rest - use in sentences

Converse of object

  • assure: Please rest assured that your credit card details will be kept confidential.
  • spend: She spend the rest of her money on markers.
  • read: Read the rest... Johnson puts hammer down - John Wilford Copy from Football Unlimited of 09/02/2003.
  • earn: Before you travel to Waterloo take a well earned rest upon a bench on Hampstead Heath.
  • let: Replace lid let the rice rest for about 10 minutes.
  • devote: Kojève carried this conclusion into practice by abandoning philosophy and devoting the rest of his life to economic planning.

Modifies a noun

  • break: Rest breaks You have the right to a rest break of 20 minutes where your working day is longer than six hours.
  • period: Workers may complain to an employment tribunal if they are being denied rest periods, breaks or the paid annual leave entitlements.

Followed by an intransitive particle

  • upon: It is utterly false to contend that 'this is what the internationalism of the Communist parties rests upon ' .

Preposition: in

  • peace: Rest in peace, be in pain no longer.

Preposition: of

  • world: Would you care to tell me the rest of the world is sane.
  • cast: Jonathan Frakes and the rest of the cast handle themselves very nicely and there is a sense of chemistry all around the ship.
  • season: We wish them good luck for the rest of the season.
  • crew: Or perhaps you knew the rest of the crew.
  • afternoon: Rest of afternoon at leisure Day 2 - Sat Vilnius.
  • country: However, agents in the rest of the country saw an average increase from 58 to 67.

Noun used with modifier

  • wrist: The wrist rest should not be confused with the palm rest, because it supports only the palm.
  • Sabbath: It has been a long week of sorrow, pain, travail and weariness, but the Sabbath rest is near.
  • palm: The wrist rest should not be confused with the palm rest, because it supports only the palm.
  • min: Allow yourself 10 mins rest for every hour of walking.

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