SWEAT

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2002.08.28

Nice to see you again! How's the sun in your part of the world? Hot? Then maybe you'll have a chance to use today's WordMaster right away!

Explanation

  • Sweat is the salty liquid your body makes to wet your skin and cool you off when you become too hot from the sun, exercise, etc.

    The verb sweat means to produce sweat.
  • sweat  は、日光に当たったり、運動をしたりして暑いときに、体から出る塩分を含んだ水分、つまり、汗のことです。

    動詞の sweat  は、汗をかくという意味です。

examples

  1. In the summer, my shirt is usually soaked with sweat by the time I get to the office.
  2. The patient had a high fever and was covered in sweat.
  3. I sweat a lot, so I take two to three showers a day in the summer.
  4. All the athletes were sweating heavily under the hot sun.

Now maybe you understand why native English speakers laugh when they hear the name of a certain Japanese sports drink.