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1 I was sitting between my two sisters
English-Dutch dictionary > I was sitting between my two sisters
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2 he was sitting there his face set
Общая лексика: он сидел с каменным лицомУниверсальный англо-русский словарь > he was sitting there his face set
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3 he was sitting up in bed, propped against pillows
Макаров: он сидел в постели, обложенный подушкамиУниверсальный англо-русский словарь > he was sitting up in bed, propped against pillows
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4 he was sitting up in bed, propped on pillows
Макаров: он сидел в постели, обложенный подушкамиУниверсальный англо-русский словарь > he was sitting up in bed, propped on pillows
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5 he was sitting up in bed, propped with pillows
Макаров: он сидел в постели, обложенный подушкамиУниверсальный англо-русский словарь > he was sitting up in bed, propped with pillows
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6 near to where I was sitting
Макаров: недалеко от того места, где я сиделУниверсальный англо-русский словарь > near to where I was sitting
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7 she was sitting up in bed propped against pillows
Макаров: она сидела в кровати, обложенная подушкамиУниверсальный англо-русский словарь > she was sitting up in bed propped against pillows
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8 sawed off the bough he was sitting on
כרת את הענף עליו הוא יושב (הרס במו ידיו את מקור פרנסתו, שם לעצמו רגל)* * *◙ (לגר ומצעל םש,ותסנרפ רוקמ תא וידי ומב סרה) בשוי אוה וילע ףנעה תא תרכ◄English-Hebrew dictionary > sawed off the bough he was sitting on
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9 sawed off the bough he was sitting on
hij zaagde de tak af waarop hij zat (door eigen toedoen verloor hij wat hij had)English-Dutch dictionary > sawed off the bough he was sitting on
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10 sawed off the bough he was sitting on
sågade av grenen han satt på (han var otacksam mot sin välgörare)English-Swedish dictionary > sawed off the bough he was sitting on
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11 sawed off the bough he was sitting on
Новый англо-русский словарь > sawed off the bough he was sitting on
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12 sitting pretty
adj slHe's just the same fathead whether he's out of luck or sitting pretty — Он такой же болван независимо от того, везет ему или нет
It was some knockover! We'll be sitting pretty now — Это было всем ограблениям ограбление. Теперь мы будем жить кучеряво
With profits soaring their company is sitting pretty — При таких доходах их компания чувствует себя вполне уверенно
He left enough money for her to be sitting pretty for the rest of her life — Он оставил ей достаточно денег, чтобы она ни в чем не нуждалась до конца жизни
I've had the rug jerked out from under me just when I thought I was sitting pretty — У меня стала уходить почва из-под ног как раз тогда, когда я считал свое положение довольно прочным
The new dictionary of modern spoken language > sitting pretty
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13 sitting pretty
paзг.нeплoxo уcтpoившийcя, нaxoдящийcя в выгoднoм, выигpышнoм пoлoжeнии'I called to Henry Maturin to sell everything and buy gold...' 'So when the crash came you were sitting pretty?' (W. S. Maugham) I've had the rug jerked out from under me just when I thought I was sitting pretty (E. S. Gardner) -
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['sɪtɪŋ] 1.1) amm. art. (session) seduta f.2) (period in which food is served) servizio m. (del pasto)3) (incubation period) cova f.2.1) (seated)2) agr.