Sentence examples of "lay down" in English
We should lay down a few ground rules before we begin.
Nous devrions établir quelques règles de base avant de commencer.
The fundamental principles of classical mechanics were laid down by Galileo and Newton in the 16th and 17th centuries.
Les principes fondamentaux de la mécanique classique furent posées par Galilée et Newton aux 16ème et 17ème siècles.
I was coming home from some place at the end of the world, about three o'clock of a black winter morning, and my way lay through a part of town where there was literally nothing to be seen but lamps.
Je rentrais à la maison depuis un endroit au bout du monde, à environ trois heures d'un sombre matin d'hiver, et mon chemin conduisait à travers une partie de la ville où il n'y avait littéralement rien à voir que des lampes.
Magazines let writers write what they want and decide how to lay it out afterward, but that magazine prioritizes its design, so it sets a predetermined limit on how many words are in it.
Les magazines permettent aux éditeurs de rédiger ce qu'ils veulent et de décider comment le mettre en page par la suite, mais ce magazine donne la priorité à la mise en page et il fixe donc une limite prédéterminée au nombre de mots qu'il contient.
He has a habit of moving his head up and down when he is listening to a conversation.
Il a l'habitude de hocher la tête en écoutant une conversation.
Here they lay, the four pretty ones, on the grass on on the moss, in this charming place, at the time when the evening tiptoes in the woods.
Les voilà couchées, les quatre belles, sur l'herbe ou sur la mousse, et dans ce lieu charmant, à l'heure òu le soir marche à pas de loup dans les bois.
Tom fell down the stairs and hit his head.
Tom est tombé en bas des escaliers et s'est cogné la tête.
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