"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 • ...
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
(9) track, wreath, rail, rifle
Kolokacji: 4
(10) hold, pipe, ship, clutch, log
Kolokacji: 5
(12) stress, emphasis
Kolokacji: 2
(13) cable, mile
Kolokacji: 2
(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
(19) brick, tile, net, asphalt
Kolokacji: 4
(20) thousands, hundreds, yard
Kolokacji: 4
1. lay off thousands = zwolnij tysiące lay off thousands
  • Many firms closed shop and laid off thousands of workers.
  • Several top managers have left, and the company has laid off thousands of workers in the last year.
  • And companies across the state have laid off thousands in recent years.
  • She tried to get back her former job, but the insurance industry was also laying off thousands of workers.
  • United itself had recently laid off thousands of workers; they came under suspicion.
  • But to survive, companies will have to make products that people want to buy and lay off thousands of workers.
  • Cancel the building project and lay off thousands of workers?
  • The company would ultimately have to lay off thousands of workers as the program ended.
  • In recent months the car industry has laid off thousands of workers and put many more on short time.
  • With financial industry companies laying off thousands of workers, well finished space is now available on good terms.
3. lay several yards = laicki kilka jardów lay several yards
4. lay thousands = laickie tysiące lay thousands
(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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