to sweep the streets

to sweep the floor — подметать пол

to sweep the streets — мести улицы

Will you sweep the leaves off the patio? — Ты не подметёшь листья во дворе?

to sweep a chimney — чистить дымоход

to sweep the crumbs from the table — смахнуть крошки со стола

He swept aside the papers on his desk to make room for the computer. — Он сдвинул со стола бумаги, чтобы освободить место для компьютера.

Tropical fevers can sweep through whole populations in a remarkably short time. — Тропическая лихорадка может опустошить целые районы за необыкновенно короткое время.

Sweeping all others aside, she pushed her way to the front. — Расталкивая всех, она пробивалась вперёд.

You can't sweep your difficulties aside in that easy manner. — Нельзя столь легкомысленно отмахиваться от своих проблем.

The crowd swept me to the exit. — Толпа вынесла меня к выходу.

He was swept along by the crowd. — Толпа увлекла его за собой.

The hurricane swept in from the sea. — Ураган примчался с моря.

Rain swept in through the broken windows. — Сквозь разбитые окна в дом ворвался дождь.

Strong winds regularly sweep the islands. — Над островом регулярно проносятся сильные ветры.

She swept the audience along with her. — Она увлекла аудиторию.

A terrible storm swept down on the village. — На селение обрушился ураган.

A feeling of isolation swept over me. — Меня охватило чувство одиночества.

Uncontrollable anger swept in on Paul when he learned how Jane had been treated. — Необузданный гнев охватил Пола, когда он узнал, как обошлись с Джейн.

His eyes swept the horizon. — Он окинул взглядом горизонт.

to sweep the guitar — трогать струны гитары

Her dress swept the ground as she walked. — Когда она шла, подол её платья касался земли.

The hills swept down to the sea. — Холмы тянутся до самого моря.

He proudly swept into the room. — Он с гордым видом вошёл в комнату.

Eva swept into the meeting and demanded to know what was going on. — Ева с уверенным видом вошла к собравшимся и потребовала объяснить ей, что происходит.

to sweep the election — победить на выборах, получив подавляющее большинство голосов

to sweep to power — прийти к власти, получив подавляющее большинство голосов на выборах

to sweep to victory — легко победить, победить с большим преимуществом

The party in power expected to sweep in this time, but in fact they lost votes. — Правящая партия думала одержать лёгкую победу на этих выборах, а на деле потеряла голоса.

to sweep for mines — тралить мины

to sweep the house for bugs — искать в доме подслушивающие устройства, "жучки"

Jill's been swept off her feet by an older man. — Джил внезапно увлеклась человеком (значительно) старше себя.

Oh, what can I do with him, he is a regular little sweep! — О, господи! Ну что мне делать с этим вечно чумазым ребёнком!

the sweep of the oars — взмах вёсел

within the sweep of the radar — в радиусе действия радара

la piazza del mercato — the marketplace

piazza Rossa — Red Square

la piazza di Londra — the London market

letto a una piazza — single bed

letto a due -e — double bed

mettere in piazza qcs. — to publicize sth.

mettere in piazza i propri affari — to wash one's dirty linen in public

fare piazza pulita — to sweep the board, to make a clean sweep

rovinare la piazza a qcn. — to put a spoke in sb.'s wheel

he perdido el monedero — I've lost my purse

a los seis años perdió a su padre — she lost her father when she was six

he perdido cinco kilos — I've lost five kilos

había perdido mucha sangre — she had lost a lot of blood

ha perdido mucho dinero en la bolsa — she has lost a lot of money on the stock market

no tienes nada que perder — you have nothing to lose

nunca pierde de vista el fin que persigue — he never loses sight of his goal

no lo pierdas de vista — don't let him out of your sight

conviene no perder de vista que... — we mustn't forget that..., we mustn't lose sight of the fact that...

¡me estás haciendo perder el tiempo! — you're wasting my time!

sin perder un momento — without wasting a moment

el vehículo pierde aceite — the car is leaking oil, the car has an oil leak

la pelota perdió aire — the ball went flat

no pierde detalle — he doesn't miss a thing

ese vicio le perderá — that vice will ruin him, that vice will be his ruin

ese error le perdió — that mistake was his undoing

lo que le pierde es... — where he comes unstuck is...

