how the land lies

the way a situation has been arranged or has developed the lay of the land After a few days on the job, I began to understand how the land lies and which people would be helpful.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Avksenti	-	Georgian
Gavril	-	Bulgarian, Macedonian, Romanian
Geraldo	he-RAHL-do (Spanish)	Spanish, Portuguese
Mona	['məunə]
Frans	FRAHNS (Dutch, Finnish)	Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Finnish
Florencia	flo-REN-thyah (Spanish), flo-REN-syah (Latin American Spanish)	Spanish