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Meanings of lying in English

Russian
лёжка
Portuguese
decúbito
Spanish
posicion acostada
Catalan
decúbit
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Human position in which the body is more or less horizontal and supported along its length by the surface underneath.

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        лёжка
        Portuguese
        mentira
        Catalan
        butllofa
        Spanish
        mentira

        The deliberate act of deviating from the truth.

              mentira

              Mendacious.

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                    Usage of lying in English
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                    Low-lying areas from Haast to Karamea were particularly at risk, he said.
                    Radio NZ
                    2
                    Solving the problem of the low-lying Levels is not a simple process.
                    The Guardian
                    3
                    He said Kiribati and other low-lying countries were already feeling the effects.
                    Radio NZ
                    4
                    And I saw a juggler lying in the air in the amphitheatre.
                    The Pharaoh and the Priest: An Historical Novel of Ancient Egypt
                    5
                    Millions of people from China to Florida live in low-lying coastal areas.
                    Reuters
                    6
                    Civil Defence suggests residents in low-lying coastal areas consider staying elsewhere tonight.
                    Radio NZ
                    7
                    And in the morning all the people saw the lion lying dead.
                    The Man-Eaters of Tsavo, and Other East African Adventures
                    8
                    The flanks were secured by the gunboats lying moored in the stream.
                    The River War: An Account of the Reconquest of the Sudan
                    9
                    The Captain is lying in a state of stupor in his cabin.
                    The Captain of the Polestar, and Other Tales
                    10
                    But many are found lying in the strata in a horizontal plane.
                    The Story of a Piece of Coal: What It Is, Whence It Comes, and W...
                    11
                    It must even now be lying in the yard of the palace.
                    Rinkitink in Oz / Wherein Is Recorded the Perilous Quest of Prin...
                    12
                    Funaki said there's flooding in low-lying areas and people had been evacuated.
                    Radio NZ
                    13
                    The dead horse was still lying stiff and lamentable on the footpath.
                    The Insurrection in Dublin
                    14
                    Snowfalls can be expected over the high-lying areas, including the southern mountains.
                    The South African
                    15
                    Traveling west, they soon left behind the low-lying basin of windy plains.
                    The Plains of Passage
                    16
                    The Grey Dawn crept in over it and saw it lying there.
                    The Story of an African Farm
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                    Lying through the time
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