-to-earth has lasted for so many years .
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Typically lasts up to 50 years .
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Replacement of curling stones is long-delayed as a pair of stones can last up to 25 years .
■ VERB
build
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It was built to last , and the vaulted classrooms now serve as tearooms for any tourists intrepid enough to reach them.
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That was built to last if anything ever was.
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So offices were built to last .
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A sleek executive saloon that's built to last .
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Old Hercule's stuff had been built to last , she reflected ruefully as she turned on the shower.
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Alexandra Palace was built to last .
expect
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The sergeant has denied assault, in a trial that's expected to last five days.
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Few expected Reno to last to the end of Clinton's term.
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Marriage was expected to last for life and adultery and fornication were punished in the ecclesiastical courts.
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It is a situation expected to last out the century, at the least.
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One of the problems of today's eating habits is that people expect food to last over longer periods.
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I had embarked on a life-time career that I expected would last for the following forty years.
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It is expected to last two months with a break between June 19 and July 7.
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That phase of the trial is expected to last only a week.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
at the last count
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At the last count , only 18 Japanese firms were making car parts in America.
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There are a lot of professional athletes living in the Orlando area -- more than 100 at last count .
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Apart from Summerchild and a clerical assistant, the Unit at the last count still consisted of one single member, Serafin herself.
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I have, at the last count , 19 separate applications under consideration by 12 separate funding bodies.
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It has now become a challenge to find new varieties of herb - at the last count there were just over 130.
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More than 200, in fact, at the last count .
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My sister Mahaud, at the last count , had more admirers than there are Elks.
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The total world population was put at 190 at the last count .
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They have been joined by a growing group of people denied entry, 198 at the last count .
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Yet at the last count there were six oil-rich states bordering the Gulf.
be down to your last pound/dollar/litre etc
be sb's last/only/best hope
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Advocates just seem to take it on faith that annexation is the only hope of salvation for this city.
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But mad or not, you are my only hope , Meg.
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But Thomas Sachs was now her only hope .
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I expected to be disappointed, though the letter was now my only hope .
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In the long term, Mr Heseltine said that privatisation was the only hope for the industry.
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Is he only hoping to make money?
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Robert Urquhart was her only hope , her only ally.
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That was the only hope I had of reaching the doctor.
be the last thing on sb's mind
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Marriage is the last thing on my mind right now.
every (last) ounce of courage/energy/strength etc
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It had taken every ounce of courage she possessed to board the aircraft after her last experience.
famous last words
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So he said, with those famous last words, "Don't worry, everything will be fine."
first and last
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And a system whose first and last resort was all too often expediency.
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At Banff I climbed my first and last mountain - Mount Rundle.
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For the first and last time in her life, Amelia was too preoccupied to interact with her peers.
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I sat back and treated myself to a cigarette, determined to make it the first and last of the day.
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Instead of pressing the spacebar anywhere between the first and last characters of the text, press the Home spacebar.
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It was the first and last time that management capitulated in the face of a departing mortgage trader.
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She wrote that she was dying of a fever, and asked him to visit her for the first and last time.
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These records included the first and last dates of all absences and the reason for absence.
have the last laugh
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Boy did he have the last laugh .
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Holding a rolling pin and determined to have the last laugh .
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Yet women drivers have the last laugh .
in the final/last analysis
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In the final analysis Stalin was just as much a dictator as Hitler.
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In the final analysis , the project was a failure.
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The responsibility for the accident must, in the last analysis , rest with the captain.
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And, in the final analysis , are they any good?
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But in the final analysis it had been he who wanted out.
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But in the final analysis , these are just details.
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It should also comfort to recognize that, in the final analysis , these sums are operating to purify decision-making.
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That, in the final analysis , is what organizational control is all about.
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The pressures driving research evaluation are, in the final analysis , political.
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The shift of leadership to John Smith may seem temporarily convincing, but it is in the last analysis cosmetic.
