7.1.2 Sit
Use this domain for words referring to sitting and squatting.
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(1) What words refer to being in a sitting position?
Example words: be sitting, be seated
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(2) What words describe how a person is sitting?
Example words: sit with your legs crossed, sit cross-legged, sit back, settle back, sit up, sit up straight, sit forward, be on the edge of your seat, sit astride, straddle, sit still, sit around, curl up, perch
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(3) What words refer to sitting down from a standing position?
Example words: sit, sit down, be seated, take your seat
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(4) What words refer to sitting up from a lying position?
Example words: sit up
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(5) What words describe how a person sits down?
Example words: sit slowly, sink (down) into, ease into your chair, lower oneself, sit abruptly, flop down, plunk down, plop down
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(6) What words refer to causing someone to sit?
Example words: seat someone, show someone to their seat
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(7) What words refer to squatting?
Example words: squat (down), sit on your haunches, sit back on your heels
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(8) What words refer to sitting on something?
Example words: sit on, mount
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(9) What words refer to the place where you sit?
Example words: seat, perch, place
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(10) What do you say to someone when you want them to sit down?
Example words: sit down, take a seat, have a seat, please be seated