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HSS Posted 20 years ago
Grammar
Sweat
Hi, there.
I was trying to refresh my memory. I was just trying to remember the usage of the verb sweat.
Your friend is afraid she might make a mistake at a check-out counter. It's her first day. She is nervous Here comes the first customer. You say to her;
(1) Don't sweat. It's easy. Don't worry. You can do it right.
(2) Don't sweat it. It's easy. Don't worry. You can do it right.
Which do you say? How would you use the other one, "Don't sweat" or "Don't sweat it"? In what sort of situation would you use it?
Now, would you help me remember how you would use "sweat ... out"?
Hiro
Sendai, Japan
I was trying to refresh my memory. I was just trying to remember the usage of the verb sweat.
Your friend is afraid she might make a mistake at a check-out counter. It's her first day. She is nervous Here comes the first customer. You say to her;
(1) Don't sweat. It's easy. Don't worry. You can do it right.
(2) Don't sweat it. It's easy. Don't worry. You can do it right.
Which do you say? How would you use the other one, "Don't sweat" or "Don't sweat it"? In what sort of situation would you use it?
Now, would you help me remember how you would use "sweat ... out"?
Hiro
Sendai, Japan
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Don't sweat it! --------- Don't sweat it! American, informal something that you say in order to tell someone not to worry Don't sweat it!
- Don't sweat it!
- --------- Don't sweat it!
- American, informal something that you say in order to tell someone not to worry Don't sweat it!
- We've got plenty of time to get there before the show starts.
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Don't sweat it!
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Don't sweat it! American, informal
something that you say in order to tell someone not to worry
Don't sweat it! We've got plenty of time to get there before the show starts.
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sweat out
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Don't sweat it! American, informal
something that you say in order to tell someone not to worry
Don't sweat it! We've got plenty of time to get there before the show starts.
(from )
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sweat out
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Super, Marius!
Would you ever use "sweat" as an intransitive verb outside one meaning perspire?
Hiro
Sendai, Japan
Would you ever use "sweat" as an intransitive verb outside one meaning perspire?
Hiro
Sendai, Japan
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HSSWould you ever use "sweat" as an intransitive verb outside one meaning perspire?
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sweat
intransitive v.
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My mental notes of them are so in order now. Thanks, Marius.
Hiro
Sendai, Japan
Hiro
Sendai, Japan
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Just wondering. Which form would be used more often for the past tense, sweat or sweated? Which would you use more often?
Hiro
Sendai, Japan
Hiro
Sendai, Japan
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Hi guys,
Which form would be used more often for the past tense, sweat or sweated? The latter.
Don't sweat it! Another form of this is 'No sweat', This is often used as a very slang-y and informal version of 'Don't mention it' or 'No problem', and said in response to someone saying 'Thank you'.
Best wishe
Which form would be used more often for the past tense, sweat or sweated? The latter.
Don't sweat it! Another form of this is 'No sweat', This is often used as a very slang-y and informal version of 'Don't mention it' or 'No problem', and said in response to someone saying 'Thank you'.
Best wishe
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(2) is the correct usage. And instead of "You can do it right" you might say "You'll get it."
There's a well-known phrase from a commercial that goes, "Never let them see you sweat", meaning never show that you're nervous.
"Don't sweat" wouldn't normally be used because it's more of a command, and it's hard to control other people's bodily functions.
Basically, to sweat
There's a well-known phrase from a commercial that goes, "Never let them see you sweat", meaning never show that you're nervous.
"Don't sweat" wouldn't normally be used because it's more of a command, and it's hard to control other people's bodily functions.
Basically, to sweat
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Hi, Ethan.
Very interesting. You sweat her, you sweat his jacket, etc., right? I'm thinking just how "sweat" has come to mean that.
Hiro
Sendai, Japan
Very interesting. You sweat her, you sweat his jacket, etc., right? I'm thinking just how "sweat" has come to mean that.
Hiro
Sendai, Japan
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