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

   we have thirty-four chicks from eight sittings of eggs

8. (idiomatic)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.

   Мері сидить за столом. — deniko

   ruМэри сидит за партой. — Hayabusa

   deMaria sitzt am Schreibtisch. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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2. He was sitting on the floor.

   Він сидів на підлозі. — anastasishko

   ruОн сидел на полу. — Hellerick

   deEr saß auf dem Fußboden. — Yorwba

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3. She was sitting under a tree.

   Вона сиділа під деревом. — deniko

   ruОна сидела под деревом. — afyodor

   deSie saß unter einem Baum. — MUIRIEL

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4. Tom was sitting on a bench.

   Том сидів на лавці. — deniko

   ruТом сидел на скамейке. — sharptoothed

   deTom saß auf einer Bank. — wolfgangth

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5. Everyone was sitting at the table.

   Всі сиділи за столом. — deniko

   ruВсе сидели за столом. — marafon

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