sister-cities
1>  , -

sister-german
1>  _.  

sister-hook
1> _. 

sister-in-law
1>  ( )
2> 
3> 

sisterhood
1> ,  
_Ex:
to live in loving sisterhood   
2> _. 
3> _. , 
_Ex:
to join the sisterhood of nations   
 
4> _. (. S.)   ( " 
 ")
5> _.    
_Ex:
sisterhood across class lines is a myth  
      -  
6> _.  

sisterly
1> 
2> , 

Sistine
1> 
_Ex:
Sistine Madonna  

Sisyphean, Sisyphian
1> _. _. 
_Ex:
Sisyphean, Sisyphian task  

sit
1>  ( )
_Ex:
they noticed the perfect sit of her dress  ,
     
2> _. , , 
3> _. 
4> _. ; 
_Ex:
the sit of a wall  
5> 
_Ex:
to sit in an armchair   
_Ex:
to sit cross-legged ,    ; ,
   ,  -
_Ex:
to sit in a tree   
_Ex:
to sit in a circle  
6> , 
_Ex:
he sat the boy (down) to do his lessons   
 
_Ex:
to sit oneself , 
_Ex:
to sit the baby   ( )
7> (with)   -,   -
_Ex:
to sit with an invalid   ,  
 
8>   ; ,   ()
 ( )
9> (through)   
_Ex:
to sit through an awful film     
_Ex:
yes, I did sit through the entire programme ,  
  
10> ,  
_Ex:
Parliament will sit in (the) autumn  
 
_Ex:
the House of Commons will sit at eight o'clock 
    8 
_Ex:
to sit into midnight   
11> , ; 
_Ex:
to sit on a case  
_Ex:
the committee is sitting on the question of procedure 
   
12>   ,  
_Ex:
to sit on the bench  () 
_Ex:
to sit in judgement  ,   ;
(on) , 
_Ex:
to sit in judgement upon smb.   -
13>   (-);  ( -)
_Ex:
to sit over a book   
14> , 
_Ex:
he sat under Professor Holmes     
_Ex:
to sit for examination   ;  
_Ex:
to sit for university entrance   
 
15> , 
_Ex:
to sit at home  ;   , 
 
_Ex:
the car sits in the garage unused    
 
16> , 
_Ex:
a kettle siting on a stove ,   
_Ex:
the house sits well back from the road   
 
17> ,    -  
_Ex:
the car will sit six people comfortably   
   
_Ex:
the hall sits five hundred people    
 
18> (on, upon) , 
_Ex:
new bread sits heavy on one's stomach   
 
_Ex:
care sits (heavy) on his mind   
_Ex:
his responsibilities sit but lightly upon him 
   
_Ex:
her years sat lightly upon her   ,
    
19> (on)  (- ); 
(-)
_Ex:
that young man is becoming insufferable;
he needs to be sat on firmly    
;      
20> (on) _. , ; 
_Ex:
to sit on plans     - 
_Ex:
he sat on those applicatios for a month   
  
21> ,  
_Ex:
they sat behind the bushes    
22> _. ,  
23>  (-);  - 
_Ex:
in what quarter sits the wind?  ?
24> (on) , ; 
,  
_Ex:
to sit on a report    
25>  (, )
_Ex:
to sit for one's portrait   
26>   ()
_Ex:
to sit for a novel character  
 
27>   (- );   (
- )
_Ex:
to sit as judge   
_Ex:
to sit in Parliament   
_Ex:
to sit on a board   
_Ex:
to sit on a jury   ;   
28> (for)  ( )
_Ex:
to sit for N., to sit for the borough of N. 
( )   N.;    N.
29>  ( )
_Ex:
the coat sits badly on him     
_Ex:
the dress sits too close on the shoulders    
_Ex:
the collar sits awkwardly at the back   
30> ; 
_Ex:
his new dignity sits rather awkwardly upon him  
    
