I remember getting up, determined to do something useful, walking three steps, turning around, going back, and laying down again.

记得我站起来，立志做些有用的事情，走三步，转身回去，又躺了下来。

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Even his recreation consisted in change of study, laying down one subject to take up another.

连他的消遣都是放下一个科目又拿起另一个科目的变换研究。

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Laying up for a solid night's sleep might not sound like the best recipe for weight loss, but loads of research has pointed to the importance of sufficient shut-eye to losing weight.

躺着结结实实睡个好觉也许听起来不像是减肥的最好诀窍，但是大量研究指出充足睡眠对减肥很重要。

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Mr Smith said the closure programme comes just as the Army is attempting to transform its make-up, laying off 20, 000 full-time soldiers, but engaging in an unprecedented recruitment campaign for the Army reserve, which they intend to double in size, to 30, 000, by 2020.

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But then he bogeyed 14, double-bogeyed 15 (even after laying up short of the lake on the par-five with his second shot) and finished the round with a bogey and a double-bogey for a 76 and one-under-par total.

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Instead of laying up, he drilled a 5-wood into the bunker left of the green, setting up a simple sand shot and a birdie he didn't even need.

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