PHRASAL VERB OF THE DAY - 470 {SIT} {Sit about / around} sit and do nothing, especially while other people are working She sat around all day and watched me clean the house. {Sit back} relax and do nothing, especially when your help is needed or when you have been working hard He’s happy just to sit back and let others take the decisions. / It’s marvellous to be able to sit back after a hard day’s work. {Sit by} observe but fail to act as needed Even when his daughter was in trouble, he just sat by and did not help. {Sit for} 1 take an examination His teachers said he should sit for university. / He sat for a scholarship and got one. 2 be a member of parliament for a certain place He has sat for Worcester for twenty years now. {Sit in} occupy a building or part of a building as a protest The students have been sitting in for the last two weeks. {Sit in (for)} take somebody’s place at a meeting or on a committee, etc The chairman is ill, so I am sitting in for him this evening. {Sit in on} attend a meeting or a course without taking active part in it The professor said I could sit in on his linguistics lectures. {Sit on} 1 delay taking action on something They have been sitting on my job application for weeks. 2 serve as an official member of a committee, jury, etc He has been sitting on the English committee ever since he came to university. 3 quickly subdue somebody who behaves rudely or impertinently Her brothers sat on her firmly whenever she was too noisy or silly. {Sit out} 1 remain seated during a piece of dance music I’m too hot to dance. Let’s sit this one out. 2 stay until the end of a meeting, film, performance, etc, especially when you are not enjoying yourself I hated the play, but I sat it out to the very end. {Sit through} stay in your seat while you attend, watch or listen to something, especially when you are not enjoying yourself We had to sit through the first half of the film without any sound. {Sit up} 1 not go to bed I sat up until four o’clock waiting for you last night. / I’ll be late tonight. Don’t sit up for me. 2 become alert and pay attention to somebody or something You should have seen them all sit up as soon as I mentioned money. / Coming bottom of the class certainly made Jill sit up and think about her work. {Sit with} nurse or attend somebody who is ill You go to bed for an hour. I’ll sit with your mother while you are asleep. taken from the GLOBAL ELT ENGLISH PHRASAL VERBS
Posted on: Thu, 22 May 2014 13:00:00 +0000
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