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Lesson 66 / Crafts
5 phrases · 12 minutes · Look, listen and try.
Lay out the materials, save them, and notice what happens to the model you are working on.
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Lay out the cardboard pieces before we start.
Lay out the cardboard pieces before we start.
I laid the materials out so everyone could see them.
I laid the materials out so everyone could see them.
The meaning in the lesson is to arrange things on a surface. The past tense of “lay” is “laid”, not “lay”.
Cambridge Dictionary · lay out
Put aside some cardboard for our next model.
Put aside some cardboard for our next model.
I put a few good pieces aside for later.
I put a few good pieces aside for later.
You keep a part that is not used immediately. The past is still “put”; The phrase also means to temporarily put aside the problem in another context.
Cambridge Dictionary · put aside
A little piece of cardboard sticks out from the side.
A little piece of cardboard sticks out from the side.
The tab was sticking out of the model.
The tab was sticking out of the model.
The meaning in the lesson is the protruding position of an object; do not have to continue selecting in “stick with”. The past “stuck”.
Our supply of craft paper gave out before we finished.
Our supply of craft paper gave out before we finished.
The glue may give out if we use too much.
The glue may give out if we use too much.
Supply is the subject and gradually runs out. Different from "give out papers" which means giving out papers to many people; past tense “gave”.
The model fell apart because the glue was weak.
The model fell apart because the glue was weak.
Be careful with the old box. It might fall apart.
Be careful with the old box. It might fall apart.
Close meaning "come apart", learned before; often suggests that the object is no longer stable or continuous. Past tense “fell”.
The examples were written for this course. Usage was checked against Matt Errey’s book, pages 77, 100, 122, 54, 43. A2–B1 is the course’s intended level.
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Duy displays pieces of old cardboard orderly on the table to make models.
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Duy kept some good cardboard in the box for next time.
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Duy looked at the piece of cardboard sticking out from the side of the paper model.
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Duy looked at the empty craft paper tray after making many items.
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Duy looked at the cover model broken into separate parts on the table.
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Let us lay out the materials before we start.
Let us lay out the materials before we start.
I will put aside the pieces we need for the roof.
I will put aside the pieces we need for the roof.
Check that nothing sticks out where someone could catch a hand.
Check that nothing sticks out where someone could catch a hand.
“Lay out” arranges parts so they can be seen; “put aside” reserves something for another purpose or time. Position and purpose distinguish the actions.
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The answers below are models. Other answers can also work if they preserve the facts, meaning and structure requested in the task.
A maker arranges recycled pieces across a bench and saves two hinges for a different model.
Describe arranging the pieces for inspection.
She lays out the pieces on the bench.
Arranging the pieces across the bench for inspection is “lays out”; “lays” agrees with “she”.
Replace “the hinges” with “them”: Put the hinges aside.
Put them aside.
“Them” replaces the two hinges being reserved, so use “put them aside”, not “put aside them”.
Explain why the saved pieces should not be discarded.
Put those hinges aside because we will need them for another model.
“Because we will need them” explains reserving the hinges for another model instead of discarding them.
The usage comparisons are checked against the Cambridge Dictionary entries linked beside the compared expressions. The additional conversations and exercises are written for this course.
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