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A n1 ( falsehood) mensonge m ; it's all lies ce ne sont que des mensonges ; to tell a lie mentir ; no I tell a lie non je me trompe ; to give the lie to sth/sb démentir qch/qn ;2 ( in golf) a good/bad lie un bon/mauvais lie.B vtr ( p prés lying ; prét, pp lied) ‘No,’ I lied ‘Non,’ mentis-je ; he lied his way into the job il a obtenu le poste grâce à des mensonges ; she'll lie her way out of trouble elle s'en sortira grâce à des mensonges ; we lied our way past the guard nous avons amadoué le gardien grâce à des mensonges.C vi1 ( p prés lying ; prét, pp lied) ( tell falsehood) mentir (to sb à qn ; about à propos de) ; he lied about her il a menti à son propos ; the camera never lies la caméra ne ment pas ;2 ( p prés lying, prét lay, pp lain also for 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8) ( in horizontal position) [person, animal] ( action) s'allonger ; ( state) être allongé ; [bottle, packet, pile] être couché ; don't lie on the grass ne t'allonge pas sur l'herbe ; he was lying on the bed il était allongé sur le lit ; she continued to lie there elle est restée allongée là ; to lie on one's back/front être allongé or s'allonger sur le dos/ventre ; to lie flat être allongé or s'allonger à plat ; to lie face down être allongé or s'allonger sur le ventre ; the horse lay injured le cheval blessé était couché ; to lie awake at night rester éveillé la nuit ; to lie in bed all morning rester au lit toute la matinée ; don't lie in the sun too long ne reste pas allongé trop longtemps au soleil ; lie still ne bougez pas ; while her husband lay in hospital pendant que son mari était à l'hôpital ; he lay dead il gisait mort ; the soldier lay dying le soldat agonisait ; the body lay… le corps reposait… ; to lie in state être exposé publiquement ; here lies John Brown ci-gît John Brown ;3 ( be situated) gen être ; Math [point] être situé ; to lie fifth ou in fifth place occuper la cinquième place ; to lie in pieces/open être en morceaux/ouvert ; everything that lies in my way tout ce qui est sur mon chemin ; their unhappy past lay behind them leur passé malheureux était derrière eux ; your future lies in that direction votre avenir est dans cette voie ; that's where our future lies c'est là qu'est notre avenir ; to lie before sb [life, career] s'ouvrir pour qn ; [unknown] attendre qn ; what lies ahead? qu'est-ce qui nous attend? ; the toys lay all over the floor le sol était couvert de jouets ; danger lies all around us nous sommes menacés de toutes parts ;4 ( remain) rester ; the boat had lain there for years le bateau était resté là pendant des années ; his clothes lay where he'd left them ses vêtements étaient restés là où il les avait laissés ; the newspaper lay unread le journal n'avait pas été ouvert ; his meal lay untouched il n'avait pas touché à son assiette ; to lie idle [machine] être inutilisé ; [money] croupir ; to lie empty rester vide ;5 ( can be found) résider ; their interests lie elsewhere leurs intérêts résident ailleurs ; that's where the fault lay c'est là que résidait la faute ; to lie in [cause, secret, success, talent] résider dans ; [popularity, strength, fault] venir de ; [solution, cure] consister dans ; to lie in doing [solution, cure] consister à faire ; to lie behind ( be hidden) se cacher derrière ; ( instigate) être à l'origine de ; to lie at the heart/at the root of être au cœur/à la racine de ; my support lies with you mon soutien vous est acquis ; the responsibility lies with them c'est eux qui sont responsables ;6 lit, fig ( as covering) [snow] tenir ; the snow lay thick il y avait une épaisse couche de neige ; to lie over [aura, atmosphere] recouvrir [place, gathering] ; to lie upon [burden, guilt] reposer sur [person] ;7 Jur an appeal that will not lie un recours qui n'est pas recevable ; no appeal lies against the action l'action ne souffre pas d'appel ;8 Naut to be lying at anchor avoir jeté l'ancre.let the matter lie laissez les choses comme elles sont ; to lie in the hands of dépendre de ; to lie low garder un profil bas ; to live a lie vivre dans le mensonge ; to take it lying down ○ se laisser faire ; don't just lie down and die ne baissez pas les bras. ⇒ land, wait.■ lie about= lie around.■ lie around:▶ lie around [sth] traîner dans [house].■ lie back ( horizontally) s'allonger (on sur) ; she lay back on the pillow elle s'est adossée à l'oreiller ; lie back and enjoy life détendez-vous et profitez de la vie.■ lie over [business, matter] être ajourné.1 ( be hove to) tenir le cap ;2 ( be at anchor) être à l'ancre.■ lie up1 ( stay in bed) garder le lit ;2 ( hide) se cacher. -
22 Levers (Leavers), John
SUBJECT AREA: Textiles[br]fl. 1812–21 Englandd. after 1821 Rouen, France[br]English improver of lace-making machines that formed the basis for many later developments.[br]John Heathcote had shown that it was possible to make lace by machine with his patents of 1808 and 1809. His machines were developed and improved by John Levers. Levers was originally a hosiery frame-smith and setter-up at Sutton-in-Ashfield but moved to Nottingham, where he extended his operations to the construction of point-net and warp-lace machinery. In the years 1812 and 1813 he more or less isolated himself in the garret of a house in Derby Road, where he assembled his lacemaking machine by himself. He was helped by two brothers and a nephew who made parts, but they saw it only when it was completed. Financial help for making production machines came from the firm of John Stevenson \& Skipwith, lace manufacturers in Nottingham. Levers never sought a patent, as he was under the mistaken impression that additions or improvements to an existing patented machine could not be protected. An early example of the machine survives at the Castle Museum in Nottingham. Although his prospects must have seemed good, for some reason Levers dissolved his partnership with Stevenson \& Co. and continued to work on improving his machine. In 1817 he altered it from the horizontal to the upright position, building many of the machines each year. He was a friendly, kind-hearted man, but he seems to have been unable to apply himself to his business, preferring the company of musicians—he was a bandmaster of the local militia—and was soon frequently without money, even to buy food for his family. He emigrated in 1821 to Rouen, France, where he set up his lace machines and where he subsequently died; when or in what circumstances is unknown. His machine continued to be improved and was adapted to work with the Jacquard mechanism to select the pattern.[br]Further ReadingW.Felkin, 1967, History of the Machine-wrought Hosiery and Lace Manufactures, reprint, Newton Abbot (orig. pub. 1867) (the main account of the Levers machine).W.English, 1969, The Textile Industry, London (a brief account of the Levers lace machine).D.M.Smith, 1965, Industrial Archaeology of the East Midlands, Dawlish (includes an illustration of Levers's machine).RLH
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