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приструнить (someone: Someone should have sat on him when he was young. В.И.Макаров); осадить (someone В.И.Макаров) |
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находиться в (Almost all firms reconciled to having a substantial part of their application estates sitting on public cloud.  forbes.com Alex_Odeychuk); размещаться в (Almost all firms reconciled to having a substantial part of their application estates sitting on public cloud. forbes.com Alex_Odeychuk) |
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заседать в (комиссии, комитете и т.д.: He sits on the appropriations committee.); быть членом (комиссии, комитета и т.д.: He sits on the appropriations committee.); входить в состав (совета и т.п.: He sits on the appropriations committee.
Alexander Demidov); участвовать в работе (комиссии правления и т.п.); принимать участие в работе; являться членом (комиссии, комитета и т.д.: He sits on the appropriations committee.); входить в (состав комиссии, комитета и т.д.: Yesterday we saw MEPs from all groups in the European Parliament whose members sit on the Parliament's committee on justice and home affairs write to the relevant European Commissioner and copy our Minister for Justice expressing concern about how the general data protection regulation, GDPR, is applied and enforced in Ireland and the operation of the Data Protection Commission. oireachtas.ie) |
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ничего не делать с (I sent the boss my proposal three weeks ago and he's been just sitting on it. • He had been sitting on the document for at least two months.); обладать (богатством, запасами и пр. Vic_Ber); отложить в сторонку (If you're not sure about a proposal, run it by a colleague and sit on it for a day or two before you sign.); положить что-либо под сукно (В.И.Макаров); класть что-либо под сукно (В.И.Макаров) |
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скрывать (They sat on the bad news as long as they could.); противодействовать публикации; оттягивать (решение В.И.Макаров); противодействовать преданию гласности; держать в секрете (в знач. "скрывать": They sat on the bad news as long as they could.); держать в тайне (в знач. "скрывать": They sat on the bad news as long as they could.) |
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разбирать (вопрос, дело); судить (о присяжных В.И.Макаров); расследовать (что-либо – о комиссии, коллегии и т. п.); рассматривать (вопрос, дело: A coroner's jury was called to sit on the case.) |
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to serve as a member of (a jury, committee, etc. collinsdictionary.com) |
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if you say that someone is sitting on something, you mean that they are delaying dealing with it (He had been sitting on the document for at least two months. collinsdictionary.com); to hold something back from being considered or acted on (collinsdictionary.com); to delay dealing with (something: I sent my application about six weeks ago and they’ve just been sitting on it. ldoceonline.com); fail to deal with (something: She sat on the article until a deadline galvanized her into putting words to paper • There is now enormous choice in the current account market, so there is no excuse to sit on an account which is not offering the best deal. • The company is regarded as more financially capable than its rival of doing such a deal, but appears happy to sit on its holding. • I've been sitting on this story for a week or so, trying to figure out what to do with it. • Lucas has been sitting on this basic story idea for well on thirty years now, so how far wrong could he go? • I finally decided to stop sitting on things and threw out my war-torn couch today. lexico.com) |
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to suppress; silence (They sat on the bad news as long as they could collinsdictionary.com); to suppress, repress, or squelch (collinsdictionary.com); suppress (something: I want this story sat on • The press has been restrained in sitting on a story about her family. • But I find it impossible to sit on a good story, especially if there is money to be made. • No longer is it easy for a news organization to sit on a big story and publish it at a set time, when all the dust has settled. • This is by no means the only new idea that the company is sitting on, with numerous internet projects up its sleeve. • Instead, he intends to sit on his campaign for a month to give it maximum chance of success. • Only this time, he knew he was sitting on a deal he could not mention. lexico.com) |
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to confer on or investigate (collinsdictionary.com); to inquire into or deliberate over (A coroner's jury was called to sit on the case. collinsdictionary.com); to hold an official inquiry regarding (wiktionary.org); to deliberate about (wiktionary.org) |
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subdue (someone, typically by saying something intended to make them uneasy or embarrassed: Someone should have sat on him when he was young • He bears the imprint of whoever sits on him and the Vice-President really sat on him. • My middle son lives with his dad and is 20, but he doesn't give me the time of day, but my youngest is 5 (going on 20) and I have really sat on him hard. lexico.com); to check or rebuke (I'll sit on him if he tries to interrupt me. collinsdictionary.com); to force someone to be silent or not to do something (The boss is going to sit on him to make sure he says nothing. cambridge.org) |
