Sentence examples of "lay" in English
Translations:
all184
être69
mentir57
poser15
s'allonger14
pondre8
mettre4
étendre3
résider2
se trouver1
other translations11
We should lay down a few ground rules before we begin.
Nous devrions établir quelques règles de base avant de commencer.
She lay awake for hours thinking about him.
Elle reposa éveillée pendant des heures, à penser à lui.
You should really lay off that. It'll ruin your health.
Tu devrais vraiment laisser tomber ça. Ça va ruiner ta santé.
A dog jumped onto the chair and lay motionless for five minutes.
Un chien sauta sur la chaise et resta immobile pendant cinq minutes.
I'll try to get a lay of the land before I start contributing.
Je vais essayer de m'acclimater au pays avant de commencer à contribuer.
How can you accuse me of such a thing? I would never lay a hand on my child.
Comment peux-tu m'accuser d'une telle chose ? Je ne lèverais jamais la main sur mon enfant.
Here they lay, the four pretty ones, on the grass on on the moss, in this charming place, at the time when the evening tiptoes in the woods.
Les voilà couchées, les quatre belles, sur l'herbe ou sur la mousse, et dans ce lieu charmant, à l'heure òu le soir marche à pas de loup dans les bois.
I was coming home from some place at the end of the world, about three o'clock of a black winter morning, and my way lay through a part of town where there was literally nothing to be seen but lamps.
Je rentrais à la maison depuis un endroit au bout du monde, à environ trois heures d'un sombre matin d'hiver, et mon chemin conduisait à travers une partie de la ville où il n'y avait littéralement rien à voir que des lampes.
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