I've had the flu for the last week, so I've come to work only once in the last week. In both cases, we are talking about the period of time from a week ago until now.

Ago / Last / In 'Ago' is used at the end of a sentence preceded by a specific amount of time such as: three days ago, two weeks ago, one month ago, etc. 'Last' is used with 'week', 'month', and …

You do not say, for example, that something happened 'last decade'. You say that it happened in the last decade or during the last decade (Collins COBUILD English Usage, 1992, p. 347).

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Many people who saw my last lecture were taken with one particular photo that I flashed on the overhead screen: It’s a photo in which I’m in my pajamas, leaning on my elbow, and it’s so …

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