lay

[leɪ] 1. pt, pp laid, pt of lie 2. adj (REL)

świecki; (not expert)

lay person — laik m

3. vt

(put) kłaść (położyć perf); table nakrywać (nakryć perf), nakrywać (nakryć perf) do +gen; plans układać (ułożyć perf); trap zastawiać (zastawić perf); egg insect, frog składać (złożyć perf); bird znosić (znieść perf)

to lay facts/proposals before sb — przedstawiać (przedstawić perf) komuś fakty/propozycje

she reads anything she can lay her hands on — czyta wszystko, co wpadnie jej w ręce

to get laid (inf!) — przelecieć (perf) kogoś (inf!)

Phrasal Verbs:

- lay aside

- lay by

- lay down

- lay in

- lay into

- lay off

- lay on

- lay out

- lay up

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I 1. [lei] past tense, past participle - laid; verb

1) (to place, set or put (down), often carefully: She laid the clothes in a drawer / on a chair; He laid down his pencil; She laid her report before the committee.) położyć, przedłożyć

2) (to place in a lying position: She laid the baby on his back.) położyć

3) (to put in order or arrange: She went to lay the table for dinner; to lay one's plans / a trap.) nakryć, układać, zastawić

4) (to flatten: The animal laid back its ears; The wind laid the corn flat.) położyć

5) (to cause to disappear or become quiet: to lay a ghost / doubts.) uciszyć

6) ((of a bird) to produce (eggs): The hen laid four eggs; My hens are laying well.) złożyć, nieść się

7) (to bet: I'll lay five pounds that you don't succeed.) stawiać

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- layer

2. verb

(to put, cut or arrange in layers: She had her hair layered by the hairdresser.) ułożyć warstwami

- layabout

- lay-by
- layout
- laid up
- lay aside
- lay bare
- lay by
- lay down
- lay one's hands on
- lay hands on
- lay in
- lay low
- lay off
- lay on
- lay out
- lay up
- lay waste II see lie II III [lei] adjective

1) (not a member of the clergy: lay preachers.) świecki

2) (not an expert or a professional (in a particular subject): Doctors tend to use words that lay people don't understand.) nie wtajemniczony

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- layman

IV [lei] noun

(an epic poem.) ballada