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1 small
A n the small of the back le creux du dos, les reins mpl ; in the small of her back dans le creux du dos.C adj1 ( not big) [house, car, book, coin, dog, bag] petit (before n) ; [change, job, mistake, matter] petit (before n) ; [increase, majority, proportion, quantity, amount, stake] faible (before n) ; [sum, number] petit (before n) ; the dress is too small for her la robe est trop petite pour elle ; a small sweatshirt un sweatshirt de petite taille ; the change was small le changement était sans importance ; his influence was small son influence était négligeable ; it would cost a small fortune ○ ça me coûterait une petite fortune ; the small matter of the £1,000 you owe me iron la bagatelle de 1 000 livres que tu me dois iron ; it is written with a small letter ça s'écrit avec une minuscule ; in his ou her own small way gen à sa façon ; ( financially) dans la mesure de ses modestes moyens ; small amount of ajoutez un peu de ; to cut sth up small couper qch en petits morceaux ; to fold sth up small plier qch plusieurs fois ; everybody, great and small, will be affected riches et pauvres, tout le monde sera touché ; the smallest room ○ euph le petit coin ○ euph ; it's a small world! que le monde est petit! ;2 ( petty) [person, act] mesquin ;3 ( not much) to have small cause ou reason for worrying ou to worry n'avoir guère de raisons de s'inquiéter ; it is small comfort ou consolation to sb c'est une piètre consolation pour qn ; it is of small consequence c'est sans importance ; it is of no small consequence c'est loin d'être sans importance ; small wonder he left! pas étonnant qu'il soit parti! ;5 ( humiliated) to feel ou look small être dans ses petits souliers ○ ; to make sb feel ou look small humilier qn ; ‘I did it,’ she said in a small voice ‘c'est moi qui l'ai fait’ a-t-elle dit d'une petite voix.he's small beer ○ ou potatoes ○ US il est insignifiant ; it's small beer ou potatoes US c'est de la petite bière ○. -
2 sweat
1 noun(a) (perspiration) sueur f, transpiration f;∎ sweat was dripping from his forehead son front était ruisselant de sueur;∎ I woke up covered in sweat je me suis réveillé en nage ou couvert de sueur ou tout en sueur;∎ the sweat was pouring off him il dégoulinait de sueur;∎ to break out in or to come out in a cold sweat avoir des sueurs froides;∎ she earned it by the sweat of her brow elle l'a gagné à la sueur de son front∎ British picking strawberries is a real sweat la cueillette des fraises est une vraie corvée;∎ can you give me a hand? - no sweat! peux-tu me donner un coup de main? - pas de problème!∎ to work oneself (up) into a sweat (about sth) se faire du mauvais sang (au sujet de qch);∎ there's no need to get into a sweat about it! pas la peine de te mettre dans des états pareils!(d) (on wall, surface) suintement m(a) (perspire) suer, transpirer;∎ the effort made him sweat l'effort l'a mis en sueur;∎ she was sweating profusely elle suait à grosses gouttes;∎ familiar to sweat like a pig suer comme un bœuf∎ my mother sweated over a hot stove from morning till night ma mère suait sur ses fourneaux du matin jusqu'au soir;∎ I'll make them sweat for this! ils vont me le payer!;∎ she's sweating over her homework elle est en train de suer sur ses devoirs∎ I was sweating in case he found out what I'd done j'avais la trouille qu'il découvre ce que j'avais fait;∎ I'm going to leave him to sweat for a while je vais le laisser mijoter un peu(a) (cause to perspire) faire suer ou transpirer;∎ the doctor recommended sweating the patient le médecin recommanda de faire transpirer le malade∎ to sweat blood suer sang et eau;∎ he sweated blood over this article il a sué sang et eau sur cet article;∎ familiar to sweat buckets suer comme un bœuf∎ we sweated the information out of him on lui a fait cracher le morceau∎ don't sweat it! pas de panique!;∎ familiar don't sweat the small stuff! n'en fais pas tout un plat!►► Anatomy sweat duct conduit m sudorifère;American familiar Finance sweat equity plus-value□ f (acquise grâce à des améliorations, au travail fourni etc);sweat gland glande f sudoripare;sweat suit survêtement m, jogging méliminer;∎ you should do some exercise to sweat off those excess pounds tu devrais faire un peu d'exercice pour éliminer ces kilos superflus∎ stay in bed and try to sweat out the cold restez au lit et essayez de transpirer pour faire partir votre rhume∎ to sweat it out prendre son mal en patience, tenir jusqu'au bout;∎ leave him to sweat it out laissez-le se débrouiller tout seul
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