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        |  sākt mācīties Stores can offer a layaway plan |  |   a method of buying goods in which a large deposit (= payment of part of the total) is made so that a store will keep the goods until the full price can be paid  |  |  | 
|  sākt mācīties The king laid down the rules. |  |  |  |  | 
|  sākt mācīties In the middle of the meeting she suddenly laid into him for no apparent reason. |  |   to attack someone physically, or to criticize someone in an angry way:  |  |  | 
|  sākt mācīties The recent economic crisis has led to massive layoffs. |  |   an occasion when a company stops employing someone, sometimes temporarily, because the company does not have enough money or enough work:  |  |  | 
|  sākt mācīties We laid the pieces of the dress pattern out on the floor. |  |   to arrange in a pattern or design; to plan something by showing how its parts fit together    The designer laid out the book with pictures on every page. |  |  | 
|  sākt mācīties You left out the best parts of the story. |  |   to fail to include something or someone; omit:  |  |  | 
|  sākt mācīties You will be there tomorrow - you won't let me down, will you? When I was sent to prison, I really felt I had let my parents down. This skirt is too long – I’ll have to let it down. |  |   to disappoint someone by failing to do what you agreed to do or were expected to do; to lengthen something when talking about sewing  |  |  | 
| sākt mācīties |  |   Go away and stop bothering me with your nonsense  |  |  | 
|  sākt mācīties I’m not very good at golf – I only took it up recently. This skirt is too long – I’ll have to take it up. |  |   to begin to do something; to shorten clothes:  |  |  | 
|  sākt mācīties I let my dog out. I let my pants out because I put on weight. |  |   to release; to make bigger (sewing)  |  |  | 
|  sākt mācīties When the rain lets up we'll go for a walk. |  |   If bad weather or an unpleasant situation lets up, it stops or improves:  |  |  | 
|  sākt mācīties He lay down on the bed and tried to relax. I'd like to lie down for a minute |  |   to move into a position in which your body is flat, usually in order to sleep or rest:  |  |  | 
|  sākt mācīties He never managed to live up to his parents' expectations. David's cooking was brilliant - we'll never live up to that. Did the holiday live up to your expectations? |  |   to be as good as something:  |  |  |