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Collocations for month - noun

ADJ.

last, past
The past few months have been hectic.
preceding, previous, recent | current | coming, following, next, future
Winning stories will be published in the magazine in future months.
consecutive, successive | alternate | intervening
To occupy the intervening months she took a temporary job.
early, later
the early months of 2003
cold, dry, hot, wet | autumn, spring, summer, winter
hot summer months
lunar | calendar | record
This has been a record month for sales.

VERB + MONTH

spend
He spent about a month decorating the house.
take
It took months to find another job.

MONTH + VERB

elapse, go by, pass

PREP.

by the ~
paid by the month
during/in a/the ~ of
The festival is always held in the month of May.
for a ~
It hasn''t rained for months.
in a ~
We''re getting married in a month/in a month''s time.
over/under a ~
I''ve been working on the illustration for over a month.
per ~
What does the salary work out as per month?
~ of
The months of July and August are the hottest.

PHRASES

a time of the month
Our money''s usually running low by this time of the month.

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