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verb

ADVERB

▪ long

▪

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

▪ well

▪

Even when cut, the flowers last very well.

▪ forever, indefinitely

▪

Nothing lasts forever.

▪

With care, the vines will last indefinitely.

▪ rarely

▪

This type of happiness rarely lasts.

▪ never

▪

Happiness never lasts.

VERB + LAST

▪ can

▪

The storm could last quite a long time.

▪

The good weather couldn't last.

▪ will

▪

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

▪ be likely to, be sure to

▪

a bruise that was sure to last for days

▪ be unlikely to

▪

I always thought his popularity was unlikely to last.

▪ be expected to

▪ seem to

▪

The flight seemed to last forever.

▪ be built to, be made to

▪

This house was built to last.

PREPOSITION

▪ for

▪

The war lasted for three years.

▪ into

▪

The celebrations lasted well into the next week.

▪ through

▪

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

▪

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

▪ until

▪

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

PHRASES

▪ while sth lasts

▪

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

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

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

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adj.

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