The hunter lay in wait for the lion.

猎人埋伏以待狮子。

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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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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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According to Ms Varela, the prisoners were alerted to the impending raid by news reports and lay in wait for the National Guard, attacking them as they entered the Uribana penitentiary.

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