last
/læst/ adverb B1- Most recently. · When we last met, he was based in Toronto.
- after everything else; finally · As I arrived last of all, I'll go last to add the butter last.· last but not least
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Having at last by guileful speeches succeeded in separating them, he attacked them without fear as they fed alone, and feasted on them one by one at his own leisure.
Marilla could not help tacking on that last sentence, although she was again surprised at herself for doing it.
It was worth while, truly,” added the young man with a melancholy smile, “to make war against the English for ten years, and to die in his bed at last, like everybody else.”
“Let go—and clue up!” At this last command all the sails were lowered, and the vessel moved almost imperceptibly onwards.
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