"lay" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

lay verbo

lay + sustantivo

Kolokacji: 107

lay eggs • lay claim • lay siege • lay eyes • lay waste • lay plans • lay mines • lay souls • lay one's head • lay down one's arms • ...

verbo + lay

Kolokacji: 10

help lay • begin laying • want to lay • start laying • try to lay • ...

lay + preposición

Kolokacji: 91

lay out • lay down • lay off • lay upon • lay across • lay beside • lay beneath • lay beyond • lay up • ...

lay + adjetivo/adverbio

Kolokacji: 140

lay ahead • lay dead • lay bare • lay low • lay aside • lay flat • lay motionless • lay open • lay quiet • lay dormant • lay unconscious • ...

colocaciones frecuentes

Kolokacji: 36

collocations grouped by meanings

Grup znaczeniowych: 38

(1) ahead, dead, together, far, nearby, ...

Kolokacji: 30

(2) bare, naked, defenseless

Kolokacji: 3

(3) low, quietly

Kolokacji: 2

(4) aside, away, side-by-side

Kolokacji: 3

(5) flat, dormant, prone, horizontally, prostrate

Kolokacji: 5

(6) motionless, unmoving, inert, rigid, immobile, ...

Kolokacji: 8

(7) open, unopened, wide-eyed

Kolokacji: 3

(8) quiet, peacefully, smooth, placidly, calmly

Kolokacji: 5

(9) unconscious, stunned, senseless, cold, insensible

Kolokacji: 5

(10) carefully, carelessly

Kolokacji: 2

(11) silent, silently

Kolokacji: 2

(12) directly, immediately

Kolokacji: 2

(13) heavy, gently, heavily, lightly

Kolokacji: 4

(14) helpless, helplessly

Kolokacji: 2

(15) empty, untouched, lifeless, vacant, white

Kolokacji: 5

(16) thick, clearly, thickly

Kolokacji: 3

(17) finally, eventually

Kolokacji: 2

(18) simply, merely

Kolokacji: 2

(19) somewhere, perfectly, right, partly, completely, ...

Kolokacji: 6

(20) ready, quickly, suddenly

Kolokacji: 3

(21) therein, normally

Kolokacji: 2

1. therein lay = tu laicki therein lay

Therein lays the problem, or one of the problems at least.
He was a dangerous man, and therein lay his appeal.
Of course, the ladies on the ship were supposed to be different, and therein lay the problem.
Indeed Law determined not to try to look like a great man and therein lay the secret this success.
His plan had been ambitious to a fault, and therein lay the problem.
But in a sense, the destination was itself the back way, and therein lay its appeal.
Therein lay her chance, though she hadn't a clue how to use it.
Therein lay a new way, and the risk to him was great.
Even so, each of them was a unique individual, and therein lay the danger.
But the store did use a few white ones, and therein lay the problem.

2. normally lay = normalnie laicki normally lay

(22) well, comfortably

Kolokacji: 2

(23) alone, entirely, singly

Kolokacji: 3

(24) neatly

Kolokacji: 2

(25) originally, chiefly, mainly, primarily

Kolokacji: 4

(26) undisturbed, casually

Kolokacji: 2

(27) sick, pale, paralyzed, contentedly, gleaming

Kolokacji: 5

(28) straight, squarely

Kolokacji: 2

(29) warm, deep, close

Kolokacji: 3

(30) limp, flaccid

Kolokacji: 2

(31) newly, freshly

Kolokacji: 2

(32) generally, loosely

Kolokacji: 2

(33) wherein

Kolokacji: 1

(34) successfully, unsuccessfully

Kolokacji: 2

(35) listlessly, passively, listless

Kolokacji: 3

(36) wakeful, sleepless

Kolokacji: 2

(37) beautifully, awkwardly

Kolokacji: 2

(38) tangled, forth

Kolokacji: 2

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