The butler always laid the table.

餐具总是由管家来摆放。

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He laid the table, preparing for supper.

他摆好了桌子，准备吃晚饭。

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Don't ask me, Sir. I only laid the table.

不要问我，先生。我只不过是将它们放在桌子上。

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He laid his arms upon the table's edge and dropped his face into them, tearless and very sleepy.

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That is now the charge that has been laid on the table: that the essential character of the bank has changed.

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This discussion began a few months ago when the possibility of Greece defaulting was first laid on the table.

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Then they laid on the table an oil-swap deal with Iran that will allow them to ship Kazak oil across the Caspian to Iran and a refinery near Tehran.

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