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The sleeper is at the end of the train. 
Toa nằm ở cuối tàu. * 036 The house is at the end of the road. Căn nhà nằm ở cuối đường. * 101 like: ở cuối → →
Ich war etwa zwanzig Mal verlobt und war am Ende nur einmal verheiratet. ☊ Tôi đã đính hôn khoảng hai mươi lần nhưng cuối cùng chỉ có cưới một lần. ☊ (Lektion 41, Nr. 590) So lange liegt das letzte Treffen schon zurück. ☊ Lần gặp gỡ cuối cùng cách đây cũng đã rất lâu rồi. ☊ (Lektion 73, Nr. 1048) Many divorced fathers only have access to their children at weekends (= they are allowed by law to see them only at weekends). ☊ access ☊
aim at doing sth: They're aiming at training everybody by the end of the year. ☊ aim ☊
The answers are at the back of the book. ☊ answer ☊
anticipate doing sth: They anticipate moving to bigger premises by the end of the year. ☊ anticipate ☊
I arrived at the end of April. ☊ April ☊
I cried at the end and I'm not ashamed to admit it. ☊ ashamed ☊
at the end of the week ☊ at ☊
What are you doing at the weekend? ☊ at ☊
The television guide is at the back of the paper. ☊ back ☊
She fell back towards the end of the race. ☊ back ☊
the bell of a trumpet (= the bell-shaped part at the end of it) ☊ bell ☊
The bell went for the end of the lesson. ☊ bell ☊
See below (= at the bottom of the page) for references. ☊ below ☊
a battle between the teams at the bottom of the league ☊ bottom ☊
Footnotes are given at the bottom of each page. ☊ bottom ☊
Their house is at the bottom end of Bury Road (= the end furthest from where you enter the road). ☊ bottom ☊
Please bring back all library books by the end of the week. ☊ bring sb/sth back ☊
Their ambitions were finally dead and buried. ☊ bury ☊
By the end of the day we were tired but happy. ☊ but ☊
By the close of this century another two billion people will have been born. ☊ century ☊
Make sure your claims for expenses are submitted by the end of the month. ☊ claim ☊
Give him a clap! (= to praise sb at the end of a performance) ☊ clap ☊
The offer closes at the end of the week. ☊ close ☊
The hospital closed at the end of last year. ☊ close ☊
Spring came late this year. ☊ come ☊
Work on the office building will be complete at the end of the year. ☊ complete ☊
Cooler weather is forecast for the weekend. ☊ cool ☊
They reasoned, correctly, that she was away for the weekend. ☊ correctly ☊
a building of late Roman date ☊ date ☊
debate (sth): Politicians will be debating the bill later this week. ☊ debate ☊
They finally had to admit defeat (= stop trying to be successful). ☊ defeat ☊
The jury finally delivered its verdict. ☊ deliver ☊
Marc appeared through a door at the far end of the room. ☊ door ☊
the final draft (= the final version) ☊ draft ☊
due for sth: The band's first album is due for release later this month. ☊ due ☊
She finally emerged from her room at noon. ☊ emerge ☊
Turn right at the end of the road. ☊ end ☊
I joined the end of the queue. ☊ end ☊
You've got something on the end of your nose. ☊ end ☊
That's his wife sitting at the far end of the table. ☊ end ☊
at the end of the week ☊ end ☊
There'll be a chance to ask questions at the end. ☊ end ☊
I'll get round to mending it eventually. ☊ eventually ☊
I read every last article in the newspaper (= all of them). ☊ every ☊
at the far end of the room ☊ far ☊
The final figure looks like being much higher than predicted. ☊ figure ☊
When they finally arrived it was well past midnight. ☊ finally ☊
Let's go fishing this weekend. ☊ fish ☊
The bird is easily recognized in flight (= when it is flying) by the black band at the end of its tail. ☊ flight ☊
By the end of May nearly 100 of an estimated 2 000 political prisoners had been freed. ☊ free ☊
The winds are likely to get fresher towards the end of the day. ☊ fresh ☊
'What do you say to a weekend in New York?' 'Sounds like fun.' ☊ fun ☊
You got in very late last night. ☊ get ☊
My car got (= was) stolen at the weekend. ☊ get ☊
The train got in late. ☊ get in, get into sth ☊
The way things are going the company will be bankrupt by the end of the year. ☊ go ☊
go to do sth: She has gone to see her sister this weekend. ☊ go ☊
At the end of the film the bad guy gets shot. ☊ guy ☊
You must all hand in your projects by the end of next week. ☊ hand sth in (to sb) ☊
We're going house-hunting at the weekend. ☊ hunting ☊
You can stay for the weekend if you like. ☊ if ☊