_Ex:
a light scepticism sits gracefully on him   
 
_Ex:
his principles sit loosely on him     
_Ex:
the name of reformer sits ill with him  
  
31>  ();   
32>   
33>  ( )
_Ex:
to sit a horse gracefully    
_Ex:
to sit tight    
34> _.    ( )
35>  ( )
_Ex:
to sit in dry dock    
_Ex:
to sit the water well    
_Id:
to sit longer than a hen   
_Id:
to sit on one's hands   ;
;     
_Id:
to sit on the fence ,   
_Id:
to sit still   ;   ,  
_Id:
to sit pretty    
_Id:
to sit fat   ;  ; 
_Id:
to sit tight     ;  ,
 
_Id:
to sit at smb.'s feet  - , 

sit about
1>   
_Ex:
we have no time to sit about and gossip  
  

sit around
1>   
_Ex:
we have no time to sit around and gossip  
  

sit back
1>  (  )
2> 
_Ex:
after a long walk it's pleasant to sit back with a cup of
coffee        
_Ex:
you must sit back and think about it   
  
3> 
_Ex:
when we needed your help, all you did was sit back 
    ,     
_Ex:
in case of intervention our people will not sit back as
silent spectators       
 

sit down
1> , ,  
2> _. ; 
3> 
_Ex:
sit your guests down and offer them a drink  
   
_Ex:
sit yourself down, I shan't keep you more than a minute
, ,      
4> _. _. 
5> (to)  ( -)
_Ex:
to sit down to one's work   
6> (with)  ( -)
7> (under) , 
_Ex:
to sit down under insults   
_Ex:
not even he could sit down under that kind of provocation
         

sit in
1>      
2> ( on) ,    ()
3> (for)  (-)
_Ex:
he'll be out for an hour so I'll sit in for him   
,      
4>    ,  
 ( )
5>    
6> (on)    , , 
_Ex:
we were allowed to sit in on the debate  
 

sit out
1>  ( )
_Ex:
to sit out a concert    
_Ex:
to sit out the whole performance   
2>   ,    ( -)
_Ex:
to sit out a dance  -  ( )
_Ex:
let's sit this one out, shall we?   
, ?
_Ex:
to sit out an election  
3>  (-)

sit up
1> ,  (  )
_Ex:
to sit up in bed   
2>  (  )
_Ex:
don't slouch over your breakfast, sit up straight  
 ,  
3>   ()
_Ex:
sit me up, please  , ; ,
  
4>   
_Ex:
to make smb. sit up  - ; 
-
_Ex:
a sudden pain made him sit up     
_Ex:
a story that sat me up straight ,   
_Ex:
to make smb. sit up  - ,
 -
5>   , ;  
_Ex:
to sit up at a patient's bedside    
_Ex:
to sit up with a sick child     

_Ex:
to sit up for smb.   ,  -

6>  ,  ( )
_Id:
to sit up and take notice  ;
 
_Id:
our new sports model will make them sit up and take notice
       
 

sit-back
1> _.   ,  ()

sit-down
1>  
2>  
3>  
_Ex:
he remarked at a sit-down with Congressional leaders
that...  ()    
 , ...
4> 
_Ex:
sit-down strike  ;  
_Ex:
sit-down war _.  
_Ex:
sit-down supper    (  -
)

sit-downer
1>   
2>   

sit-fast
1> _. , 
2> _. 

sit-in
1> ,  
2> _. _.     
  (    ,   
);   

sit-out
1>  ()

sit-up
1>  ()

sitar
1> _.  (  )

sitcom
1> (_.  situation comedy) _.  

site
1> , 
_Ex:
the site of a building  
_Ex:
the site of the coal industry   
_Ex:
the site of a battle  ,  
_Ex:
site of election _.  
2>   ;    
_Ex:
a site for a building   
3>  ()
_Ex:
archeological sites   ; ,
   
