Unfortunately, the real world is rife with exceptions and edge cases - duck-billed platypuses are furry and lay eggs.

不幸的是，真实的世界总是充满了例外和极端情况—鸭嘴兽既有皮毛，又通过产卵繁殖后代。

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Afterward, they lay in his bed in the house on the edge of the Waste.

他们躺在荒野地尽头房子里的床上。

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The Compleat Fortune-Teller was an old thick volume, which lay on a table at her elbow, so worn by pocketing that the margins had reached the edge of the type.

《算命大全》是一本厚厚的古书，就摆在她手边的一张桌子上，因为经常装在口袋里，它已经十分破旧了，边儿都磨到了文字的边上。

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Here and there, on narrow strips of sand at the lake edge, people lay on their backs on towels in the sun.

NEWYORKER: Miracle Polish

So I think the trick for us in manufacturing is to make sure we have the absolute best, cutting-edge practices that we can lay out across the world.

FORBES: Autos

After a morning of staring at the jungle's edge, I was dying to see what lay beyond.

WSJ: Nicaragua's San Juan River by Boat