Продуктивное чтение. Еремин Ю.В - 147 стр.

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Module 1. UNIT 1.

LAY sth DOWN

1. (tools/weapons) to put down your tools, weapons

etc as a sign that you will stop using them: Lay down your

weapons and walk slowly towards the door!

2. (officially state) [usually passive] to officially state

rules that must be obeyed, systems that must be used etc

or state sth officially or firmly: The regulations lay down

a rigid procedure for checking safety equipment.

lay down that It is laid down in the regulations that

all members must carry their membership cards at all times.

3. lay down your life formal to lose your life, for ex

ample in a war, in order to help other people: prepared to

lay down his life for his comrades.

4. lay down the law to tell other people what to do,

how they should think etc, in an unpleasant or rude way.

5. (start) to start building or making sth by doing the

first part of the work: Crick and Watson laid down the

foundations of modern genetic research.

6. (wine etc) to store sth, especially wine, to use in the

future.