Sentence examples of "lay" in English
Translations:
all184
être69
mentir57
poser15
s'allonger14
pondre8
mettre4
étendre3
résider2
se trouver1
other translations11
I'm going to lay aside that money for emergencies.
Je vais mettre cet argent de côté en cas de besoin.
Salmon go up the river and lay their eggs in the sand.
Le saumon remonte la rivière et ponds ses œufs dans le sable.
Magazines let writers write what they want and decide how to lay it out afterward, but that magazine prioritizes its design, so it sets a predetermined limit on how many words are in it.
Les magazines permettent aux éditeurs de rédiger ce qu'ils veulent et de décider comment le mettre en page par la suite, mais ce magazine donne la priorité à la mise en page et il fixe donc une limite prédéterminée au nombre de mots qu'il contient.
Fan letters lay in a heap on the desk.
Des lettres d'admirateurs étaient posées en tas sur le bureau.
Lay these books on my desk, if you don't mind.
Posez ces livres sur mon bureau, si ça ne vous dérange pas.
As the catterpillar chooses the fairest leaves to lay her eggs on, so the priest lays his curse on the fairest joys.
De même que la chenille choisit, pour y poser ses œufs, les feuilles les plus belles ; ainsi le prêtre pose ses malédictions sur nos plus belles joies.
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