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The Trotskyist movement could benefit only in the final analysis and in the long range.
last rites
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Both were given last rites before being taken into the operating room.
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But they can not perform Catholic sacramental duties, such as hearing confession, offering Communion or giving last rites .
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It might as well have been the last rites .
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So he did what he has become accustomed to doing - gave the last rites .
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The Steelers were one Hail Mary away from last rites .
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They will have nothing to do with Catholic baptisms, marriages, or last rites .
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When a priest arrived to administer the last rites , Mansell sent him away.
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Your marriage has got off to an unfortunate start but it doesn't warrant the last rites just yet.
last thing
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It was the last thing he ever saw.
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Nobody can get to that last thing .
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Right now the last thing she wanted was to have them say it to her.
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The last thing Ardamal heard as he raced down the corridor was the tinkle of metal parts hitting the floor.
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The last thing I will be is a high-wire walker.
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This is the last thing President Mikhail Gorbachev needs, as he tries to contain a staggering economic crisis.
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When you have a chance to shoot 59, the last thing you want to do is leave it short.
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With household costs inevitably rising, the last thing he wants is a larger mortgage than he can reasonably afford.
last thing at night
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Lock the doors and turn off the lights last thing at night .
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The soldiers are supposed to polish their shoes last thing at night .
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Empty ashtrays last thing at night , and don't smoke in bed.
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It's the first thing I look at when I wake up, the last thing at night .
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It was after dark; the last thing at night .
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Of course, only in moderate quantities, and generally to be taken last thing at night .
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The only times my father could be found in his room were first thing in the morning and last thing at night .
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The rosary last thing at night .
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This can be carried out last thing at night , once the puppy has been outside to relieve itself.
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Why not set a few moments aside first thing in the morning and last thing at night ?
last/final resort
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Great power status was in the last resort the ability to wage war.
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In buildings of more than two storeys, wait for the fire brigade, and jump only as a last resort .
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Lithium was to be a last resort , and it looked as if she needed some in October.
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Only in the last resort , under careful international policing and after all other attempts at persuasion have been exhausted.
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That was a last resort , they said.
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The guidance emphasises that restraint should be used as a last resort within a caring and disciplined home environment.
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They also want to use public community service jobs as a last resort , something Wilson strongly opposes.
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Who is the lender of last resort stopping financial panics and capital outflows from bringing the system down?
pay your last respects (to sb)
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At the graveside, a volley of shots ... before a Hercules flew overhead to pay its last respects .
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Many thousands paid their last respects to Dubcek at his funeral in Bratislava on Nov. 15.
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The Krays, Richardsons, and many more villains had come to pay their last respects .
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This was quite a normal thing at that time and neighbours would call to pay their last respects .
sb's/sth's last gasp
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This cold spell appears to be winter's last gasp for the year.
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But it also was the last gasp for a team on the slide.
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Large-scale, publicly-owned enterprises will breathe their last gasp and wither away well before the state which spawned them.
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Sometimes even negative change is interpreted as merely the last gasp of the resistant old order.
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That is the way to add people on their last gasp to the repossessed list, not reduce it.
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This is the last gasp of the Romantic revolution that Beethoven instigated.
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Whether it is a rebirth or a last gasp remains to be seen.
the last but one/the next but two etc
the last judgment
the last minute
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And with so many players rushing into the market at the last minute , prices soared.
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As expected, Rachel canceled at the last minute .
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At the last minute a sense of something unsaid made her hurry after him.
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At the last minute the parent would abandon its charade and fly off to safety.
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At the last minute , McCain was relegated to the Oval Office.
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Not all were satisfied that the last minute restrictions were necessary.
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Work is still going on in fitting out a new store right up to the last minute .
the last moment
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At the last moment he saw an apple lying on the dresser and put it in his pocket.
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At the last moment , I looked up at the sky.
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But at the last moment courage failed them.
