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• sing (someone's) praises
  превозносить кого-либо, восхвалять

  "I had a note from my mother-in-law in which she sang your praises very loudly."
• sing/whistle a different tune
  запеть другую песню, сбавить тон, присмиреть

  Joe smiled secretively as if he knew something that would make them sing a different tune.
• sink in
  понимать, вникать

  I told Jack to keep moving, but my words evidently didn't sink in.
• sink into despair
  горевать, приходить в уныние

  Joan sank into despair when her car had broken down.
• sink or swim
  будь, что будет! либо пан, либо пропал

  I was left on my own to sink or swim; no one gave me any help.
• sit (something) out
  высидеть; досидеть до конца, не участвуя в чём-либо

  Wanda had to sit out dances because nobody invited her to dance.
• sit around (somewhere)
  сидеть где-либо и отдыхать

  We were sitting around in the cafe when Jim appeared in the doorway.
• sit back
  быть построенным на каком-то расстоянии от улицы

  The church sits back a few hundred meters from the street.
• sit back and let (something) happen
  ни во что не вмешиваться

  I decided to sit back and let things happen because I didn't want to interfere in their dispute.
• sit bolt upright
  сидеть совершенно прямо (словно аршин проглотил)

  Peter sat bolt upright without moving.
• sit idly by
  лениться; сидеть и смотреть, как другие работают

  Jerome was sitting idly by while his friends were doing the packing.
• sit in for (someone)
  подменить кого-либо, занять чьё-то место

  My co-worker asked me to sit in for him in the lab during an experiment.
• sit in on (something)
  принимать участие в чём-либо

  Though he had no vote, he was allowed to sit in on the conference.
• sit on (something)
  заседать, быть членом жюри или правления

  Although Mr. Kane has retired he still sits on the board of many corporations.
• sit on the fence
  сохранять нейтралитет, занимать выжидательную позицию

  "I am not going to sit on the fence and support any of you in your dispute."
• sit right
  приемлемый, подходящий

  "Is your proposal good enough to sit right with the other members of the family?"
• sit through (something)
  высидеть до конца, выдержать до конца что-либо

  Though Ted didn't like the performance he was polite enough to sit through it.
• sit tight
  терпеливо ждать

  "I want you to sit tight and wait for me near the counter while I am doing my shopping," the mother told her eight-year-old girl.
• sit up and take notice
  (внезапно) заинтересоваться, встревожиться или насторожиться

  I heard a loud thump, which made me sit up and take notice.
• sit up with (someone)
  сидеть (ночью) у постели больного

  The nurse sat up with her patient all night.
• sit well with (someone)
  радовать кого-либо, угождать

  My suggestion to go on a picnic sat well with my friends.
• sit-in
  сидячая забастовка

  The miners had a sit-in to demand better and less dangerous working conditions.
• sitting duck
  лёгкая добыча, удобная мишень

  A sitting duck is easy to kill, isn't it?
• sitting pretty
  быть в благоприятной ситуации

  "Are you sitting pretty with your job, Silvia?" - "I wish I were."
• sitting target
  лёгкая мишень (для критики)

  "I am not going to be a sitting target for you to criticize me."
• size of it
  вот так то; вот, пожалуй, и всё

  "That's about the size of it," Jill said as she told me about her misfortune.
• size up (someone or something)
  составлять мнение о ком-либо \ чём либо

  Jordan tried to size Rick up, but failed because the latter didn't fit into any type he knew.
• skate on thin ice
  рисковать, быть на грани опасности, "играть с огнём"

  Trent had been skating on thin ice all his life.
• skeleton in one's closet
  семейная тайна, о которой не принято говорить; "скелет в шкафу"

  Marion had a skeleton in her closet; her Granddad had been a psychopath and naturally she wanted that to remain secret.
• skid row
  район, где живут бедняки и безработные; район притонов и ночлежек

  "You'd better not go to the skid row area of the city; it's not an appropriate place for you."
• skin (someone) alive
  бранить; шлёпать или бить, "шкуру спущу"

  I broke my mother's favorite vase, and she said if I touch anything else in her bedroom she would skin me alive.
• skip bail
  не появиться в суде, не смотря на внесённый ранее залог

  "I cannot guarantee that the man won't run away; he may easily skip bail."
• skip it
  ладно, неважно

  "Skip it," Nora told me when I again forgot to bring her the book she had asked for.
• skip out on (someone or something)
  улизнуть от кого-либо \ чего-либо, не пойти

  We decided to skip out on the field trip and go to a movie instead.
• skip rope
  прыгать на скакалке

  The children were laughing happily as they were skipping rope.