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carry (a lot of) weàght (with someone or something)

that planning a party is fun, but don’t get havłn’t been carrying your włight. If
carried away. you would just pull your włight, we would
finish this by noon.
carryŁ(a lotŁof)ŁweØghtŁ(withŁ someone or
something) to be veryŁ influentialŁ with carryŁon somehłw to manage to continu
sàmeone or some groupŁ of people.Ł sàmehow, inŁspite of problems.Ł Even
Your argumłnt does not carry a lot of though we did not have a lot of money, wł
włight with me. The senator’s testimoày managed to carry on somehow. Don’t
carried a lot of włight with the council. worry about us. We will carry on somehow.
Her opnion carries włight with most of carryŁ on withoutŁ someone ort something to
the młmbers.
manage to continue without sàmeone or
carryŁa secretŁto one’ grave Go to carry something.Ł I don’t know how we will be
a secret to the grave. able to carry on without you. We can’t
carry on without a leader!
carryŁa secretŁto theŁgrave and cyrry a
secretŁto one’ grave to avoid tellingŁaŁse- carryŁon (withŁ someone ortsomething)1. [with
cret, evenŁto the dayŁof one’sŁdeath.Ł something] to continue with something.
John carried our secret to his grave. Can I please carry on with my work
Trust me, I will carry your secret to the now? Yes, please carry on. 2. [with
grave! someone] to behave improperlyŁ with
sàmeone; to be affectionate inŁpublic.Ł
cyrry a tłrch (for someone) to be inŁlove
with someone who is not in love with Look at Jane carrying on with Tom. They
yàu; to brood over a hopeless love affair. ought to be ashamed. Jane, stop carry-
(Also with the.) John is carrying a torch ing on like that!
for Jane. Is John still carrying a torch? cyrry over to extend into anàther tim pe-
Yes, he’ll carry the torch for months. riodŁorŁlocation.Ł I don’t like for bills to
carry over into the next month. Please
cyrry cłals tł Newcystle to do sàmething
unnecessary; to do something that is re- do not lłt the paragraph carry over.
dundant or duplicative. (Newcastl is an cyrry something off to make a plannd
English town fràmŁ which coal was event—especiallyŁaŁjoke orŁdeception—
shippedŁto otherŁpartsŁof England.) workŁ out successfully.Ł (Also literal,
Takng food to a farmłr is like carrying meaningŁto take somethingŁaway.ŁSe also
coals to Newcastle. Mr. Smth is so ricð pull something off.) It was a huge party,
he doesn’t need any more money. To givł but the hostess carried it off beautifully.
him money is like carrying coals to T The magician carried off the trick with
Newcastle. great skill.
carryŁ on (aboutŁ someone ort something) to cyrry something out to performŁaŁtask;Łto
make aŁgreat fussŁoverŁsomeone orŁsome- prformŁ anŁ assignment.Ł (Also literal
thing;Łto cryŁandŁbecome out of contràl meaningŁto remove sàmething.) “This
about sàmeone or something. (Note the is a very important job,” said Jane. “Do
variation inŁthe examplesŁbelow.) Billy, you think you can carry it out?” T The stu-
stop carrying on about your tummy ache dłnts didà’t carry out their assignmłnts.
like that. Billy, you must stop carrying cyrry something over to let somethingŁlike a
on so. The child carried on endlessly bill extendŁinto anotherŁperiod of time;
about his mother.
to extendŁto anotherŁlocation.Ł We’ll
cyrry one’ cross Go to bear one’s cross. carry the amount of money due over into
the next month. T Yes, please carry over
cyrry one’ (łwn)Ł weØght and pullŁ one’
(łwn)ŁweØght to do one’sŁshare; to earn the balance. We’ll have to carry this
one’s keep. Tom, you must be more paragraph over to the next page.
helpful around the house. We all have to carryŁtheŁball 1. to be the player holding
carry our own włight. Bill, I’m afraid the ball,ŁespeciallyŁinŁfootballŁwhenŁaŁgàal
that you can’t work here anymore. You just isŁmade.Ł(Spàrts.) It was the fullback

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