sit around in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for sit around in the English»French Dictionary

I.around [Brit əˈraʊnd, Am əˈraʊnd] ADV Around often appears as the second element of certain verb structures (come around, look around, turn around etc.). For translations, consult the appropriate verb entry (come, look, turn etc.).
go around and get around generate many idiomatic expressions. For translations see the entries go around, and get around.

3. around (in circulation):

II.around [Brit əˈraʊnd, Am əˈraʊnd] PREP a. Brit round

III.around [Brit əˈraʊnd, Am əˈraʊnd]

See also turn, look, go around, get round, get around, come

I.turn [Brit təːn, Am tərn] N

1. turn (opportunity, in rotation):

III.turn [Brit təːn, Am tərn] VB trans

I.look [Brit lʊk, Am lʊk] N

1. look (glance):

4. look (appearance):

air m
il a l'air sympa inf

3. look (appear, seem):

+ subj it looks certain that

5. look:

‘tu as des ennuis?’ ‘à ton avis?’ iron

I.go around VB [Brit ɡəʊ -, Am ɡoʊ -] (go around)

II.go around VB [Brit ɡəʊ -, Am ɡoʊ -] (go around [sth])

get round → get around

get round → get around

1. get around (move, spread) → get about

II.get around VB (get around [sth]) (circumvent)

I.come [Brit kʌm, Am kəm] N sl

II.come [Brit kʌm, Am kəm] INTERJ (reassuringly)

III.come <pret came, pp come> [Brit kʌm, Am kəm] VB trans

IV.come <pret came, pp come> [Brit kʌm, Am kəm] VB intr

1. come (arrive):

12. come (be situated):

I.sit <pres part sitting, pret, pp sat> [Brit sɪt, Am sɪt] VB trans

II.sit <pres part sitting, pret, pp sat> [Brit sɪt, Am sɪt] VB intr

III.sit <pres part sitting, pret, pp sat> [Brit sɪt, Am sɪt]

sit around in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for sit around in the English»French Dictionary

I.around [əˈraʊnd] PREP Am, Aus

around → round

See also up, round

American English

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English
After a day's hard work, they would sit around him with hurricane lamps in front of a chathiram with stars overhead.
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He'd just sit around with a frown on his face.
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People sit around in gloomy places looking blankly and silently into space, music blares forth from empty darkness, and odd characters turn up and disappear.
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He didn't sit around moping or feeling resentful towards the electorate.
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We would sit around the lounge in the evenings watching reality TV and saying how much we hated it.
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Throughout the circumcision ceremony, the boys to be circumcised sit around the tambour called dan.
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Every day, the same four young girls, all pushing about 100 kilos (at least) used to sit around a table and natter before work.
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They don't sit around cogitating until the market passes them by.
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Housewives "stupefied with boredom" sit around complaining about their husbands.
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