perspiration
/ˌpɝspəˈɹeɪʃən/ noun B2- The action or process of perspiring.
- Synonym of hard work.
- Sweat (fluid).
Plural perspirations
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“I’ll--I’ll take twenty pounds of it,” said Matthew, with beads of perspiration standing on his forehead.
Sherlock Holmes drew a long breath, and wiped the perspiration from his forehead.
“Yet,” stammered Dantès, wiping the perspiration from his brow,—“yet I gave you two hundred francs when I left, three months ago.”
The bride blushed, while Fernand, restless and uneasy, seemed to start at every fresh sound, and from time to time wiped away the large drops of perspiration that gathered on his brow.
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