verb🔗ShareDurer, persisterTo perform, carry out."She lasts through her long work shift by taking short breaks. "Elle endure sa longue journée de travail en prenant de courtes pauses.actionworkChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareDurer, persisterTo endure, continue over time."Summer seems to last longer each year."L'été semble durer plus longtemps chaque année.timeactionChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareDurer, persisterTo hold out, continue undefeated or entire."The project proposal, despite many setbacks, lasted until the final presentation. "La proposition de projet, malgré de nombreux revers, a duré jusqu'à la présentation finale.timeconditionChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareForme à chaussureA tool for shaping or preserving the shape of shoes."The shoemaker uses lasts to mold and maintain the shape of the leather boots. "Le cordonnier utilise des formes à chaussures pour mouler et maintenir la forme des bottes en cuir.utensilitemwearindustrymachineChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareMettre sur une forme, moulerTo shape with a last; to fasten or fit to a last; to place smoothly on a last."to last a boot"Mettre une botte sur une forme.technicalindustrymachineworkChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareFardeau, chargeA burden; load; a cargo; freight."The truck driver carefully secured the lasts of timber before starting his long journey. "Le chauffeur du camion a soigneusement arrimé la charge de bois avant de commencer son long voyage.nauticalbusinesseconomyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareMesure, quantitéA measure of weight or quantity, varying in designation depending on the goods concerned."The shipping manifest listed the quantity of herring as five lasts, each a standard measure for that particular fish. "Le manifeste d'expédition indiquait la quantité de harengs comme cinq mesures, chacune étant une mesure standard pour ce poisson particulier.amountunitcommercebusinesseconomyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareLastAn old English (and Dutch) measure of the carrying capacity of a ship, equal to two tons.""The old merchant ship was registered as having a capacity of five lasts, meaning it could carry about ten tons of cargo." "Le vieux navire marchand était enregistré comme ayant une capacité de cinq lasts, ce qui signifiait qu'il pouvait transporter environ dix tonnes de marchandises.nauticalsailinghistoryamountChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareUne charge, une quantitéA load of some commodity with reference to its weight and commercial value."The farmer sold three lasts of wheat at the market for a good price, considering the high demand for grain. "L'agriculteur a vendu trois charges de blé au marché à un bon prix, compte tenu de la forte demande de céréales.businesseconomycommercevalueChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
