1. save sb. sth. 给……留出一个座位
The traffic is heavy these days. I might arrive a bit late, so could you save me a place?
最近这些天交通拥挤 。我有可能迟到一会儿,因此请你给我留个位子好吗?
2. coupled with 加上
And it seems to have been this sentimentality, coupled with ill-health and depression, that finally brought him to take his own life.
看来正是这种感伤,再加上恶劣的健康状况和压抑,使他最后结束了自己的生命 。
3. lay bare 暴露
The buried city, laid bare to the sun of a mew age, is ashamed that it has lost all its songs.
被葬送的城市,裸露在新世纪的阳光下,为失去所有的欢歌而羞惭 。
4. lay/throw down the gauntlet 下战书;挑战
When the heavyweight champion boasted that nobody could beat him, no one expected this newcomer to throw down the gauntlet.
那个重量级的冠军夸口没人能打败他时,谁也没想到这个初来乍到的人会挑战他