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pret lay; [pp] lain, lein 1. ležati, leći, lijegati, počivati 2. biti, postojatim nalaziti se 3. biti smješten, pružati se, sterati se, prostirati se 4. voditi (cesta, put) 5. [hunt] ne uzlijetati (ptice) 6. [mil] stajati 7. [arch] prenoćiti, spavati, odsjesti 8. [jur] biti dopušten ili prihvatljiv, imati mjesta / to # asleep = spavati; to # sick = ležati bolestan; [sl] to # doggo = nepomično (skriveno) ležati, pritajiti se; [fig] let sleeping dogs # = ne vuci vraga za rep!, ne spominji lanjski snijeg!, bolje o tome ne govoriti; you will # on the bed you have made = kako prostreš, onako ćeš spavati to # in state = ležati na odru, biti izložen na odru; to # in prison = čamiti u tamnici, sjediti u zatvoru; to # idle = ljenčariti, biti nezaposlen; to # close = skrivati se, kriti se, pritajiti se; to # low = 1. [poet] ležati, biti ispružen, oboren, ponižen, mrtav 2. šćućuriti se, pogružiti se 3. [sk] pritajiti se; to # in wait = čekati (ležati) u zasjedi, vrebati ([for] koga); to # out of one's money = ostati neplaćen, nepodmiren; to # in ruins = ležati u ruševinama; to # heavy = teško pritiskati, tištiti, opteretiti; [fig] to find out how the land #s = izvidjeti stvar, ispitati situaciju; to # hid = biti prikriven, pritajivati se; to # open = biti otvoren, slobodan; to # waste = biti neobrađen, pust; her talents do not # that way = ona nema dara za takvo što; to # at one's door = biti odgovoran (kriv) za što; to # at anchor = biti usidren; [mar] to # off and on = voziti u kursu i protivkursu; it #s with you = do tebe je, na tebi je; as far as in me #s = koliko to o meni ovisi, sve što ja tu mogu učiniti* * *
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lagati
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