sweep

balayer

Nettoyer le sol ou une autre surface avec un balai ou une brosse.

En anglais simple : To clean a floor or other surface with a broom or brush.

• Please sweep the kitchen floor.
• She swept the path before lunch.
• Have you swept the stairs yet?

Expressions courantes : sweep the floor, sweep the steps, sweep something clean

balayer

Se déplacer d’un mouvement fluide sur une grande surface ou en décrivant une large courbe.

En anglais simple : To move smoothly over a wide area or in a broad curve.

• His arm swept across the desk.
• Strong winds sweep over the open fields.
• The searchlight swept slowly across the harbour.

Comment l'utiliser : sweep across/over something (A beam of light swept across the sky.)

Synonymes : swing

Expressions courantes : sweep across something, sweep over something, sweep through something

balayer, emporter

Enlever quelque chose rapidement et entièrement par un mouvement ample ou une force puissante.

En anglais simple : To remove something quickly and completely with a broad movement or powerful force.

• He swept the papers off his desk.
• The waves swept away the little boat.
• She swept the broken glass into a bag.

Comment l'utiliser : sweep something off something (She swept the crumbs off the table.); sweep something away (The flood swept the fence away.)

Synonymes : clear away, brush away

Expressions courantes : sweep something away, sweep something aside, sweep something off

coup de balai, balayage

Action de nettoyer une surface avec un balai ou une brosse.

En anglais simple : An act of cleaning a surface with a broom or brush.

• The floor needs a sweep.
• I gave the steps a quick sweep.
• One more sweep removed the remaining dust.

Expressions courantes : a quick sweep, give something a sweep

loterie sportive

Loterie attribuant au hasard une équipe ou un concurrent à chacun, avec un gain d’argent si celui-ci gagne.

En anglais simple : A lottery in which people receive random teams or competitors and win money if theirs wins.

• We organized a sweep for the race.
• My team won the office sweep.
• Everyone paid five pounds to enter the sweep.

Synonymes : sweepstake

Expressions courantes : office sweep, win a sweep, enter a sweep