lay away

内金を払って取り置きする

内金を払い、残りを払う間、店に商品を取っておいてもらう。

やさしい英語で： To ask a shop to keep an item while you pay for it over time.

• Can I lay away this coat?
• We laid the sofa away until we could pay for it.
• He is laying away a bicycle for his daughter.

使い方： lay something away (She laid the coat away and paid a little each week.)

類義語： reserve

よく使う表現： lay away something, lay something away

蓄える、取っておく

後で使えるように取っておく。

やさしい英語で： To keep something so that you can use it later.

• We lay away food for winter.
• She laid some money away for emergencies.
• They are laying away supplies for the long journey.

使い方： lay something away for something (They laid some food away for the winter.)

類義語： set aside, put away, save

よく使う表現： lay away something, lay something away

埋葬する、葬る

亡くなった人の体を墓に納める。

やさしい英語で： To put a dead person’s body in a grave.

• They laid her away beside her husband.
• The family laid him away in the village churchyard.
• She wished to be laid away near the sea.

使い方： lay someone away in something (They laid him away in a quiet village cemetery.)

類義語： bury, lay to rest, inter

よく使う表現： lay someone away, lay away someone