The book lay open on his desk.

那本书摊开放在他的书桌上。

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The book lay open on the table.

书摊开在桌子上。

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The book lay open on the desk.

那本书摊开着放在桌上。

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He and his wife had to lay off workers, reduce inventory and stay open longer hours just to remain in business.

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Beyond lay open country.

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He looked dapper in a dark suit and tie and proved a gracious host, speaking excellent, if not always idiomatic, English for 90 minutes in his suite at the posh Carlyle Hotel, where a lesser-known novel by Alexandre Dumas lay open on the coffee table and a stack of European films on DVD sat next to a flat-screen television.

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But, said Mr Pearson, this "save as" culture could lay firms open to all kinds of problems because hidden information inside files reveals the document's true genesis.

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