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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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