He laid (lay, laid) his pen on the desk and began reading.

他把笔放到桌上然后开始开始阅读。

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And Neptune with a Trident is helping lay the trans-Atlantic cable which was just being laid when he was painting this."

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And he went on to lay out some of the terms that it seems the opposition has laid out -- stop attacks on civilians, move the troops out of the cities, allow humanitarian aid deliveries, et cetera.

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