_Ex:
the site of Olympic games    
_Ex:
the site of the fire  
_Ex:
preservation of historical sites   
4>    
5> _.   ()
6> _.  ()
7> _. () , 
8> , 
9> , , 
10>   ( )

site control
1>     (); 
 

site-fabricated
1>    (   )

sithe
1> _. 
2> _. 
3> _.   

siting
1>  ()
2> 

sitology
1> ,   ,   
2>    ,  
 

sitomania
1> _. , 

sitophobia
1> _.   , 

sitotoxism
1>   

sitrep
1> (_.  situation report) _. _. 


sitter
1>  ( , )
2>  (, ), 
3> ; 
4> 
5>  
6> _. _. , ; ,  

7> _. ,   , 
_Ex:
to miss a sitter   
8> ,  ;  
9>  
_Ex:
for a sitter ;   
10>  
11> _. () ;  ; ,
  
12> _. , 
13> (-sitter)      -
, -
_Ex:
two-sitter    

sitter-in
1>  

sitting
1> 
_Ex:
long sitting is fatiguing   - 
_Ex:
at a sitting   
2> ; 
_Ex:
opening sitting  ;  ()
_Ex:
final sitting  ;  ()
_Ex:
public sitting  
_Ex:
sitting of the court  
_Ex:
sitting of Parliament    
3>  ()
_Ex:
to paint smb.'s portrait in ten sittings  -
  10 
4>  
5>   
6>  ,  (  )
_Ex:
the bus has 40 sittings   40  
7>  ()
8>   
9>  ( ,   ,  
 )
10> 
11> ;   
_Ex:
sitting accommodation _-.  ;  
_Ex:
sitting posture  
12>  (-),  (-)
_Ex:
sitting judge ,   
13> 
_Ex:
sitting president  
_Ex:
our sitting member  ,   
  
14>  ; 
_Ex:
sitting target _. _.   

sitting drums
1> _.  

sitting duck
1>  , ,   
_Ex:
a wealthy window is a sitting duck for a confidence man
  -     
2>   

sitting hen
1> 

sitting room
1> () ;  
2> ,   
_Ex:
sitting room for two here     

situate
1> , 
_Ex:
London is situated on the Thames    
2>  
3>  () ;   
    

situated
1> ,  - 
_Ex:
badly situated village   
_Ex:
centrally situated   
2>   - , 
_Ex:
situated in a critical position   

_Ex:
thus situated he was sure to win   
   
_Ex:
life is not worth living, situated as I am   
  
3>   -  
_Ex:
comfortably situated  
_Ex:
having six children and no income the widow was badly situated
         
4>  -   
_Ex:
how is he situated?     ?

situation
1> , ,  ()
_Ex:
financial situation  
_Ex:
ice situation _.  
_Ex:
price situation _.  
_Ex:
the situation at the front   
_Ex:
situation map _.  
_Ex:
let me know how the situation stands   , 
 
2> , 
_Ex:
(to be) in an awkward situation ()  

_Ex:
to barge into an unpleasant situation _.  
 
3> _. , ; 
_Ex:
dramatic situation  
_Ex:
the drama is full of exciting situations  
 
4> , , 
_Ex:
the situation of a servant  
_Ex:
to find a situation  ;   
_Ex:
in one's former situation    
5>  
_Ex:
(one's) subordinate situation (-)  
6> 
_Ex:
the farm stands in a fine situation   
 
_Ex:
the place is unrivalled for its situation  
 
_Ex:
a pleasant situation  
7> , 
_Ex:
the situation of a house  
_Ex:
commanding situation  
8> _.      ( )

situation comedy
1> _.  
2> _. _.  

situation ethics
1> _.  

situation report
1> _.  

situational
1> _. 

situs
1> _. , ;  

situs picketing
1>    ( )

sitz bath
1>  
2>    

sitzkrieg
1> _.  
2> _. "",      
1939   1940 .

Siva
1> _. _. 

