lay on

offrir

Fournir de la nourriture ou des boissons à des personnes sans les faire payer.

En anglais simple : To provide food or drinks for people without charging them.

• They lay on lunch for everyone.
• The hosts laid on a wonderful buffet.
• Will drinks be laid on after the talk?

Comment l'utiliser : lay something on for someone (They laid drinks on for all the guests.)

Synonymes : provide, put on

Expressions courantes : lay on food, lay on a buffet

exercer, déployer

Exercer ou manifester quelque chose, comme une pression ou de la sympathie, parfois avec beaucoup de force.

En anglais simple : To apply something or put it into effect, sometimes very strongly.

• They began to lay on the pressure.
• She laid on the charm during the meeting.
• He is laying it on too thick.

Comment l'utiliser : lay something on (He laid the sympathy on rather heavily.)

Synonymes : apply, use

Expressions courantes : lay on pressure, lay on the charm

prodiguer, multiplier

Multiplier les compliments, les excuses ou d’autres paroles du même genre, souvent de façon excessive.

En anglais simple : To say many things of a particular kind, often more than seems necessary.

• He likes to lay on compliments.
• She laid on the praise after his performance.
• Stop laying on excuses and explain what happened.

Comment l'utiliser : lay on something (The guests laid on the compliments all evening.)

Synonymes : heap on, pile on

Expressions courantes : lay on compliments, lay on the praise

appliquer, étaler

Étaler une couche de peinture ou d’une autre matière sur une surface.

En anglais simple : To spread a layer of paint or another substance over a surface.

• Lay on the paint evenly.
• He laid on a thick coat of plaster.
• She is laying on the final layer with a brush.

Comment l'utiliser : lay on something (Lay on a thin coat of paint first.)

Synonymes : apply, spread on

Expressions courantes : lay on paint, lay on a coat

rejeter la faute sur, accuser

Dire qu’une personne ou une chose est responsable d’un problème ou d’une mauvaise action.

En anglais simple : To say that someone or something is responsible for a problem or wrong action.

• He laid the blame on me.
• She tried to lay the whole failure on the weather.
• Do not lay it on the youngest worker.

Comment l'utiliser : lay something on someone/something (They laid all the blame on the driver.)

Synonymes : blame, pin on

Expressions courantes : lay on someone, lay on the driver

raconter, expliquer

Dire ou expliquer quelque chose à quelqu’un.

En anglais simple : To tell or explain something to someone.

• Lay some wisdom on me.
• He laid his latest theory on us.
• Are you ready to lay the news on them?

Comment l'utiliser : lay something on someone (Lay your best advice on me.)

Synonymes : tell, explain, pass on

Expressions courantes : lay on some wisdom, lay on some advice