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Okay, Our first verb is lie.

The past tense is lay on the past.

Participle is lane lie means to move into a horizontal or flat position, as you would do if you were going to bed.

For example, if you don't feel well, lie on the bed.

The verbal.

I also means be in a particular place.

If something lies somewhere, it is somewhere.

For example, the clothes lay all over the floor, or my home lies five miles east of London.

In this way, using lye for place.

We can talk about where blame or responsibility lies, blame or responsibility lies with someone.

So, for example, the blame lies with him.

But as a manager, the responsibility lies with you in the same way.

And formally speaking.

Now you can use light to talk about the place where a person is buried.

For example, Charles Darwin and Isaac Newton lie in Westminster Abbey.

Okay, now let's talk about the verb lie, the past tense of which is lied on the past, participle of which is light when you lie.

You speak falsely.

You lie to someone about something or about doing something.

For example, he lied to his teacher about doing his homework so he didn't get in trouble.

Naughty.

Unfortunately, lying is a pretty common occurrence, and as a result, we have lots of fixed phrases that you can use to talk about it so you can lie your way into something you can lie away out of something you can tell a bare faced lie.

You can lie through your teeth or to emphasize that you're telling the truth.

You can say no word of a lie.

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Now let's talk about the verb lay, the past tense of which is laid in the past.

Participle is laid.

When you lay something, you put it down in a horizontal or flat position, often carefully.

For example, I laid the baby in her cot, go toe to toe.

There you go.

Do not confuse this.

When you lie, you put yourself in a flat or horizontal position.

When you lay something, you put it in a flat or horizontal position.

For example, I laid the baby on the bed and then I lay next to the baby to sleep because Lei means put something down.

We can talk about laying things like carpet or railway track or in a metaphorical way we can lay a dead person to rest.

So, for example, Isaac Newton and Charles Darwin were laid to rest in Westminster Abbey.

The verb lay can also mean prepare.

We talk about laying the table for dinner or laying a place for someone, for example.

Mom, how many places do I need to lay at the table for lunch?

You can talk about laying a fire.

That's where you make a fire ready to burn.

Or we can talk about laying a trap.

For example, the hunter laid three traps in the hopes of catching some dinner.

And, of course, any animal which can push an egg out of its body lays that egg.

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