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the floor in English:

1. on on


It's so hot that you could cook an egg on the hood of a car.
If you don't want to put on sunscreen, that's your problem. Just don't come complaining to me when you get a sunburn.
on the table
I think it's dangerous to climb a mountain on a day when it's stormy.
We pigged out on pizza and chicken at lunchtime.
The background check on Tom turned up suspiciously little.
Tom boiled some eggs on the rocket stove that he had just built.
Tom lives on a farm with his wife, Mary, not too far from Boston.
You walk on and I'll catch up with you later.
He knows that his critics are waiting to pounce on any slip that he makes.
People often lie about what they did on the weekend, so their friends won't realize how boring they really are.
Even though there were many cookies on the dish, I only ate three.
A bust of Aristotle stands on a pedestal in the entryway.
If it's okay for her to buy a knife, then why on earth can't I?
On Friday evenings, a group of us with spouses working overseas meet at Chuck's Bar and Grill.

English word "the floor"(on) occurs in sets:

IN / ON / AT

2. mop mop


Please clean the floor with this mop.
The kitchen floor is wet because I’ve just mopped it.
He mopped the bathroom floor.
Where's the mop?
How do you call this mop?
I used a mop to clean up the drink on the floor.

3. sweep sweep


Sweep my room.
I'll sweep the floor while you wash the dishes.
Don't forget to sweep the kitchen clean.
Would you do me a favor by moving that chair over to the corner so that I can sweep the floor?
If each would sweep before the door, we should have a clean city.
With this you can make a clean sweep of leftover breakfast smells and such to make the air clean.
The sweep of the times is changing rapidly.
To sweep this is an activity giving a cleaninig the floor.
storms and earthquakes began to sweep the kingdom
The car sweeps past people standing alongside the road.
Im a chimney sweep, and that money is all I have.
a long sweep of sandy beach
My father swept the floor with a wooden broom. The player is sweeping the tennis world
The purpose of the convention is to examine the whole sweep of effective teaching techniques.
Not only did I forget to close the window, but I also forgot to sweep.

4. wash wash


Wash up.
My robot will prepare meals, clean, wash dishes, and perform other household tasks.
It's better to use plastic chopsticks and wash them than to use disposable chopsticks.
I thought they were angry with me because I didn't help them wash the car.
The Prime Minister's explanation of the scandal just wouldn't wash with the public.
Would you please sort out all the white clothes from the wash?
You can't cop out on explaining a price increase of that size by blaming OPEC; that won't wash.
Obviously wash your face, but you must also take care of your appearance before assembling here.
The label on my scarf says, "Wash and iron inside out." I wonder how I'm supposed to do that.
This T-shirt needs washing. (Tę koszulkę trzeba wyprać
I carefully brush my teeth, wash my face and comb my hair.
While doing the wash she found a condom in the back pocket of her son's pants.
At an Indian wedding at the Phillipine islands the bride retired from the company in order to go down to the river to wash her feet. As she was thus employed an alligator seized her.
I get up, wash, shower, shave, and get dressed.
Your explanation won't wash; it's too improbable to be true.