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to recline, rest, or be in a horizontal or resting position |
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After a long day at
work, I lie on the comfortable sofa and recline my
body to relax. |
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The sunbather decided
to lie on the beach towel and recline under the warm
rays of the sun. |
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lay -
to put or place something or
someone down |
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She carefully laid
the books on the shelf, organizing them by genre. |
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She lays the
keys on the table. |
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Note :
Remember that "lie" does not take a direct object, whereas
"lay" requires a direct object. So, the key difference lies
in the transitivity of the verb. |
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lie, lay
little, a little
lose, loose
mature, matured
misused, disused
myself, by myself moral, morale
officer, official
on time, in time
precede, proceed
percentage, per cent
persecuted, prosecuted
personal, personnel
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price, prize
principal, principle
respectably, respectively
rational, rationale
rise, raise
site, sight
stationary, stationery
still, yet
super, superb
tenable, feasible
two cents, notion
weather, whether
wood, woods
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