* * *noun (a period of continuous action, meeting etc: I read the whole book at one sitting; The committee were prepared for a lengthy sitting.) seduta, tornata* * *sitting /ˈsɪtɪŋ/A n.1 seduta; adunanza; tornata ( di lavori); (leg.) udienza: an all-night sitting of the House of Commons, una seduta della Camera dei Comuni che è durata tutta la notte; sitting in camera, udienza a porte chiuse5 posto riservato (a teatr., ecc.)B a.3 (polit.) in carica: the sitting MP, il deputato in carica; Clinton was the first sitting US President to visit Bulgaria, Clinton è stato il primo Presidente in carica degli Stati Uniti a visitare la Bulgaria● sitting accommodation, (disponibilità di) posti a sedere □ (stor. USA) Sitting Bull, Toro Seduto ( capo indiano) □ (fig. fam.) sitting duck, facile bersaglio, facile preda □ sitting hen, chioccia; gallina che cova □ sitting in, babysitteraggio; sorveglianza dei bambini in assenza dei genitori (o di una casa, un cane, ecc., in assenza del padrone) □ sitting room (stanza di) soggiorno; salotto (fam.) □ (fam.) sitting target = sitting duck ► sopra □ (leg.) the sitting tenant, l'attuale affittuario (o inquilino); l'occupante ( di un locale) con diritto di non essere sfrattato □ to give a sitting to a painter, posare per un pittore □ to read a novel at (o in) one sitting, leggere un romanzo tutto di un fiato.* * *['sɪtɪŋ] 1.1) amm. art. (session) seduta f.2) (period in which food is served) servizio m. (del pasto)3) (incubation period) cova f.2.1) (seated)2) agr. -
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noun (a period of continuous action, meeting etc: I read the whole book at one sitting; The committee were prepared for a lengthy sitting.) i ett strekk; møte, samlingsesjonIsubst. \/ˈsɪtɪŋ\/1) sitting (det å sitte)2) ( kunst) posering3) ( politikk) møte, samling4) forklaring: tid som tilbringes med en aktivitet5) (i kirke, teater e.l.) sitteplass, benkeplass6) ( zoologi) ruging, rugetid, liggetid7) ( om egg) kullat one sitting i ett strekk, på en gangIIadj. \/ˈsɪtɪŋ\/1) ( også overført) sittende, nåværende2) ( zoologi) rugende3) ( om mål) som er lett å treffe4) ( jakt) sittende (som ikke løper eller flyr)sitting hen rugehøne, liggehøne -
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nounthere is a sitting tenant — es ist ein Mieter vorhanden
* * *sit·ting ˈten·antn derzeitiger Mieter/derzeitige Mieterin* * ** * *nounhe is/was the sitting tenant — er ist/war der jetzige/damalige Mieter
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17 sitting
1 დასაჯდომი●●sitting room სასტუმრო / სადარბაზო ოთახი2 სხდომა -
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სასტუმროthis room was designed as a sitting-room ეს ოთახი სასტუმრო ოთახად იყო დაგეგმილი -
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20 a sitting duck
разг.лёгкая добыча; удобная мишень [первонач. амер.]On November 18 Lawson, the Service's advance man, rode over the motorcade route with Dallas Police Chief Jesse Curry and Forrest V. Sorrels, the agent in charge of the local Secret Service office... Sorrels glanced up and said aloud, ‘Hell, we'd be sitting ducks.’ The other two concurred and shrugged. (W. Manchester, ‘The Death of a President’, ‘Prologue’) — 18 ноября Лоусон, представитель секретной службы, вместе с Джессом Карри, начальником полиции города Далласа, и Форрестом В. Соррелсом, руководителем местной секретной службы, осмотрели дорогу, по которой должен был проехать президент Кеннеди... Соррелс посмотрел вверх и сказал: - Черт побери, какой мы будем удобной мишенью. Лоусон и Карри пожали плечами и согласились.
Gilbert was a brilliant, witty librettist, but the targets of his satire were apt to be sitting ducks - chinless, hereditary peers, for example, or masterful spinsters of uncertain age. (‘The Observer’) — Джилберт был блестящим, остроумным либреттистом, но для своей сатиры он выбирал слишком уж легкие мишени, например бесхарактерных лордов или властных старых дев неопределенного возраста.
См. также в других словарях:
sitting pretty — {adj.}, {slang} To be in a lucky position. * /The new library is sitting pretty because a wealthy woman gave it $10,000 worth of reference books./ * /Mr. Jones was sitting pretty until his $25,000 a year job was dropped by the company./ … Dictionary of American idioms
sitting pretty — {adj.}, {slang} To be in a lucky position. * /The new library is sitting pretty because a wealthy woman gave it $10,000 worth of reference books./ * /Mr. Jones was sitting pretty until his $25,000 a year job was dropped by the company./ … Dictionary of American idioms
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sitting in the catbird seat — (sitting) in the catbird seat US informal : in a very good position The team was (sitting) in the catbird seat after winning 10 games in a row. • • • Main Entry: ↑catbird seat … Useful english dictionary
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