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1. last Quantifier

(a) item, position dernier m, dernière f; in the ~ row au dernier rang; the ~ thing on the list la dernière chose de la liste; to have the ~ laugh avoir le dernier mot
(b) (=previous) dernier m, dernière f usually placed after the noun in time expressions; ~ Tuesday mardi dernier; ~ week la semaine dernière; ~ month le mois dernier; ~ year l'année dernière; ~ March en mars dernier, l'année dernière au mois de mars; ~ night (=late evening) hier soir; (=during the night) cette nuit, la nuit dernière; a single from his ~ album un single de son dernier album; the ~ time I saw him la dernière fois que je l'ai vu
(c) (=least likely) dernier m, dernière f, (le) moins probable; that's the ~ thing I have to worry about ça, c'est le dernier de mes soucis; (ironic) that's the ~ thing I need!, that's the ~ thing we need! (etc) il ne manquait que ça!

2. last Adverb

(a) (=in last position) en dernier (lieu), le dernier, la dernière; to come ~ arriver en dernier, arriver le dernier m, arriver la dernière f
(b) (=the last time) la dernière fois; when did you see her ~? quand est-ce que tu l'as vue dernière fois?
(c) (=as the last item: in speech etc) enfin, pour terminer; (in future) à la fin, pour terminer; I'll do that one ~ je ferai (or) reviendrai sur celui-là à la fin; I'll put it ~ on the list je le mettrai en fin de la liste; "and ~ but not least" "enfin et surtout"

3. last Verb, intransitive

(a) (of meeting, activity, weather etc) durer; the meeting ~ed three hours la réunion a duré trois heures; it won't ~ (very long)! ça ne va pas durer (très longtemps)!
(b) (=cope, survive: of shoes, employee etc) durer, tenir le coup (Infml)

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