carry on

continuer, poursuivre

Continuer ce qu’on était en train de faire.

En anglais simple : To continue doing what you were doing before.

• Please carry on.
• We carried on walking after a short rest.
• Can I carry on with my work now?

Comment l'utiliser : carry on doing something (They carried on talking after the lesson.); carry on with something (Please carry on with your work.)

Synonymes : continue, go on, keep going

Contraires : stop

Expressions courantes : carry on working, carry on talking, carry on normally

persévérer, tenir bon

Continuer à faire des efforts malgré les problèmes, la douleur ou les difficultés.

En anglais simple : To keep trying despite problems, pain, or difficulty.

• We must carry on despite the setbacks.
• After losing his job, he found the strength to carry on.
• They carried on even when success seemed impossible.

Comment l'utiliser : carry on despite something (She carried on despite repeated failures.)

Synonymes : keep going, persevere, persist

Contraires : give up

Expressions courantes : carry on bravely, carry on regardless

faire des histoires, faire une scène

Se comporter bruyamment ou de façon exagérée en attirant une attention gênante.

En anglais simple : To behave noisily or dramatically in a way that attracts unwanted attention.

• Stop carrying on like that.
• The children carried on when we told them to leave.
• He carried on as if losing his hat were a disaster.

Comment l'utiliser : carry on like that (You can’t carry on like that in a restaurant.)

Synonymes : make a fuss, make a scene

Contraires : calm down

Expressions courantes : carry on noisily, carry on terribly

exercer, mener

Exercer ou maintenir une activité, une entreprise ou un autre travail organisé.

En anglais simple : To do or maintain an activity, business, or other organized work.

• They carry on trade with neighbouring countries.
• The firm carried on business from a rented office.
• Both sides carried on negotiations throughout the winter.

Comment l'utiliser : carry on something (The partners carried on a small business together.)

Synonymes : conduct, pursue, maintain

Contraires : discontinue

Expressions courantes : carry on business, carry on trade, carry on negotiations

parler sans arrêt, rabâcher

Parler trop longtemps de quelque chose, souvent avec excitation ou de manière agaçante.

En anglais simple : To keep talking about something for too long, often excitedly or annoyingly.

• He carried on about the weather.
• She carried on for an hour about her holiday.
• Why do you always carry on about that mistake?

Comment l'utiliser : carry on about something (He carried on about his new phone for ages.)

Synonymes : go on, ramble

Expressions courantes : carry on endlessly, carry on excitedly

emporter en cabine

Emporter un bagage dans la cabine de l’avion plutôt que le mettre en soute.

En anglais simple : To take a bag into an aircraft’s passenger area instead of putting it in the hold.

• Can I carry on this bag?
• She carried on a small suitcase and a laptop bag.
• The airline lets passengers carry on two small items.

Comment l'utiliser : carry something on (You can carry one small suitcase on.)

Contraires : check in

Expressions courantes : carry on luggage, carry on bags