I.
noun
1 furthest part of sth
ADJECTIVE
▪ bottom , lower
▪ top , upper
▪ back , hind ( esp. AmE ), rear , tail ( figurative )
▪
I just caught the tail ~ of the movie.
▪ front
▪ extreme , far , very
▪
That's his wife sitting at the far ~ of the table.
▪ opposite , other
▪ round , square
▪ pointed , sharp
▪ cheap , low
▪
housebuyers at the cheap ~ of the market
▪ expensive , high
▪ deep , shallow (of a swimming pool)
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The company believes in throwing new employees in at the deep ~ with no training. ( figurative )
▪ free , loose
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Take the free ~ of the rope and pass it through the hole.
▪
The author tied up all the loose ~s of the story in the final chapter. ( figurative )
▪ west , western , etc.
▪
the southern ~ of the lake
VERB + END
▪ come to , get to , reach
▪
Continue until you reach the ~ of the street.
▪ block
▪ grab , grasp , take hold of
▪ join , tie
▪
Tie both ~s of the string together.
▪ attach , connect
▪ cut , trim
END + NOUN
▪ part , piece , portion , section
▪ table
▪ panel , wall
▪ zone (in American football)
PREPOSITION
▪ at the ~
▪
Turn into Hope Street and our house is right at the ~.
▪ on ~
▪
Stand it on ~ (= upright) .
PHRASES
▪ at one ~
▪
The rope was unfastened at one ~.
▪ change ~s
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The teams changed ~s at half time.
▪ close to the ~ , near the ~
▪ end over end ( AmE )
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The car was lifted up by the winds and tumbled end over end along the ground.
▪ ~ of the spectrum
▪
The two parties represent opposite ~s of the political spectrum.
▪ end to end
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They arranged the tables end to end.
▪ from end to end
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The beach was filled from ~ to ~ with tanned bodies.
▪
The famous Las Vegas Strip is about three miles from ~ to ~.
▪ right at the ~
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The bank is right at the ~ of the street.
▪ split ~s
▪
You should have your hair trimmed every few weeks to get rid of split ~s.
2 last part of sth
ADJECTIVE
▪ abrupt , sudden
▪ early , premature , untimely
▪
The injury brought her career to an early ~.
▪ dramatic , tragic
▪ inevitable
▪ fitting
▪
The award was a fitting ~ to a distinguished career.
VERB + END
▪ come to , get to , reach
▪
The meeting finally came to an ~ at six.
▪
I'll never get to the ~ of this book!
▪ approach , draw to , near
▪
As the evening was drawing to an ~, the firework display took place.
▪ bring (sth to) , put
▪
Talks were in progress to bring an ~ to the fighting.
▪ call for , demand
▪
call for an ~ to the violence
▪ announce , declare
▪ celebrate
▪ mark , mean , signal , signify , spell
▪ catch , see , watch
▪
I only caught the ~ of the game.
END + VERB
▪ be in sight
▪
There's no ~ in sight to the present crisis.
END + NOUN
▪ user
▪ point
▪ product , result
▪
The movie's backers were delighted with the ~ product.
▪ credits (= of a film/movie, etc.)
PREPOSITION
▪ at an ~
▪
The proceedings are expected to be at an ~ by 6 p.m.
▪ at the ~
▪
They get married at the ~ of the movie.
▪ by the ~
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He wants the reports by the ~ of the month.
▪ in the ~
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In the ~, they decided to spend Christmas at home.
▪ to the ~
▪
He won't win, but he'll keep fighting to the ~.
▪ towards/toward the ~
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I was getting bored towards/toward the ~ of the talk.
▪ till the ~ , until the ~
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I'm staying until the ~ of this week.
▪ up to the ~
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It stayed hot right up to the ~ of September.
▪ ~ to
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What the business community wants is an ~ to the recession.
PHRASES
▪ at the very ~ , right at the ~
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You don't know who the murderer is until right at the ~ of the book.
▪ from beginning to ~
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His story was one big lie from beginning to ~.
▪ the beginning of the ~
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It wasn't the end of their marriage, but it was the beginning of the ~.
▪ the ~ of an era
▪
Her death marks the ~ of an era.
▪ the ~ of the line , the ~ of the road ( both figurative )
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The loss of this contract could signal the ~ of the line for the shipyard.
▪ to the bitter ~ , until the bitter ~
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We will fight this case to the bitter ~.
3 aim/purpose
ADJECTIVE
▪ noble , worthwhile , worthy
▪ desirable , desired
▪ ultimate
▪ destructive
▪ practical , pragmatic
▪ common
▪
Despite our differences, we were working to a common ~.
