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  • 1 sweep under the carpet

    (to avoid facing, or dealing with (an unpleasant situation etc) by pretending it does not exist.) fugir à situação

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  • 2 sweep under the carpet

    (to avoid facing, or dealing with (an unpleasant situation etc) by pretending it does not exist.) tampar o sol com a peneira

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  • 3 to sweep something under the carpet

    to sweep something under the carpet
    esconder, encobrir.

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  • 4 sweep

    [swi:p] 1. past tense, past participle - swept; verb
    1) (to clean (a room etc) using a brush or broom: The room has been swept clean.) varrer
    2) (to move as though with a brush: She swept the crumbs off the table with her hand; The wave swept him overboard; Don't get swept away by (= become over-enthusiastic about) the idea!; She swept aside my objections.) varrer
    3) (to move quickly over: The disease/craze is sweeping the country.) grassar
    4) (to move swiftly or in a proud manner: High winds sweep across the desert; She swept into my room without knocking on the door.) passar/entrar, etc. altaneiramente
    2. noun
    1) (an act of sweeping, or process of being swept, with a brush etc: She gave the room a sweep.) varridela
    2) (a sweeping movement: He indicated the damage with a sweep of his hand.) gesto
    3) (a person who cleans chimneys.) limpa-chaminés
    4) (a sweepstake.) lotaria
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    - sweeping
    - sweeping-brush
    - at one/a sweep
    - sweep someone off his feet
    - sweep off his feet
    - sweep out
    - sweep the board
    - sweep under the carpet
    - sweep up
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    [swi:p] n 1 varredura, varrição, vassourada, limpeza. 2 movimento impetuoso, impulso. 3 linha curva, perfil. 4 curva, volta. 5 golpe, giro, movimento circular (como com alfanje). 6 extensão, região, área, amplitude, amplidão. 7 alcance, extensão, esfera. 8 limpador de chaminés, varredor. 9 remo comprido. 10 vara comprida para tirar água de poço. 11 folga, jogo. 12 rampa. 13 tipo de aposta em corrida de cavalos em que o ganhador leva tudo. 14 vitória arrasadora. 15 asas de moinho de vento. 16 sweeps (também sweepings) varredura, lixo, sujeira. • vt+vi (ps, pp swept) 1 varrer, limpar, escovar. the waves swept the boat / as ondas lavaram o barco. 2 roçar, tocar. 3 remover, arrastar (no chão), levar de roldão. 4 eliminar, abolir. 5 correr, mover-se rapidamente, passar impetuosamente. 6 andar com pose ou dignidade. 7 estender-se. 8 caçar, tocar. 9 escavar, dragar. 10 procurar, olhar (o horizonte), perscrutar, esquadrinhar, vasculhar. 11 arrebatar, empolgar. 12 assolar, devastar. 13 abarcar, abranger. 14 vencer de forma espetacular, vencer todas as partidas. 15 derramar-se, fluir. a clean sweep a) fig uma limpeza geral. b) uma vitória completa. at one sweep de um só golpe. he swept his pupils along with him ele entusiasmou seu alunos. sweep-net rede de arrasto. to make a clean sweep of a) ganhar todos os prêmios, concursos, etc. b) limpar completamente. to sweep along correr, passar rapidamente, fig voar. to sweep by passar com grande velocidade. to sweep down varrer para baixo. to sweep down on atirar-se sobre. to sweep off arrastar, levar, varrer. to sweep past passar com grande velocidade. to sweep someone off their feet coll fig fazer alguém ficar impressionado, atraído por você. we were swept off our feet / ficamos impressionados, emocionados. to sweep the board ganhar tudo, limpar a mesa (jogo de apostas). to sweep the chimney limpar a chaminé. with a sweep of his hand com um movimento da mão.

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  • 5 sweep

    [swi:p] 1. past tense, past participle - swept; verb
    1) (to clean (a room etc) using a brush or broom: The room has been swept clean.) varrer
    2) (to move as though with a brush: She swept the crumbs off the table with her hand; The wave swept him overboard; Don't get swept away by (= become over-enthusiastic about) the idea!; She swept aside my objections.) varrer, arrebatar
    3) (to move quickly over: The disease/craze is sweeping the country.) varrer, assolar
    4) (to move swiftly or in a proud manner: High winds sweep across the desert; She swept into my room without knocking on the door.) deslizar, passar majestosamente
    2. noun
    1) (an act of sweeping, or process of being swept, with a brush etc: She gave the room a sweep.) varrida
    2) (a sweeping movement: He indicated the damage with a sweep of his hand.) gesto largo
    3) (a person who cleans chimneys.) limpador de chaminé
    4) (a sweepstake.) sweepstake
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    - sweeping - sweeping-brush - at one/a sweep - sweep someone off his feet - sweep off his feet - sweep out - sweep the board - sweep under the carpet - sweep up

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  • 6 carpet

    1. noun
    (a woven covering for floors etc.) carpete
    2. verb
    (to cover with a carpet: They haven't carpeted the floor yet.) alcatifar
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    car.pet
    [k'a:pit] n 1 tapete, alcatifa 2 fig relva, campo florido • vt 1 atapetar, alcatifar. 2 coll repreender. to be on the carpet levar um pito, ser repreendido, ser chamado à ordem pelos seus superiores. to bring upon the carpet trazer à baila, alegar ou citar a propósito. to sweep something under the carpet esconder, encobrir.

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  • sweep under the carpet — sweep (something) under the carpet British, American & Australian, American & Australian to try to hide a problem or keep a problem secret instead of dealing with it. The incident has forced into the open an issue that the government would rather …   New idioms dictionary

  • sweep under the carpet — hide problems, cover mistakes    Don t sweep your problems under the carpet. Try to solve them …   English idioms

  • sweep under the carpet — their grievances could no longer be swept under the carpet Syn: hide, conceal, suppress, hush up, keep quiet about, censor, gag, withhold, cover up, stifle …   Thesaurus of popular words

  • sweep something under the carpet — sweep (something) under the carpet British, American & Australian, American & Australian to try to hide a problem or keep a problem secret instead of dealing with it. The incident has forced into the open an issue that the government would rather …   New idioms dictionary

  • sweep things under the carpet — If people try to ignore unpleasant things and forget about them, they sweep them under the carpet …   The small dictionary of idiomes

  • sweep something under the carpet — HIDE, conceal, suppress, hush up, keep quiet about, censor, gag, withhold, cover up, stifle. → sweep * * * sweep something under the carpet phrase to try to avoid dealing with a problem You can’t just sweep these issues under the carpet.… …   Useful english dictionary

  • sweep under the rug — verb to conceal something in the hopes it won t be discovered by others (Freq. 1) The president tried to sweep the embarrassing incident under the rug • Hypernyms: ↑hide, ↑conceal • Verb Frames: Somebody s something * * * sweep ( …   Useful english dictionary

  • sweep things under the carpet —    If people try to ignore unpleasant things and forget about them, they sweep them under the carpet.   (Dorking School Dictionary) …   English Idioms & idiomatic expressions

  • sweep something under the carpet — to try to avoid dealing with a problem You can t just sweep these issues under the carpet …   English dictionary

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