carry

porter

Tenir quelque chose et le déplacer avec soi.

En anglais simple : To hold something and take it from one place to another.

• Can you carry this bag?
• She carried the baby upstairs.
• We are carrying the chairs into the garden.

Comment l'utiliser : carry someone/something to somewhere (He carried the box to the kitchen.)

Synonymes : take, bear

Expressions courantes : carry a bag, carry something upstairs, carry someone home

transporter

Pour un véhicule, emmener des personnes ou des choses ailleurs.

En anglais simple : If a vehicle does this, it takes people or things from one place to another.

• This bus carries fifty people.
• The ship carried food to the island.
• How much cargo can the plane carry?

Comment l'utiliser : carry someone/something to somewhere (The ferry carries passengers to the island.)

Synonymes : transport, take

Expressions courantes : carry passengers, carry cargo, carry goods

avoir sur soi, porter

Avoir quelque chose avec soi quand on se déplace.

En anglais simple : To have something with you when you go somewhere.

• I never carry cash.
• She always carries her phone with her.
• Are visitors allowed to carry cameras inside?

Synonymes : have with you

Expressions courantes : carry cash, carry a phone, carry a weapon

conduire, acheminer

Servir de passage à l’eau, à l’électricité ou à autre chose.

En anglais simple : To provide a path along which water, electricity, or something else moves.

• The wire carries electricity.
• A narrow channel carries water into the lake.
• This cable carries the signal to your television.

Comment l'utiliser : carry something to somewhere (These pipes carry water to the village.)

Synonymes : conduct, convey

Expressions courantes : carry water, carry electricity, carry a signal

emporter, entraîner

Pour l’air ou l’eau, déplacer quelque chose avec son courant.

En anglais simple : If air or water does this, it moves something along with it.

• The river carries leaves downstream.
• A strong wind carried the seeds across the field.
• The waves carried our boat towards the rocks.

Comment l'utiliser : carry something away (The wind carried the smoke away.)

Synonymes : sweep, take

Expressions courantes : carry something away, carry leaves, carry something downstream

avoir, comporter

Avoir une certaine qualité ou importance, ou comporter un risque ou un effet.

En anglais simple : To have a particular quality, importance, risk, or effect.

• His opinion carries weight.
• This treatment carries a small risk.
• The job carries a great deal of responsibility.

Synonymes : have, possess

Expressions courantes : carry weight, carry a risk, carry a penalty

course avec le ballon

Action de football américain où un joueur court en portant le ballon.

En anglais simple : A play in American football in which a player runs while holding the ball.

• He gained ten yards on his first carry.
• The running back had twenty carries today.
• Her average was five yards per carry.

Synonymes : rush

Expressions courantes : a single carry, yards per carry

technique de portage

Technique pour porter et déplacer une personne qui ne peut pas marcher ou a besoin d’aide.

En anglais simple : A method of holding and moving a person who cannot walk or needs help.

• We practised a shoulder carry.
• The rescue team used a two-person carry for the injured climber.
• This carry keeps the patient’s head supported.

Expressions courantes : shoulder carry, two-person carry