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swet 1. noun(the moisture given out through the skin: He was dripping with sweat after running so far in the heat.) svette2. verb1) (to give out sweat: Vigorous exercise makes you sweat.) svette2) (to work hard: I was sweating (away) at my work from morning till night.) svette over, slite med•- sweater- sweaty
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- a cold sweat Isubst. \/swet\/1) svette2) ( overført) møye, slit, besvær3) svetting, svettebad, svettekur4) ( teknikk e.l.) fuktighet, svetting, svetteprosess, fuktningsprosessbe a bit of a sweat være litt av et slitbe in a cold sweat kaldsvettebe in (all of) a sweat bade i svette ( overført) være svært nervøsbloody sweat ( bibelsk) blodsdråperbreak out in(to) a sweat begynne å svetteby the sweat of one's brow\/face i sitt ansikts sved, med ens eget slitno sweat (spesielt amer., hverdagslig) ingen sak, ikke noe problem• I've climbed that hill. No sweat!jeg har klatret opp det fjellet. Ikke noe problem!an old sweat en gammel kriger, en veteranIIsweat) \/swet\/1) svette, få til å svette2) arbeide hardt, slite3) engste seg• give them a new test on Monday. Let them sweatgi dem en ny prøve på mandag. La dem engste seg4) svette ut, utdunste, utsondre5) ( medisin) sette på svettekur• Dr. Dylan decided to sweat the patientdr. Dylan bestemte seg for å sette pasienten på svettekur6) ( hverdagslig) presse, tyne, plyndre7) ( teknikk e.l.) svette, la svette, la gjære8) skrape svetten av, tørke svetten avsweat blood slite vondt, slite beinhardtsweated labour hardt arbeid (for sultelønn), slavearbeidsweated through gjennomsvettsweat it out slite hardt (uten å gi opp), holde ut til sluttensweat out ( hverdagslig) lide seg gjennomkjempe seg frem til( teknikk e.l.) fordampe, sildre\/dunste ut, sive gjennom, utsondre (amer. hverdagslig) slite vondt, plagessweat out a cold svette ut en forkjølelsesweat over something svette over noesweat workers arbeidere som må slite for føden, utnyttede arbeidere
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sweated labour — BrE sweated labor AmE noun (U) 1 hard work done for very low wages, especially in a factory 2 the people who do this work … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
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