The cat lay in wait for the bird to fly down.

猫躲在那儿等着鸟飞下来。

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And Saul came to the city of Amalek and lay in wait in the valley.

扫罗到了亚玛力的京城，在谷中设下埋伏。

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For several nights the hunter lay in wait for the lion, but it never appeared.

猎手躺着等了几个晚上，但狮子一直没有出现。

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He did not know then that a second family lay in wait for him, not yet sprung, coiled in his future.

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