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Ljswave Posted 13 years ago
Vocabulary

Please show me what "Let us lay them down" means.

-I'd like to know what the underlined means.
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Here we have some rules. Let us lay them down.
  

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Hi To lay down a rule is to make it very clear that the rule must be obeyed. It is not an option - you have to do what the rule says or there will be serious punishment It is a verb + preposition phrase and can be used to describe a heavy way of thinking ... - Don't make waves; stay in line; stay off the grass; shine your shoes; wipe your face: those are the rules we lay down Dave

  • Hi To lay down a rule is to make it very clear that the rule must be obeyed.
  • It is not an option - you have to do what the rule says or there will be serious punishment It is a verb + preposition phrase and can be used to describe a heavy way of thinking ...
  • - Don't make waves; stay in line; stay off the grass; shine your shoes; wipe your face: those are the rules we lay down Dave
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Hi

To lay down a rule is to make it very clear that the rule must be obeyed. It is not an option - you have to do what the rule says or there will be serious punishment

It is a verb + preposition phrase and can be used to describe a heavy way of thinking ...

- Don't make waves; stay in line; stay off the grass; shine your shoes; wipe your face: those are the rules we

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