▪ selfish
▪ commercial , economic , ideological , political , social , utilitarian
VERB + END
▪ accomplish , achieve , attain
▪
She was prepared to lie in order to achieve her ~s.
▪ further , pursue , work to
▪ serve
▪ become
PREPOSITION
▪ to … ~s
▪
The money might have been used to more worthy ~s.
▪ to this ~
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She wished to have a house built, and to this ~ she hired a local architect.
PHRASES
▪ an ~ in itself
▪
For her, shopping had become an ~ in itself.
▪ a means to an ~
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I don't enjoy studying computing—it's just a means to an ~.
▪ the ~ justifies the means
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He defended a morality in which the ~ justifies the means.
▪ for your own ~s , to your own ~s
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She is exploiting the current situation for her own ~s.
▪ with this ~ in view (= in order to achieve this)
4 death
ADJECTIVE
▪ sad , tragic
▪ bad , horrible , sticky ( informal , esp. BrE ), violent
▪
to come to a sticky (= unpleasant, but deserved) ~
▪
He was bound to meet a violent ~ one day.
▪ untimely
VERB + END
▪ come to , meet ( literary )
▪
He met his ~ at the Battle of Little Big Horn.
END + VERB
▪ come
▪
The ~ came when he collapsed after playing golf.
II.
verb
ADVERB
▪ abruptly , suddenly
▪
The meeting ~ed abruptly when the chairman was called away.
▪ prematurely
▪ at last , eventually , finally
▪
At last the war ~ed.
▪ all but , effectively , virtually
▪
A back injury effectively ~ed her career.
▪ inconclusively
▪
The peace talks have ~ed inconclusively.
▪ never
▪
We thought they'd never ~.
▪ happily , peacefully , well
▪ badly , disappointingly , unhappily
▪ disastrously , tragically
▪ quickly
PREPOSITION
▪ in
▪
The attempt finally ~ed in failure.
▪ with
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The show ~ed with a song.
PHRASES
▪ ~ in disaster
▪
The military action could ~ in disaster.
▪ ~ in tears ( figurative )
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After all that excitement the day was bound to ~ in tears (= unhappily) .
▪ ~ on a … note
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His speech ~ed on a positive note.
End is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑ battle , ↑ bombardment , ↑ career , ↑ century , ↑ conference , ↑ conflict , ↑ conversation , ↑ decade , ↑ dynasty , ↑ era , ↑ exam , ↑ exhibition , ↑ fighting , ↑ film , ↑ friendship , ↑ hostility , ↑ index , ↑ injury , ↑ journey , ↑ letter , ↑ marriage , ↑ meeting , ↑ movie , ↑ occupation , ↑ period , ↑ rally , ↑ recession , ↑ relationship , ↑ resemblance , ↑ romance , ↑ run , ↑ sale , ↑ season , ↑ semester , ↑ session , ↑ shift , ↑ siege , ↑ similarity , ↑ story , ↑ strike , ↑ talk , ↑ tenancy , ↑ treaty , ↑ war , ↑ world , ↑ year
End is used with these nouns as the object: ↑ battle , ↑ blockade , ↑ bloodshed , ↑ boycott , ↑ call , ↑ career , ↑ chance , ↑ charade , ↑ conflict , ↑ conscription , ↑ contract , ↑ controversy , ↑ conversation , ↑ corruption , ↑ crisis , ↑ cycle , ↑ deadlock , ↑ discrimination , ↑ discussion , ↑ dispute , ↑ drought , ↑ embargo , ↑ engagement , ↑ evening , ↑ existence , ↑ feud , ↑ fighting , ↑ friendship , ↑ hope , ↑ hostility , ↑ hunger , ↑ impasse , ↑ isolation , ↑ life , ↑ litigation , ↑ meeting , ↑ misery , ↑ monopoly , ↑ occupation , ↑ partnership , ↑ period , ↑ persecution , ↑ poverty , ↑ practice , ↑ pregnancy , ↑ proceedings , ↑ racism , ↑ rationing , ↑ recession , ↑ relationship , ↑ run , ↑ sanction , ↑ season , ↑ segregation , ↑ sentence , ↑ session , ↑ siege , ↑ slaughter , ↑ slavery , ↑ speculation , ↑ stalemate , ↑ stoppage , ↑ streak , ↑ strife , ↑ strike , ↑ struggle , ↑ subsidy , ↑ suffering , ↑ talk , ↑ tenure , ↑ tyranny , ↑ uncertainty , ↑ violence , ↑ war