Sivaism
1> _. _. ,  

six
1>  (; . figure of six)
2> , , ;    
 
_Ex:
there were six of them   
_Ex:
in sixes  , 
3> _. 
_Ex:
six of spades  
_Ex:
the double six   ()
4>   ( )
_Ex:
she is six   
_Ex:
at six   ,   
_Ex:
a girl of six  
5>  
_Ex:
she will come at six    
6> ,   
7>  
_Id:
it is six of one and half a dozen of the other   
 ;   ,   
_Id:
at sixes and sevens  ;  
_Id:
everything is at sixes and sevens   
_Id:
the men of the house were all at sixes and sevens  
      
_Id:
six of the best _. " ", 
_Id:
to hit smb. for six  ,   
  ();   -
8> () 
_Ex:
about six dollars   
_Ex:
six tables  
_Ex:
six fives are thirty   - 
_Ex:
twelve is six times as much as two    
 
_Ex:
six and six make twelve    - 
9> () , () 
_Ex:
Chapter six  
_Ex:
Room six  () 
_Id:
six-and-twenty, six-and-thirty  ,  
10>  
11> _. _. 

six-by-six
1> _. _.       

six-fingered
1> 

six-foot
1>      , 
_Ex:
six-foot way     

six-footer
1> _.     
2> _. -    

six-former
1> 

six-gun
1> _.  

six-o-six
1> _. _.   (  )

six-oar
1>  ()

six-pack
1> _.      

six-pounder
1> _. 57- 
2> _.     

six-shooter
1> _.  , 

sixain
1> _. ,    

sixer
1> _.  ; 
2> _.   
3> _.   

sixfoil
1> _. _.      ,
 

sixfold
1>    
2> ;    
3>     ( )
4>     
5>  (),    ;  

_Ex:
to increase sixfold    

sixmo
1> _.      

sixpence
1>    , 
2>    ()  ( 1971 . = 2,5  )
_Id:
to be not worth sixpence    
_Id:
it doesn't matter sixpence ,   
_Id:
I do not care (a) sixpence about it    ,
   
_Id:
the same old sixpence   ;   ,  
 

sixpenny
1>    , 
2> _.  ,     
3> _. _. _.  
4>   
5>    
_Ex:
sixpenny bit 
6> 
7> _. , 

sixteen
1>  ()
2>      ; 
_Ex:
there were sixteen of them   
_Ex:
in sixteens   ( )
3>   ( )
_Ex:
he is sixteen   
_Ex:
at sixteen   ,   
_Ex:
a girl of sixteen  
4>       
5> () 
_Ex:
sixteen men  
_Ex:
sixteen times as much    
_Ex:
sixteen and sixteen make thirty-two  
 -  
_Ex:
sixteen threes are forty-eight ,  
, -  
6> () 
_Ex:
chapter sixteen  
_Ex:
Room sixteen  () 

sixteenmo
1> _.    1(16 

sixteenth
1> (the sixteenth)  ()
_Ex:
on the sixteenth of May  
2> _. 
3>  ;
() 
_Ex:
three sixteenths  
4> _.  ()
5>  ( )
_Ex:
Louis the S.  
_Ex:
he is in his sixteenth year   
6>   
_Ex:
sixteenth note _. _.  ()
7>  . . .: 
_Ex:
he arrived sixteenth   

sixth
1> (the sixth)  ()
_Ex:
on the sixth of May  
2>  ()
_Ex:
you are the sixth to ask me about it     

