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1.b> (), ; , ; , (, . , i> .i>) [.i> .i> ]; to sweep the floor ; he swept the path in front of the house ; I'm going to sweep the leaves off the path ; the showroom had been emptied and swept clean / ; the chimney needs sweeping ;
2.b> 1) .i> i> (), , i> ..i> ( i>); I swept the papers quickly into the drawer i> i> ; he swept the books angrily off the table , i> ; she swept the crumbs into the wastebasket i> / ; he swept the leaves up into a pile / ;
2) i> (, ), ; her hair was swept back from her face / ;
3.b> .i> (), ; he rushed to greet her, sweeping his arms wide / ;
4.b> () / , , i> (, i>); the huge waves swept her overboard / i> ; he was swept along by the huge crowd / ; she swept the child up in her arms and hugged her ; many trees were swept away in the flood i> ;
5.b> (); i> ; fire swept through the building ; the disease is sweeping the country i> ; rumours of his resignation swept through the company ; panic swept through the crowd / ;
6.b> (); i> ; , ; the train swept along i> ; the crowd swept through the gates of the stadium / ; she swept angrily out of the room ; rain swept in through the broken windows / ; 90 mile per hour winds swept across the plains 90 / ;
7.b> i> (), ; she came sweeping in wearing a beautiful batik dress i>, ; he swept past the journalists without stopping to talk to any of them ;
8.b> i> ; , ; the dress swept along the ground i> , i> ;
9.b> i> , , ( , , . i>); the plains sweep down to the sea ; the hotel gardens sweep down to the beach , ;
10.b> () / , ; i> (, .i>) [.i> .i> ]; New Jersey swept Detroit last season "-" "" / "" i> ; the "progressives" swept all the seats in city coucil contests " " ; Labour swept the country ; to sweep to victory [to power] [ i> ]; Nixon and Agnew swept to victory with 47 million votes 47 i> ;
11.b> 1) i> (), ; i> .i> / ; her gaze swept across the assembled crowd ; / ; the expert lecturer will sweep the audience slowly with his eyes / ; one of the officers grasped the handles of the periscope and began to sweep another sector of the horizon - / ; searchlights swept the sky ;
2) (), ; ; , i> ; they swept the room for bugs ;
12.b> .i> (), , (i>); the channel has been swept for mines ; American minesweepers are sweeping the Arabian sea ;
to sweep asideb> (), ( , .i>); all their advice was swept aside ; he swept all the objections aside / / ; to sweep outb> (), , , i> / (, , .i>); to sweep overb> (), ( , i>); a feeling of isolation swept over me / ; tob> sweep upb> (), , , i> (, , .i>); he swept up the pieces of broken glass i> / ;
to be swept off one's feet by smb.b> i> ; i> / ; she's been swept off her feet by an older man / ; to sweep the boardb> , / [.i> .i> 10]; Australia swept the board in the swimming, with gold medals in every race ; to sweep smth. under the carpetb> /b> .i> .i> under the rug /b> , ( , . i>); the committee is being accused of sweeping financial problems under the carpet to avoid embarrassment , / ; a new broom sweeps cleanb> .i> broom Ir> .