Definition

Examples

• "Cosmetics sales in Asia were up 13.4% compared to January of last year."
• "Last year, our total turnover was more than Fiji's GDP!"
• "Our company's marquee perfume release last year, "Adonis for men", has been nominated for a "Smelly" award, the most prestigious award in the perfume industry."
• "We met at Brad and Angelina's Thanksgiving banquet last year."
• "Several departments, including Sales and Production, did not spend all of the money they were allocated at last year's budget approval meeting."
• "Bruno and Horatio's Miracle Juices, a fledgling juice and smoothie bar, caused a stir last month when their "miraculous" juices allegedly cured a man of his loneliness, reunited a lost parrot with his lover, and helped settle a bitter dispute between a chicken and an egg."
• "I got a call from my accountant Bernie Siegelman last month."
• "Again, we should make special mention of the Asian market, where consumers bought 13.9% more Delavigne perfumes than in the first half of last year."
• "Anyway, we met last year in Miami and well, you said if I came to San Francisco to give you a call."
• "He and his media friends have been giving me trouble, and I'm afraid it's the last thing I need right now, what with my recent bear-shooting scandal."
• ""I bought one of these gadgets last month, and I'm not satisfied."
• "Weren't you 29 last year?"
• "I am writing to you because I have a bit of a problem. Due to a production oversight in our Paris manufacturing plant, we have an enormous surplus of last year's fragrance "Bordello Breeze"."
• "That's last year's fragrance."
• "Jean : Oh, with that promotion I got last month, they included free English courses."
• "Last year, we approved a salary increase, a pension fund, a new health plan with the best HMO in California and even spousal benefits!"
• "No wait, Tyrone died last year."
• "We're up 4% from last year."
• "There is a theory that drunken wizards are responsible for the deaths of some 5,000 pigeons across the United Kingdom in the last year."
• "The company's revenues amounted to $910 million last year, with profits totaling $70 million."