el equipo perdió por 5-2 — the team lost 5-2

salí perdiendo en la discusión — I came off worst in the argument

era un buen cantante, pero ha perdido mucho — he was a good singer, but he's gone downhill

era muy guapo, pero ha perdido bastante — he isn't nearly as good-looking as he used to be

ha perdido mucho en mi estimación — he has gone down a lot in my estimation

• echar a perder — [+ comida, sorpresa] to ruin, spoil; [+ oportunidad] to waste

con preguntar no se pierde nada — we've/you've nothing to lose by asking, there's no harm in asking

el susto le hizo perder el habla — the fright rendered him speechless

no hay que perder el ánimo — you mustn't lose heart

yo no pierdo las esperanzas — I'm not giving up hope

perder la práctica/la costumbre — to get out of practice/the habit

perder el equilibrio — to lose one's balance

perder el conocimiento — to lose consciousness, to pass out

sin perder detalle — without missing any detail

no me hagas perder (el) tiempo! — don't waste my time!

no hay tiempo que perder — there's no time to lose

no pierdas (el) tiempo intentándolo — don't waste your time trying

llámalo sin perder un minuto — call him immediately

perdimos dos días por lo de la huelga — we lost two days because of the strike

no sabes perder — you're a bad loser

perdieron 3 a 1 — they lost 3-1

llevar las de perder — to be onto a loser

echar(se) a perder — ver echar I 1) a), echarse I 1) a)

se le perdió el dinero — he's lost the money

que no se te pierda — don't lose it

¿y a tí que se te ha perdido por allí? — whatever possessed you to go there

se perdió entre la muchedumbre — she disappeared into the crowd

cuando se ponen a hablar rápido me pierdo — when they start talking quickly I get lost

las cifras son tan enormes que uno se pierde — the figures are so huge that they start to lose all meaning

empieza otra vez, ya me perdí — start again, you've lost me already

los sillones se pierden en ese salón — the armchairs are rather lost in the sitting room

no te perdiste nada — you didn't miss anything

con preguntar no se pierde nada — we've/you've nothing to lose by asking, there's no harm in asking

el susto le hizo perder el habla — the fright rendered him speechless

no hay que perder el ánimo — you mustn't lose heart

yo no pierdo las esperanzas — I'm not giving up hope

perder la práctica/la costumbre — to get out of practice/the habit

perder el equilibrio — to lose one's balance

perder el conocimiento — to lose consciousness, to pass out

sin perder detalle — without missing any detail

no me hagas perder (el) tiempo! — don't waste my time!

no hay tiempo que perder — there's no time to lose

no pierdas (el) tiempo intentándolo — don't waste your time trying

llámalo sin perder un minuto — call him immediately

perdimos dos días por lo de la huelga — we lost two days because of the strike

no sabes perder — you're a bad loser

perdieron 3 a 1 — they lost 3-1

llevar las de perder — to be onto a loser

echar(se) a perder — ver echar I 1) a), echarse I 1) a)

se le perdió el dinero — he's lost the money

que no se te pierda — don't lose it

¿y a tí que se te ha perdido por allí? — whatever possessed you to go there

se perdió entre la muchedumbre — she disappeared into the crowd

cuando se ponen a hablar rápido me pierdo — when they start talking quickly I get lost

las cifras son tan enormes que uno se pierde — the figures are so huge that they start to lose all meaning

empieza otra vez, ya me perdí — start again, you've lost me already

los sillones se pierden en ese salón — the armchairs are rather lost in the sitting room

no te perdiste nada — you didn't miss anything

to allow troops into a country — впускать войска в страну

to bring in troops — вводить войска

to call out troops — вызывать войска

to commit troops to action — вводить войска в бой

to concentrate troops in the border — сосредоточивать войска на границе

to crush the enemy troops — разгромить войска противника

to deploy troops — развертывать войска; дислоцировать войска

to drive troops out — вытеснять войска

to equalize the number of troops — уравнивать численность войск

to extricate troops from a country — осуществлять нелегкий вывод войск из страны

to get troops out of a country — добиваться вывода войск из страны

to land sea-borne troops — высаживать морской десант

to levy troops — набирать войска

to mass troops on the border — сосредоточивать войска на границе

to move troops to trouble spots — перебрасывать войска в горячие точки

to move in troops — вводить войска

to order troops into action / battle — приказывать войскам идти в бой

to place troops on full alert — приводить войска в состояние полной боевой готовности

to place troops on the highest state of alert / under red alert / on the highest degree of readiness — приводить войска в состояние повышенной боевой готовности

to provide troops — выделять войска

to pull troops on standby — приводить войска в боевую готовность

to pull back / out troops — отводить войска

to pull out the troops back to their barracks — отводить войска обратно в казармы