Check your answers in the key at the back of the book. ☊ key ☊
in late summer ☊ late ☊
The school was built in the late 1970s. ☊ late ☊
Because of the cold weather the crops are later this year. ☊ late ☊
What are you doing up at this late hour? ☊ late ☊
The big stores are open later on Thursdays. ☊ late ☊
It happened late last year. ☊ late ☊
There's a good film on late. ☊ late ☊
Share prices fell early on but rose again late in the day. ☊ late ☊
We're going to Rome later in the year. ☊ later ☊
laugh (at/about sth): You never laugh at my jokes! ☊ laugh ☊
She laughed to cover her nervousness. ☊ laugh ☊
She is not afraid to laugh at herself (= is not too serious about herself). ☊ laugh at sb/sth ☊
He became very weak towards the end of his life. ☊ life ☊
Brenda took up tennis late in life. ☊ life ☊
We all needed a little light relief at the end of a long day (= something amusing or entertaining that comes after sth serious or boring). ☊ light ☊
like to do sth: At weekends I like to sleep late. ☊ like ☊
To visit similar websites to this one, click on the links at the bottom of the page. ☊ link ☊
Is he married? ☊ married ☊
By the end of the meal her nerves were completely frayed. ☊ nerve ☊
He never so much as smiled (= did not smile even once). ☊ never ☊
I'm working late tomorrow night. ☊ night ☊
We did nothing at the weekend. ☊ nothing ☊
I don't think we've got anything on this weekend. ☊ on ☊
opportunity (to do sth): You'll have the opportunity to ask any questions at the end. ☊ opportunity ☊
It's physically impossible to finish by the end of the week. ☊ physically ☊
Work always piles up at the end of the year. ☊ pile up ☊
It's just not physically possible to finish all this by the end of the week. ☊ possible ☊
It wouldn't be practical for us to go all that way just for the weekend. ☊ practical ☊
present sth (to sb): The committee will present its final report to Parliament in June. ☊ present ☊
The new model will be in production by the end of the year. ☊ production ☊
One last pull on the rope should do it. ☊ pull ☊
She laughed with pure joy. ☊ pure ☊
Rain is forecast for the weekend. ☊ rain ☊
further reading (= at the end of a book, a list of other books that give more information about the same subject) ☊ reading ☊
recall that...: He recalled that she always came home late on Wednesdays. ☊ recall ☊
There is a list of references at the end of each chapter. ☊ reference ☊
In the last resort (= in the end) everyone must decide for themselves. ☊ resort ☊
The government will review the situation later in the year. ☊ review ☊
ride sth: She had never ridden a horse before. ☊ ride ☊
Turn right at the end of the street. ☊ right ☊
The next competitor rode into the ring. ☊ ring ☊
We sat in a row at the back of the room. ☊ row ☊
The final score was 4-3. ☊ score ☊
set sb/yourself to do sth: I've set myself to finish the job by the end of the month. ☊ set ☊
What shall we do this weekend? ☊ shall ☊
The computer system will be shut down over the weekend. ☊ shut sth down ☊
When they'd finally shut up, I started again. ☊ shut up ☊
We're going to Paris for the weekend to see the sights. ☊ sight ☊
We sometimes sleep late at the weekends (= until late in the morning). ☊ sleep ☊
He never seems to smile. ☊ smile ☊
spend itself: The storm had finally spent itself. ☊ spend ☊
By the end of the match, the sweat was pouring off him. ☊ sweat ☊
to clear the table (= take away the dirty plates, etc. at the end of a meal) ☊ table ☊
I think I'll tackle the repairs next weekend. ☊ tackle ☊
take sb to do sth: The boys were taken to see their grandparents most weekends. ☊ take ☊
We managed to get it finished in the end—no thanks to him (= he didn't help). ☊ no thanks to sb/sth ☊
the house at the end of the street ☊ the ☊
We've got visitors coming this weekend. ☊ visitor ☊
to give sb a verbal/written/final warning ☊ warning ☊
They grinned at her in a friendly way. ☊ way ☊
They live in town during the week and go to the country for the weekend. ☊ week ☊
It happened on the weekend of 24 and 25 April. ☊ weekend ☊
The office is closed at the weekend. ☊ weekend ☊
The office is closed on the weekend. ☊ weekend ☊
I like to go out on a weekend. ☊ weekend ☊
weekly meetings ☊ weekly ☊
I think it happened, well, towards the end of last summer. ☊ well ☊
With best wishes (= for example, at the end of a letter) ☊ wish ☊