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Katie Anh
2022-04-11 12:04
Lay stress on (something) verb phrase
To emphasize or focus on some topic, issue, or aspect.
Though we've lost the game, we should lay stress on what we can draw out after that.
I know that you like sport, but don't forget to lay stress on studying too.
Our school intends to lay stress on helping students collaborate rather than pass exams.
The teacher usually tells us to lay stress on self-studying.
To make someone understand how serious, difficult, or dangerous something is
To concentrate on attaining a particular goal or award.
Used to emphasize what you're saying
When used as an intensifier following a question word (who, what, where, when, why, and how), the phrase expresses severe perplexity, surprise, or annoyance.
It's mostly used in the present tense.
Do you see anything wrong?
To overcome some disadvantage or get out of a bad situation when you have already lost a lot of time for it
We love Tim but we all think that it's impossible he can make up leeway and win first place in the race.
