Lay/ Lie Flashcards
Meaning: lay (lei) present
To place horizontally: He usually lays the plans on the table
Place, assign: blame, stress: he used to lay the blame on her sister
An egg: Massie, the hen, has just laid an egg
Present: Lay (lei)
Laid (leit), laid (leit)
Lay/ laid/ laid; laying (leyiñ)
Transitive verb
Present: lie (lai)
Lay (lei), lain (lein)
Meaning: Lie
To recline: she lies on her bed
To be spread out (sth): his papers lie all over his desk
Relative position: the fork always lies to the left of the plate
Be situated: The house lies in the valley
Be buried: her body lies on that cemetery
To be: the books lie on the bookshelf
Can be found in (radicar, consistir en): the problem lies in the fact that he doesn’t know how to work with people
Remain unchanged: let thi matter lie.we don’to want to cause any problem
Lie/ lay/lain: laying (layiñ)
Intransitive verb