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phrvi infml1)For weeks they did nothing about my case, they just sat on it — В течение нескольких недель они ничего не предпринимали в отношении моего дела - они просто положили его под сукно
The city council is sitting on the final approval — Городской совет никак не может окончательно утвердить проект
Are those people still sitting on your complaint? — Эти деятели так ничего и не сделали по твоей жалобе?
2)That young man is becoming insufferable - he needs to be sat on firmly — Этот молодой человек становится невыносимым - его надо как-то осадить
3)As regards promotion the management is just sitting on her — Начальство никак не хочет повышать ее в должности
4)We'd better sit on the loot for a while until it's safe to try to sell it — Лучше немного попридержать награбленное, пока не станет безопасно пустить его в продажу
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