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Mark the stress in russian words with a ' character behind the vowel, e.g. ру'чки, this will be converted to ру́чки. Leave out the stress when it is unambiguous, which is when the word contains ё or only one vowel (the vowels are а, я, э, е, ы, и, о, ё, у and ю).

лечь

verb, perfective
Partner ложи́ться
somewhat often used word (#1197)

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lie down

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go to bed

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Джон уста́л и рано лёг спать. John, being tired, went to bed early.
Могу́ я лечь на дива́н? May I lie on the sofa?
Я лёг отдохну́ть. I lay down to rest.
Я уже лёг спать, когда зазвони́л телефо́н. I had already gone to bed when the telephone rang.
Ля́гте на ле́вый бок. Lie down on your left side.
На меня легла́ обя́занность следи́ть за ребёнком. It fell to me to take care of the baby.
Я хочу́ пойти́ домой и лечь спать. I want to go home and sleep.
Она легла́ на пол и приняла́сь чита́ть. She lay down on the floor and started reading.
Ляг на пра́вый бок. Lie on your right side.
Ля́гте на живо́т. Lie on your stomach.