Cook
Cook verb - To change so much as to create a wrong impression or alter the meaning of.
Lay
Lay verb - To arrange something in a certain spot or position.
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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Deathbringer the Adorable: The chickens on the Nomad, who do little besides hang out in their cages and lay eggs for Sunny to cook, are named Solid, Liquid and Solidus.
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Gratuitous French: The cook at the diner lay dead with his arm resting on Kirkland Signature Towel Essuie-tout.
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The Pirates Who Don't Do Anything: This is finally averted in The Siege of Spinner Cay: McGillicutty and his crew are pirates incarnate, who pillage, fire cannons, bury treasure, lay siege to innocent ports, drown people, threaten Guybrush repeatedly, and cook.
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