tailieunhanh - Commonly used english part 47

- find something, acquire something If I can lay my hands on a slide projector, I will show you the pictures of my holiday tonight. lay out (money) - spend or pay some money My friend will have to lay out a lot of money for his new apartment. lay out (something) - plan something We will lay out our plan for the new building at the next meeting. to lay over - to arrive somewhere and wait some time before continuing a journey We were told that we will have to lay over in London for nine hours before we go on to Kenya. lay (someone). | lay one s hands on something - find something acquire something If I can lay my hands on a slide projector I will show you the pictures of my holiday tonight. lay out money - spend or pay some money My friend will have to lay out a lot of money for his new apartment. lay out something - plan something We will lay out our plan for the new building at the next meeting. to lay over - to arrive somewhere and wait some time before continuing a journey We were told that we will have to lay over in London for nine hours before we go on to Kenya. lay someone to rest - to bury someone We laid my uncle to rest in a nice ceremony last night. lay something on someone - direct blame or guilt on someone The company tried to lay the computer problems on one of the managers. 461 Mr_doody2004@ lay something on the line - speak directly and firmly about something The librarian finally had to lay it on the line and told everyone not to bring drinks into the library. lay something to rest - to put an end to a rumor to finish dealing with a problem and forget about it We want to lay to rest the rumors about the financial problems in the company. lay the blame on someone or something - blame someone or something We laid the blame on my friend for making us late for the concert. lay the groundwork for something - to build the foundation or basis of something to do the basic work that will lead to future success The new training program will lay the groundwork for the future success of the company. lay up a vessel - take a vessel out of active service put a boat in a boat dock or a garage The weather was getting cold so they decided to lay up their boat for the winter. lay up something - collect a supply of something save something for future use store something We are planning to lay up some canned fruit for the winter. 462 Mr_doody2004@ lay waste to something - destroy and leave something in ruins wreck something The army troops laid waste to the enemy territory. .