carry

carry

A n (range) portée f.

B vtr

1 [person, animal] porter [bag, shopping, load, news, message] (in dans ; on sur) ; to carry sth up/down porter qch en haut/en bas ; to carry sth in/out apporter/emporter qch ; to carry the bags over the road traverser la route en portant les bagages ; to carry the child across the river porter l'enfant pour traverser la rivière ; to carry cash/a gun avoir de l'argent liquide/un revolver sur soi ; to carry a memory/a picture in one's mind avoir un sentiment/une image toujours en tête ; to carry sth too far fig pousser qch trop loin ; we can't afford to carry anyone fig nous ne pouvons pas nous permettre de traîner des poids morts ;

2 [vehicle, pipe, wire, vein] transporter ; [wind, tide, current, stream] emporter ; licensed to carry passengers autorisé à transporter des passagers ; to be carried on the wind être porté or transporté par le vent ; to be carried along by the tide être poussé par la marée ; the wind carried the ash towards the town le vent a transporté les cendres vers la ville ; to carry sth off ou away emporter qch ; to carry sb off ou away emmener qn ; to carry sth/sb back ramener qch/qn ; to carry one's audience with one avoir son public derrière soi ; his quest carried him to India sa quête l'a amené en Inde ; her talent will carry her a long way son talent la mènera loin ; to be carried along with the general enthusiasm être emporté par l'enthousiasme général ;

3 (feature) comporter [warning, guarantee, review, report] ; porter [symbol, label] ; ‘The Gazette’ will carry the ad ‘La Gazette’ publiera l'annonce ;

4 (entail) comporter [risk, danger, responsibility] ; être passible de [penalty, fine] ; to carry conviction être convaincant ;

5 (bear, support) [bridge, road] supporter [weight, load, traffic] ; the field will not carry that herd/crop le champ ne convient pas à ce troupeau/cette culture ;

6 Mil, Pol (win) l'emporter dans [state, region, constituency] ; remporter [battle, match] ; faire voter [bill, amendment] ; the motion was carried by 20 votes to 13 la motion l'a emporté par 20 votes contre 13 ; to carry all before one/it [person, argument] l'emporter haut la main ;

7 Med être porteur/-euse de [disease] ; she is carrying the HIV virus elle est porteuse du virus VIH ;

8 (be pregnant with) [woman] être enceinte de [boy, girl, twins] ; [female animal] porter [young] ; she is carrying a child elle est enceinte ; I am carrying his child je porte son enfant ;

9 Comm (stock, sell) faire [item, brand] ; we carry a wide range of nous offrons un grand choix de ;

10 (hold, bear) (permanently) porter [tail, head] ; he was carrying his arm awkwardly il se tenait le bras de façon curieuse ;

11 Math retenir [one, two].

C vi [sound, voice] porter ; to carry well porter bien ; the noise carried (for) several kilometres le bruit a porté à plusieurs kilomètres.

D v refl to carry oneself se tenir (like comme ; with avec).

Idioms

to be carried away by sth être emballé ○ par qch ; to get carried away ○ s'emballer ○ , se laisser emporter.

Phrasal verbs

■ carry back :

▶ carry back [sth], carry [sth] back Tax reporter [qch] en arrière [sum, loss] ;

▶ carry [sb] back (in memory) ramener [person] (to à).

■ carry forward :

▶ carry forward [sth], carry [sth] forward

1 Accts reporter [balance, total, sum] ;

2 Tax reporter [qch] en avant [sum, loss].

■ carry off :

▶ carry off [sth] remporter [prize, medal] ; to carry it off ○ (succeed) réussir, y arriver ;

▶ carry off [sb], carry [sb] off [illness, disease] emporter [person, animal].

■ carry on :

▶ carry on

1 (continue) continuer (doing à faire) ; carry on! continue! ; to carry on down ou along the road (in car) continuer la route ; (on foot) poursuivre son chemin ; if it carries on like this si ça continue comme ça ; to carry on as if nothing had happened continuer comme si de rien n'était ; to carry on with sth continuer or poursuivre qch ;

2 ○ (behave) se conduire ; that's no way to carry on ce n'est pas une façon de se conduire ; to carry on as if se conduire comme si ;

3 ○ (have affair) fricoter ○ , avoir une liaison (with avec) ;

4 ○ (talk, go on) jacasser ○ ; to carry on about sth déblatérer ○ sur qch ;

▶ carry on [sth]

1 (conduct) conduire [business, trade] ; entretenir [correspondence] ; mener [conversation, negotiations, normal life] ;

2 (continue) maintenir [tradition, custom] ; reprendre [family firm] ; poursuivre [activity, discussion].

■ carry out :

▶ carry out [sth], carry [sth] out réaliser [plan, experiment, study, audit, reform, robbery] ; effectuer [raid, attack, operation, repairs] ; exécuter [orders, punishment, recommendations, restoration] ; mener [investigation, campaign] ; accomplir [execution, killing] ; remplir [duties, function, mission] ; mettre [qch] à exécution [threat] ; tenir [promise].

■ carry over :

▶ carry over into [problem, attitude, rivalry] s'étendre à [area of activity, personal life] ;

▶ carry sth over into transférer qch dans [private life, area of activity, adulthood] ;

▶ carry over [sth], carry [sth] over

1 gen to be carried over from [custom, habit, feeling] remonter à [period, childhood] ; an item carried over from the last meeting un point laissé en attente à la dernière réunion ;

2 Fin (on stock exchange) reporter [debt] ;

3 Accts, Tax = carry forward.

■ carry through :

▶ carry through [sth], carry [sth] through mener [qch] à bien [reform, policy, task] ;

▶ carry [sb] through [humour, courage] soutenir [person] ; [instincts] guider [person].

Big English-French dictionary. 2003.