3> _. 
4>  ;
() 
_Ex:
five sixths  
5>   ( )
6>  ( )
_Ex:
he is in his sixth year   
_Ex:
Henry the S.  
7>   
8>  (    )
_Ex:
sixth form  
_Ex:
he is doing it for the sixth time      
9>  . . .: 
_Ex:
he arrived sixth   

sixth sense
1> " ", 
_Ex:
to know by the sixth sense  

sixthly
1> -

sixties
1>      
2> (the sixties)   ()
3>       
_Ex:
she is in the early sixties    
4>   ()  60  70

sixtieth
1>  ;
() 
_Ex:
seven sixtieths  
2>  ( )
_Ex:
he is in his sixtieth year   
3>   
4>  . . .: 
_Ex:
he arrived sixtieth   

sixty
1>      
_Ex:
sixty of  (  )
_Ex:
there were sixty of them   
_Ex:
in sixties  
2>   ( )
_Ex:
he is sixty  
_Ex:
he must be under sixty  ()  
_Ex:
he is not far off sixty, he is getting on for sixty 
   ()
_Ex:
at sixty   ,   
_Ex:
a woman of sixty  
_Id:
like sixty _. , 
3> () 
_Ex:
sixty houses  
_Ex:
sixty tens are six hundred ,   ,
- 
_Ex:
sixty times as much    
4> () , () 
_Ex:
chapter sixty  
_Ex:
Room sixty  () 
_Id:
sixty-one, sixty-two  ,  
_Id:
sixty-first, sixty-second  ,  

sixty-four-dollar question
1> _.  ,  

sixty-fourmo
1>    1(64   

sixty-fourth (note)
1> _. _.   ()

sixty-pounder
1> _. 127- 

sizable
1>  
2> 
3> 
4>  ,  
5>    
_Ex:
to be sizable for the job    
6> , , 

sizar
1>  ( )

size
1> (), ; 
_Ex:
the size of an animal  
_Ex:
the size of an army  
_Ex:
the size of a building  
_Ex:
to be of a size   
_Ex:
in size  ,  
_Ex:
to be the size of smth.   -  
_Ex:
to be the size of a pea    
_Ex:
size in pages  
_Ex:
full size   
_Ex:
budget size    (.  , )
_Ex:
economy size   ( , 
   )
2> ,  ( )
_Ex:
to take a large size in boots    
_Ex:
to be a size too big    ,  
3>  ;  
_Ex:
a man of (a) size   
_Ex:
a man of (a) large size   
4> the size(s) of smb.'s understanding  -

5> _. 
6> _. ; , 
_Ex:
nominal size  
7> _. 
8>     
9> _.   ()
10> _. _.  
_Id:
that's about the size of it    ;    ;
 
_Id:
to cut smb. down to size  -  ;
,  ()
_Id:
to try for size 
_Id:
to try shoes for size   (   ,
  
_Id:
to try for size  , ;
  -
_Id:
try this idea for size    
11> ,    (. size out)
_Ex:
to size soldiers    
12>   
13> ( size up)  , ; 
14> _. 
15> ;   ( -   -)
_Ex:
to size a man   
_Ex:
to size a situation   
_Ex:
to size a customer at a glance    ,
   
_Ex:
he tried to size the reaction of the audience  
  
16> _. (to, with)  ,  ;

_Ex:
he does not size to my expectations    
;   ,   
17>   (-; . size out); 
 ;   - 
18> _. ; 
_Ex:
size colour _.  
19> _. 
20> _. ; 
21> _. 

size up
1> ;   ( -   -)
_Ex:
to size up a man   
_Ex:
to size up a situation   
_Ex:
to size up a customer at a glance    ,
   
_Ex:
he tried to size up the reaction of the audience  
  
2> _. (to, with)  ,  ;

_Ex:
he does not size up to my expectations   
 ;   ,   

size-stick
1>   ()

size-up
1> ; 

sizeable
1>  
2> 
3> 
4>  ,  
5>    
_Ex:
to be sizeable for the job    
6> , , 

sized
1> _. ,   , 
 
2> (-sized)    :  - 
_Ex:
small-sized  
3> _. ; 
4> _. , 

sizer
1> _. 
2> _-. ,   

sizes
1> _. , 
_Ex:
sizes better  

sizing
1>   
2> _.   ;
() 
3> _.  ,  
4> _. ,   
5> _.  
6> _. ; 
7> _. ; 
8> _. _. 

sizing machine
1> _-. ,   

sizing up
1> _.  

