"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 • ...

colocaciones frecuentes

Kolokacji: 45

collocations grouped by meanings

Grup znaczeniowych: 25

(1) egg, sod

Kolokacji: 2

(2) claim, waste, ceremony

Kolokacji: 3

(3) siege, side, north, position

Kolokacji: 4

(4) eye, plan, cluster

Kolokacji: 4

(5) mine, charge, burden

Kolokacji: 4

(6) soul, life, people, worker, case, ...

Kolokacji: 12

(7) head, cheek, body, ear, money, ...

Kolokacji: 13

(8) arm, weapon, sword, gun, knife

Kolokacji: 8

(9) track, wreath, rail, rifle

Kolokacji: 4

(10) hold, pipe, ship, clutch, log

Kolokacji: 5

(11) groundwork, foundation, basis, cornerstone, stone

Kolokacji: 5

(12) stress, emphasis

Kolokacji: 2

(13) cable, mile

Kolokacji: 2

(14) blame, card, rule, heart, block, ...

Kolokacji: 7

(15) trap, ambush

Kolokacji: 2

(16) finger, hand, palm, paw

Kolokacji: 4

(17) flower, bit, rose, spell

Kolokacji: 4

(18) percent, odds, slack, Down

Kolokacji: 4

1. lay off several percent = przestać kilka procent lay off several percent

The state had planned to lay off 10 percent of its work force.
The company said it expected to lay off up to 2,500 employees, or 10 percent of its work force.
It lost $20 million last year and laid off almost 10 percent of its work force in June.
It has laid off 22 percent of its 1,000 employees this year.
In November 1989 the company laid off 5 percent of its work force, or about 400 workers.
First Options laid off 13 percent of its 1,000-person work force late last fall.
Drkoop.com laid off 35 percent of its staff in May.
"I had to lay off 40 percent of my group."
In recent months, the company has laid off 900 employees, or about 20 percent of its work force.
Early in 1994 the company announced plans to lay off 16,800 employees, or 22 percent of its work force.

2. lay odds = zaryzykować zakład lay odds

3. lay slack = laicki luz lay slack

4. lay Down = połóż lay Down

(19) brick, tile, net, asphalt

Kolokacji: 4

(20) thousands, hundreds, yard

Kolokacji: 4

(21) street, madness

Kolokacji: 2

(22) pen, rubber

Kolokacji: 2

(23) clothes, cloak

Kolokacji: 2

(24) distance, length

Kolokacji: 2

(25) argument, plank

Kolokacji: 2

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 • ...

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