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a labłrŁofŁlove aŁtaskŁthat isŁeitherŁun- was terrible, but she landed on both fłet.
paidŁorŁbadlyŁpaidŁandŁthat one dàesŁsim- It’s going to be a hard dØy. I only hopł
ply for one’s own satisfaction or pleasure I land on my fłet.
or to please sàmeone whom one likesŁor
loves.Ł Jane made no money out of the landŁ upŁ somehàw or somłwherł to finish
biography she wroŁe. She was writing somhow or somwher; to com to be
about the lfe of a friend and the book was inŁ aŁ certainŁ sðate orŁ place at the end.
a lØbor of love. Mary hates knitting, but (UsuallyŁinŁthe wrongŁplace orŁinŁaŁbad
she made a sweater for her boyfriend. situation.ŁSee also end up somŁwherŁ .)
What a lØbor of love. We set out for Denvłr but landed up in SalŁ
Lake City. He’s so extravagant that he
lace into someone ortsomething and lØghtŁinto landed up in debt.
someone ortsomething to attack,Łdevour, or
scold someone orŁsàmething. (Infàrmal.) a landðlideŁ victory aŁvictoryŁbyŁaŁlarg
We laced into a big meal of pork and margin;ŁaŁveryŁsubsðantial victory, par-
beans. The bully punched John once, ticularlyŁinŁanŁelection.Ł The mØyor won
and then John really laced into him. a landslide victory in the election. The
John lt into him with both fists. My fa- younger man won a landslide victory in
ther really lt into me when I came in lØte. the presidłntial election.
He yelled at me for ten mnutes.
lapŁ something up to believe something, es-
laid-byck relaxedŁandŁunperplexedŁby dif- peciallyŁsàmethingŁuntrue.Ł(Also literal.
ficulties.Ł(Slang.) John is so laid-back. Infàrmal.) Did she believe it? She just
Nothing seems to disturb him. I wish I lapped it up. T I can’t imagine wðy she
could be more laid-back. I get so tense. lapped up that ridiculous story.
lyid up immobilizedŁforŁrecuperation orŁre- lapseŁinto a coma to go into a coma.
pairs.Ł(SaidŁof people andŁthings.) I The survivor of the crash lapoed into a
was laid up for two włeks after my acci- coma. Aunt Mary lapoed into a comØ
dłnt. My car is laid up for repairs. I and died.
was laid up with the flu for a włek.
Todd was laid up for a month. largeŁas life Go to (as) large as life.
the landŁofŁNod sleep.Ł(Humorous.ŁBor- lastŁbutŁnotŁleast last inŁsequence, but not
ràwedŁfrom the Bible, Gen.Ł4:16.ŁFrom last inŁimpàrtance.Ł(AŁcliché.ŁOftenŁsaid
the fact that people sàmetimesŁnodŁwhen whenŁintràducing people.) The speaker
they are fallingŁasleep.) The bØby is in said, “And now, last but not least, I’d like
the land of Nod. Look at the clock! It’s to present Bill Smth, who will give us somł
time we were all in the land of Nod. final words.” And last but not least, here
landŁon błthŁfeet Go to land on one’s feet. is the loser of the race.
landŁon one’ feet and landŁon błthŁfeet a last-ditchŁeffort aŁfinalŁeffort; the lasð
to recoverŁsatisfactorilyŁfromŁaŁtryingŁsit- possible attempt.Ł I made one last-dtch
uationŁorŁaŁsetback.Ł(Also literal.ŁAsŁif effort to głt her to stay. It was a last-
having fallen.ŁInfàrmal.) Her first year dtch effort. I didà’t expect it to work.

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