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。
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