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1 lay smth. in smb.'s way
(lay (put или throw) smth. in smb.'s way)1) давать кому-л. возможность, предоставить кому-л. случай (воспользоваться чем-л.); оказывать ( услуги); см. тж. put smb. in the way of smth.What a really nice girl might have done with him I cannot tell, but fate had thrown none such in his way. (S. Butler, ‘The Way of All Flesh’, ch. X) — Как бы повлияла на Теобальда хорошая девушка, я не могу сказать, так как судьба не устроила этой встречи.
His income, such as it was, came from two or three directorships which Lufkin had stiffly but judiciously put in his way. (C. P. Snow, ‘Corridors of Power’, ch. XLVII) — Роджер состоял членом правления нескольких компаний - туда заботливо, хотя и не слишком деликатно пристроил его Лафкин; этим его доходы и ограничивались...
Oh, what a fool she was to waste her life, to throw away her chance of happiness, how weak she was not to grasp the love thrown in her way! (W. S. Maugham, ‘Mrs. Craddock’, ch. XXXII) — Надо же быть такой дурой, чтобы самой испортить себе жизнь, упустить свое счастье. Какое же она слабое существо! Ей выпало встретить такую любовь, а она прошла мимо.
If y're lookin' for work in the near future, Mr. Brierly, let me know - and maybe I can put something in y'r way. (K. S. Prichard, ‘The Roaring Nineties’, ch. 55) — Если вам вскорости придется искать себе работу, наведайтесь ко мне, может, у меня найдется для вас что-нибудь.
2) мешать, препятствовать кому-л.; задерживать кого-л.They threw no obstacles in his way. — Они не чинили ему препятствий.
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lay something waste — lay something waste/lay waste to something/ phrase to cause very serious damage to a place, especially in a war Thesaurus: to destroy or severely damage somethingsynonym Main entry: lay * * * lay something (to) waste s … Useful english dictionary
