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| porter qn./qc. | 6 to carry sb./sth. | |
| emmener qn. [transporter] | 2 to carry sb. | |
| être enceinte de qn. [de l'enfant] | to carry sb. [to be pregnant] | |
| mil. transp. embarquer qn./qc. [passager, armement] | to carry sb./sth. | |
| apporter qc. [changement, difficultés] | to carry sth. [bring in its wake] | |
| avoir qc. sur soi | to carry sth. [money, a credit card, etc.] | |
| dr. adopter qc. [motion, loi] | to carry sth. [motion, bill] | |
| charrier qc. [transporter] | to carry sth. [of a river, flood, truck] | |
| transmettre qc. | to carry sth. [transmit] | |
2 Words: Verbs |
| hydro. emporter qc. [débris] | to carry off | |
| emporter qn. [maladie] | to carry off sb. [to cause to die] | |
| emporter qn./qc. [blessé] | to carry off sb./sth. | |
| trafic continuer sa route | to carry on | |
| mener qc. [étude, réforme] | to carry out sth. | |
| réaliser qc. [exécuter] | to carry out sth. | |
| remplir qc. [devoir, obligations] | to carry out sth. | |
| entraîner qn. | to carry sb. along [fig.] | |
| entraîner qn. | to carry sb. off | |
| emporter qn./qc. [courant, avalanche] | to carry sb./sth. away [current, avalanche] | |
| math. retenir qc. | to carry sth. (over) | |
| charrier qc. [cours d'eau, coulée de lave] | to carry sth. along | |
| math. reporter qc. [calcul, résultat] | to carry sth. forward | |
| accomplir qc. [mission, travail] | to carry sth. out | |
| effectuer qc. | to carry sth. out | |
| exécuter qc. [ordre, projet] | to carry sth. out | |
| mettre qc. à exécution [menace] | to carry sth. out | |
| réaliser qc. [projet, etc.] | to carry sth. out [task etc.] | |
| procéder à qc. [se livrer] | to carry sth. out [undertake] | |
| imposer qc. | to carry sth. through | |
| armes porter des armes | to carry weapons | |
| peser [avoir de l'importance] | to carry weight [important] | |
2 Words: Nouns |
| audio se répandre {noun} [son] | to carry [e.g. sound] | |
3 Words: Verbs |
| méd. être porteur d'un virus | to carry a virus | |
| réussir | to carry it off [idiom] [succeed] | |
| faire le poids [aussi fig.] | to carry its weight [also fig.] | |
| réussir qc. [coup politique] | to carry off sth. successfully | |
| s'en prendre à qc. | to carry on about sth. [idiom] | |
| comm. faire du commerce | to carry on commerce | |
| effectuer des vérifications | to carry out checks | |
| exercer des représailles | to carry out reprisals | |
| réussir qc. [fabrication, opération] | to carry out sth. successfully | |
| tech. effectuer des expérimentations | to carry out tests | |
| mil. prendre qc. d'assaut [ville, forteresse] | to carry sth. by storm | |
| porter qc, à l'extrême | to carry sth. to extremes | |
3 Words: Nouns |
| bagages {m.pl} à main | carry-on baggage | |
| math. retenue {f} | number to carry | |
4 Words: Verbs |
| porter de l'eau à la rivière [loc.] | to carry coals to Newcastle [idiom] | |
| s'acquitter d'une commission | to carry out a commission | |
| faire la contre-épreuve | to carry out a crosscheck | |
| s'acquitter d'une mission | to carry out a mission | |
| mil. faire un raid | to carry out a raid | |
| perquisitionner | to carry out a search | |
| dr. exécuter une sentence | to carry out a sentence | |
| market. faire un sondage | to carry out a survey | |
| compt. effectuer un audit | to carry out an audit | |
| faire une expérience | to carry out an experiment | |
| fin. procéder à des opérations financières | to carry out financial transactions | |
| exercer une action subversive | to carry out subversive activities | |
| porter qn. sur son dos | to carry sb. on one's back | |
| pousser le bouchon un peu loin [loc.] | to carry things too far [idiom] | |
5+ Words: Verbs |
| armes mil. porter un fusil à baïonnette (au canon) | to carry a rifle with fixed bayonet | |
| porter sur les épaules tout le fardeau du monde | to carry all the troubles of the world on one's shoulders | |
| pousser la jalousie jusqu'à faire qc. | to carry jealousy to the point of doing sth. | |
| avoir une querelle avec qn. | to carry on a feud with sb. | |
| faire la contre-épreuve | to carry out a cross-check | |
| sociol. mener des actions humanitaires | to carry out a programme of humanitarian aid | |
| dr. effectuer une rafle chez qn. | to carry out a raid on sb. | |
| dr. faire une rafle chez qn. | to carry out a raid on sb. | |
| dr. effectuer une perquisition au domicile de qn. | to carry out a search of sb.'s house | |
| effectuer un contrôle au hasard | to carry out a spot check | |
| méd. faire avorter qn. | to carry out an abortion on sb. | |
| commettre un attentat contre qn. | to carry out an assassination attempt against sb. | |
| perpétrer un attentat contre qn. | to carry out an assassination attempt against sb. | |
| méd. opérer qn. à chaud | to carry out an emergency operation on sb. | |
| rendre des services bénévolement | to carry out work on a voluntary basis | |