preposition
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
last (sb) for/until/to etc
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The batteries should last for 20 hours playing time.
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We only had $50 to last us the rest of the month.
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.
postponed until
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The match had to be postponed until next week.
until further notice (= from now until you are told something else )
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On the door was a sign: ‘Library closed until further notice’.
until...recently
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Jerry lived in Cairo until quite recently .
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
after/before/until dark
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Badgers usually only venture out after dark , so they can be difficult to spot.
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I have often come out here alone after dark to breathe it in.
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If McQuaid had a big order to fill he mightn't come till after dark .
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Not many people chose to take a ride on such a bumpy, gloomy road after dark in the month of January.
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Start in the morning and not go home until dark .
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That evening I was all right - Joanna would be afloat in the late afternoon, and I could get away before dark .
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We had been too nervous to arrive after dark .
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We worked from early morning until dark .
it's not over until the fat lady sings
sb will not rest until ...
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But I will not rest until I ensure that this never happens again to other young people.
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He will not rest until he has undone you altogether.
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Yes, sir, the vicious Canuck will not rest until the Republic is lying in its own blood and gore!
till/until Doomsday
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You could wait till Doomsday and he'd never show up.
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Of course, if you choose a male tree you can wait until Doomsday and still never see a berry.
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You can watch television news programs from now until doomsday and never come across any statement about Manny Freebus.
until further notice
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All three schools were closed until further notice.
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The museum will be closed until further notice.
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A curfew was imposed until further notice in both Nouadhibou and Nouakchott.
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All its teams have been banned from international competitions until further notice.
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Althorp is closed to the public until further notice.
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An army spokesman said the curfew would continue until further notice, but army radio said it would be lifted on Sunday.
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Despite the plans to introduce a multiparty system, government sources confirmed that new parties would remain banned until further notice.
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Fast lanes closed on each carriageway until further notice with two lanes open for traffic.
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His coach told him a few days ago that he would come off the bench until further notice.
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Just keep sending the reports, he says, until further notice.
until further notice
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A curfew was imposed until further notice in both Nouadhibou and Nouakchott.
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All its teams have been banned from international competitions until further notice .
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Althorp is closed to the public until further notice .
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An army spokesman said the curfew would continue until further notice , but army radio said it would be lifted on Sunday.
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Despite the plans to introduce a multiparty system, government sources confirmed that new parties would remain banned until further notice .
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Fast lanes closed on each carriageway until further notice with two lanes open for traffic.
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His coach told him a few days ago that he would come off the bench until further notice .
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Just keep sending the reports, he says, until further notice .
until/till you drop
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Arlen Specter until he dropped out of the Republican race.
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It harasses other gulls until they drop their hard-won food and then swoops down to catch it - often in mid-air.
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Or they can board one of the famous San Francisco trams to shop till they drop at Ghiradelli Square.
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Putting his hand on my head, he looked at his sheep until they dropped their eyes.
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She only wanted him to go on dancing till he dropped .
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They work until they drop , twenty, thirty hours at a time.
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Try having your last meal no later than 5 p. m. Working till I drop will help me sleep.
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You shop until you drop and then what?
wait until/till ...
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But we have to wait until then.
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Don't wait until it has been completed.
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He would wait until evening and the solitude of the rectory, and the peace of his newly dug garden.
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I wait till she has finished and gone upstairs.
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I reactivated the potentially offending pieces of software, one by one, waiting until the problem reappeared.
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It is not necessary to wait until the data are completely processed or analyzed before the report writing phase can begin.
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The entertainment behemoth has said it would wait until shareholders in both companies approve the acquisition at separate meetings Thursday.
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They were asked to wait until Kitty was eighteen and they agreed.
you haven't lived (if/until ...)