to bind;  to tie;  to fasten
To bind a wound
To do up one's shoelaces
You and I are linked without any string, and drunk without any drugs
to force;  to compel
Our victory forced the enemy to give up their aggressive design
We were forced to take up arms in self-defence
To be forced to resign
to lay
Don't lay the blame at his door;   Don't lay that offence on him!
To lay down only one condition
small cluster
A small cluster of glutinous rice square cakes
(từ gốc tiếng Pháp là Bourse d'études)  xem     học bổng  The tethered buffalo envies the grating one;  (nghĩa bóng)  envy;  jealousy
To cut blocks with a razor