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Collocations for last - 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.

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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.

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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.

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PHRASES

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

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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

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

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Collocations for last - 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

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