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I took the can carefully away at the last moment .
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I was hoping to hit him, but he dove clear at the last moment .
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In Madrid Casado triumphed and at the last moment Communist power was broken.
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We keep getting ready to go to oh all sorts of places - but at the last moment something always comes up.
the last post
the last rites
the last straw
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Making me work late on a Friday was the last straw !
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Suzy lying to me about the money was the last straw .
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And they felt that the pressures of her work had been the last straw .
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For some reason that Jinny did not quite understand, it was the last straw .
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For some, the effort to silence Zundel was the last straw .
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His electoral thefts were the last straw .
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Mr Brown said the planned charges were the last straw for customers already angry over banks' high-handed attitude.
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My getting this malignancy is the last straw , in her opinion.
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Recruitment of 40 top staff was the last straw .
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Sending in bailiffs was the last straw .
the last thing sb wants/expects/needs etc
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I like going to bed with her when going to bed with me is the last thing she wants.
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To be slipshod is to be hounded, which is the last thing he wants.
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With household costs inevitably rising, the last thing he wants is a larger mortgage than he can reasonably afford.
the last/final word
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The final word rests with the board.
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But the final word must be reserved for the destructive, disruptive role played by George Bush's administration.
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But the project belonged ultimately to the pupils and they should have the last words .
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By no means has the last word been written on the quantum Hall effect.
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Dana was opinionated and liked to have the last word in an argument.
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He had learned to let Leah have the last word .
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Intimacy is probably the last word anyone would use in connection with the Coliseum.
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Let that be the last word .
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So they do; but that is not the last word , only the first.
the next to last
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Stewart was assured of the championship in the next to last race of the year.
the/your last penny
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They took everything she had, down to the last penny .
to a man/to the last man
too good to be true/to last
with your last/dying breath
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With his last breath , he told me he would always love me.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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$400 won't last you long in Chicago.
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A can of baby formula costing $6.00 will last you three to four days.
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Analysts are confident the downturn in share prices will not last long.
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Cheap saucepans can't really be expected to last .
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Each consultation can last between 10 minutes and half an hour.
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He knew they only had enough food to last another three days.
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Her operation lasted around three hours.
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His breathing was getting worse and he was not expected to last the night.
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I still have $100, but that won't last until the end of the vacation.
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I wanted the weekend to last forever.
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It's amazing how long this car has lasted, really.
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It's amazing that she's managed to last this long, really.
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It's hard to say how much longer the astronauts will last without fresh supplies.
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It's not certain how long the ceasefire will last .
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It's the worst cold I've ever had, but luckily it didn't last very long.
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Mexico achieved a remarkable 8% annual growth rate, but the new prosperity did not last .
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Most batteries last for about 8 hours.
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Ours was a happy marriage, but I always feared it wouldn't last .
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rainstorms lasting all night long
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Some wine-makers will tell you that a cask lasts only for four years.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Bedworth's trial, expected to last three weeks, continues.
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Helpers approaching have sometimes been bitten or attacked wildly in the delirium that follows and which may last as long as twelve tormented hours.
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Of course it would not last .
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Phase 1 started in July 1980 and lasted 3 years, during which 2.5 million households were visited.
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The attack usually lasts for several minutes but can go on much longer.
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Within himself, however, it felt as though his stay had lasted three or four hours at most.
V. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
long
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It's good to see their interests being looked after at long last .
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At long last came the passing out.
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He also knew that the next few minutes could lose what chance had so miraculously delivered up to him at long last .
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The 17 months of agony washed away at long last .
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However, as you probably know, the Earnings Rule was at long last abolished at the start of October 1989.
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Remembering the kiss he had given her after breakfast it seemed as if their relationship might at long last have changed.
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Perhaps it's a real fire at long last .
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Have you no sense of decency, sir, at long last ?
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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It's good to see their interests being looked after at long last .
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It was last to start and at this rate, will probably be last to finish.