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Complement Is A Verb, Which Means To
Complement Is A Verb, Which Means To
How do you do? Please follow the rules laid down by the
administrator.
This is not a question. It is another, very
formal way of saying "Hello." It is also If you lay something down your weapons
very British. it means you stop fighting.
A polite response is; "I'm fine thanks. And I laid down this bottle in 1998, it should
you? be perfect for drinking now.
Lay is an irregular transitive verb (lay / Lie down means to move into a position in
laid/ laid - laying). It needs a direct object. which your body is flat, usually in order to
It means to put something or someone sleep or rest.
down (often in a horizontal postion).
For example: "If you are tired lie down
For example: "Lay your head on the and have a rest."
pillow."
I watch TV every night. For example: I tripped over the carpet and
The security guard watched the shoplifter sprained my ankle.
steal the clock.
Voyage (n) is usually a long journey by
boat. The word voyage is very rarely used
!If I say to you "Look at him!" I mean for as a verb.
you to check out his appearance. But, if I
say to you "Watch him!" I mean it as a For example: The voyage to South Africa
warning. took over six weeks.