sitting

1. A period during which one is seated for a specific purpose.

   Due to the sheer volume of guests, we had to have two sittings for the meal.

   The Queen had three sittings for her portrait.

   Sitzung

   присестprisest

2. A seance or other session with a medium or fortuneteller.

3. A special seat allotted to a seat-holder, at church, etc.

4. The part of the year in which judicial business is transacted.

5. A legislative session (in the sense of meeting, and not period).

   Sitzung

   a meeting of spiritualists

6. The incubation of eggs by a bird.

   Brüten, Gelege

7. (собирательное)A clutch of eggs laid by a brooding bird.

   we have thirty-four chicks from eight sittings of eggs

8. (идиома)An uninterrupted application to anything for a time; the period during which one continues at anything.

   I read it in two sittings.

1. Mary is sitting at the desk.

   Мэри сидит за партой.

   ukМері сидить за столом.

   deMaria sitzt am Schreibtisch.

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2. I like sitting by the window.

   Мне нравится сидеть у окна.

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3. He was sitting on a bench.

   Он сидел на скамейке.

   deEr saß auf einer Bank.

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4. He was sitting on the floor.

   Он сидел на полу.

   ukВін сидів на підлозі.

   deEr saß auf dem Fußboden.

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5. He's sitting in the waiting room.

   Он сидит в зале ожидания.

   deEr sitzt im Wartezimmer.

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