to pull U.S. troops back across the Atlantic — вывозить американские войска обратно через Атлантику

to raise troops — формировать войска

to redeploy troops — передислоцировать войска

to reinforce troops — усиливать войска

to review a contingent of troops — производить смотр воинского контингента

to review a march-post of troops — принимать парад войск

to send troops into action — отдавать приказ войскам вступить в бой

to send extra troops to a city — направлять в город дополнительные контингенты войск

to send out troops on to the streets — выводить войска на улицы

to station troops — дислоцировать / размещать / располагать войска

to sweep the troops into the sea — сбрасывать войска в море

to undermine the morale of the troops — подавлять моральный дух войск

to withdraw troops from the occupied territories — выводить войска с оккупированных территорий

to withdraw the troops to international boundaries — отводить войска к межгосударственным границам

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are your hands clean? — ¿tienes las manos limpias?

she wiped the table clean — limpió la mesa

use a clean sheet of paper — usa una hoja de papel nueva

keep it clean — no te pases

a clean break — una fractura limpia

she made a clean break with the past — cortó radicalmente con el pasado

I clean forgot about it — se me olvidó por completo

they got clean away — se escaparon sin dejar ni rastro

to clean one's teeth — lavarse los dientes

to clean something OFF something: he cleaned the splashes off the windows — limpió las salpicaduras que había en las ventanas

he washed the floor clean — fregó el suelo

the rain washed the streets clean — la lluvia limpió las calles

to make a clean sweep of the votes — acaparar todos los votos, barrer

to make a clean copy — hacer una copia en limpio

keep it clean! — ¡no seas indecente!

a clean break with the totalitarian past — una ruptura radical con el pasado totalitario

to make a clean break — cortar por lo sano

I need (to make) a clean break with the past — necesito romper con el pasado totalmente

he's clean — no lleva nada encima

his room was clean — no encontraron nada en su habitación

he clean forgot — lo olvidó por completo

he got clean away — se escapó sin dejar rastro

it went clean through the window — pasó limpiamente por la ventana

I'm clean out of them — no me queda ni uno

he jumped clean over the fence — saltó la valla limpiamente

to fight/play clean — luchar/jugar limpio

the windows could do with a clean — no estaría de más limpiar las ventanas

to give sth a clean — limpiar algo

to give sth a quick clean — dar una pasada (rápida) a algo

to give sth a good clean — limpiar algo bien

to clean one's teeth — lavarse los dientes

her mother cooked and cleaned all day — su madre se pasaba el día cocinando y limpiando

that floor cleans easily — este suelo es muy fácil de limpiar

are your hands clean? — ¿tienes las manos limpias?

she wiped the table clean — limpió la mesa

use a clean sheet of paper — usa una hoja de papel nueva

keep it clean — no te pases

a clean break — una fractura limpia

she made a clean break with the past — cortó radicalmente con el pasado

I clean forgot about it — se me olvidó por completo

they got clean away — se escaparon sin dejar ni rastro

to clean one's teeth — lavarse los dientes

to clean something OFF something: he cleaned the splashes off the windows — limpió las salpicaduras que había en las ventanas

recorrimos Francia en moto — we travelled around France on a motorbike

recorrer una ciudad a pie — to walk round a city, do a city on foot

aún nos quedan diez kilómetros por recorrer — we still have ten kilometres to go

he recorrido todas las librerías buscando esa novela — I've been round all the bookshops looking for that novel

recorrer mundo — to travel all around the world

recorrimos toda la ciudad buscándolo — we scoured the whole city looking for it

recorrió la sala con la mirada — he looked around the hall

recorrí la carta con la vista — I ran my eyes over the letter

recorrer mundo — to travel all around the world

recorrimos toda la ciudad buscándolo — we scoured the whole city looking for it

recorrió la sala con la mirada — he looked around the hall

recorrí la carta con la vista — I ran my eyes over the letter

piazza San Marco — St Mark's Square

piazza del mercato — market place

gli operai sono scesi in piazza — the workers took to the streets

vendere sulla pubblica piazza — to sell in the market place

fare piazza pulita — to make a clean sweep

piazza d'armi — parade ground

(di letto, lenzuolo) a una piazza — single attr

piazza San Marco — St Mark's Square

piazza del mercato — market place

gli operai sono scesi in piazza — the workers took to the streets

vendere sulla pubblica piazza — to sell in the market place

fare piazza pulita — to make a clean sweep

piazza d'armi — parade ground

(di letto, lenzuolo) a una piazza — single attr