satr>)
1.b> (; ), ; to sit on a chair ; we sat in the garden all evening ; she was sitting in a chair by the fire / ; I sat on the shore and looked at the sea ;
2.b> (); she sat me down and offered me a cup of tea ; he picked up his daughter and sat her down on a chair ; I gently led her to the chair and sat her on it i> ;
3.b> (); ; the letter sat on the table for several days before anybody opened it , ; the box sat unopened on the shelf ; he's got a computer sitting on his desk, but he doesn't use it / , ; a large bus was sitting outside ; a little church sitting on a hillside i> / ; the house has sat empty for two years , / ; the jacket sat beautifully on her shoulders i> / ;
4.b> i> (), i> ; if I fail, will I be able to sit the exam again? , / ? he was about to sit for his entrance exam / ;
5.b> 1) i> () / , ( , , . i>); parliament sits for less than six months of the year ; the council only sits once a month / ; the court will sit until all the evidence has been heard , ;
2) (in, on, for) , .i> / (); , .i> / ; he was the first journalist to sit in parliament , / ; she sat on a number of committees ; for years he sat for Henley .i> i>; they both sat as MPs in the House of Commons / ;
6.b> (for) i> (); i> / (.i> babysit);
to sit aboutb> = to sit around;
to sit aroundb> .i> (), , ; we sat around for a bit, chatting / ; I'm far too busy to sit around here , ;
to sit backb> 1) (), , (.i> i>); ; sit back and relax I'll open a bottle of wine , ; he sat back in his chair and started to read ;
2) / (); , ..i> ; she's not the kind of person who can sit back and let others do all the work , ; many people just sit back and ignore the problems of today / ;
to sit downb> (), (.i> oneself); he sat down in an armchair ; please sit down () / / , ; he sat down on the bed / ; they sat down to consider the problem ; come in and sit yourselves down ;
to sit outb> 1) i> (), ( , i>); we sat out the storm in a cafe / ; she had two weeks to sit it out while she waited to hear if she had got the job , , / ; she was prepared to sit out the years of her husband's jail sentence ;
2) i> (), i> / ; Johnson sat out the game with a shoulder injury ; he had to sit out Sheffield Wednesday's UEFA Cup game " " ;
to sit throughb> i> () / (.i> i>); I wasn't the least bit interested in all the speeches I had to sit through , ; I sat through the whole meeting ;
to sit upb> 1) i> (), ; i> , [.i> .i> sit-upr>]; he was sitting up in bed, reading his book ; she sat up and reached for her glass i> ; sit up straight and concentrate! !
2) i> ( ), , ; sometimes we just sit up and watch videos all night / ; we sat up half the night, talking / ;
to sit at smb.'s feetb> ) / ; ; ) ; ; to sit in judgementb> ) .i> ( i>); ) (over / (up)on / smb.) i> , ; i> , ; how dare you sit in judgement on me? / ! to sit on the fenceb> / ; ; to be sitting prettyb> .i> / ; ; we've paid off the mortgage, so we're sitting pretty now / , .
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