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week
adjectives
this week
• He’ll be in the office this week, so you should give him a call.
next week
• The wedding is next week.
last week
• Last week, my washing machine broke down.
the past week
• Five soldiers were killed in the past week alone.
the previous week
• She thought about what a colleague had said to her the previous week.
the following week
• She booked another appointment for the following week.
a full/whole week
(= every day in a week )
• I can't believe we've been here a whole week already.
phrases
a day of the week
• Friday is our busiest day of the week.
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noun ADJ. last, past | previous | coming, following, next | consecutive, successive They won 1?0 for the fourth consecutive week. | entire, full, whole It's the first time for ages I've done a full week's work. | working | busy, hard | quiet It's been a very quiet week for me. | 3-day, 40-hour, etc. He earns enough money to work a four-day week. VERB + WEEK spend We spent two weeks in France last summer. | take WEEK + VERB elapse, go by, pass The week passed very slowly. PREP. by the ~ They're paid by the week. | during/in the ~ I go out most weekends, but rarely during the week. | for a ~ I haven't seen him for weeks. | in a ~ We'll be back in a week. | in ~s It hasn't rained in weeks. | over/under a ~ It's over a week since she rang me. | per ~ How much do you earn per week? | within a/the ~ I'll have the report finished within the next couple of weeks. PHRASES a day of the week Which day of the week was it?
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