잉글리쉬쇼핑

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  Lay hold of  get possession of something(…을 잡다[쥐다]): If I can lay hold of some tools I will help you fix your toilet.
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  Lay in  to get a supply of something and store it to use in the future((장차 쓰려고) ~을 비축하다[모으다]): People tried to lay in food supplies before winter comes
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  Lay it on thick/with a trowel  to talk about somebody/something in a way that makes them seem much better or worse than they really are; to exaggerate something(실제보다 부풀려 좋게 말하거나 나쁘게 말하다, 심하게 과장하다): He said that she was his favourite author and that she deserved the Nobel Prize for literature. He really laid it on thick.
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  Lay of the land  the way something is organised, runs, is arranged, etc(조직되거나 운영되거나 구성된 방식, 실상, 형세): Don't come to any conclusions before you know what the lay of the land is.
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  Lay off  to terminate the employment of (a worker), especially temporarily((일감이 부족하여) ~를 해고[정리 해고]하다): The company will lay off half its workers.