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1 town
town [taʊn](a) (urban area) ville f;∎ a country town une ville de province;∎ to live in a small town habiter une ou dans une petite ville;∎ she's going into town elle va en ville;∎ he's out of town this week il n'est pas là ou il est en déplacement cette semaine;∎ American we're from out of town nous ne sommes pas d'ici;∎ the best pizzas in town les meilleures pizzas de la ville;∎ it's the talk of the town toute la ville en parle;∎ town and gown = expression désignant collectivement les habitants et les étudiants de certaines villes universitaires et soulignant les différences de culture entre les deux milieux(b) (main shopping or business area) centre-ville m;∎ to go into town aller en ville;∎ I work in town je travaille en ville;∎ familiar they went out on the town last night hier soir, ils ont fait une virée en ville;∎ familiar to have a night (out) on the town faire la noce ou la java en ville;∎ familiar to go to town (make great effort) se mettre en quatre;∎ familiar they really went to town on the stadium pour le stade ils n'ont pas fait les choses à moitié ou ils ont vraiment mis le paquet►► familiar pejorative town bike (promiscuous woman) Marie-couche-toi-là f;∎ she's the town bike il n'y a que le train qui ne lui est pas passé dessus;town centre centre-ville m;History town clerk secrétaire mf de mairie;town council conseil m municipal;town councillor conseiller(ère) m,f municipal(e);town crier garde-champêtre m;British town dweller citadin(e) m,f;town gas gaz m de ville;town hall hôtel m de ville, mairie f;town house (gen) maison f en ville; (aristocratic mansion) ≃ hôtel m particulier; American (semi-detached house) maison f mitoyenne (en ville);American town meeting = assemblée générale des habitants d'une ville;town planner urbaniste mf;town planning urbanisme m -
2 town centre
(the main shopping and business area of a town: You can get a bus from the town centre.) centre-ville -
3 carry
B vtr1 [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.to be carried away by sth être emballé ○ par qch ; to get carried away ○ s'emballer ○, se laisser emporter.■ carry back:▶ carry forward [sth], carry [sth] forward1 Accts reporter [balance, total, sum] ;2 Tax reporter [qch] en avant [sum, loss].■ carry off:▶ carry off [sb], carry [sb] off [illness, disease] emporter [person, animal].■ carry on:▶ carry on1 ( 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 sth over into transférer qch dans [private life, area of activity, adulthood] ;▶ carry over [sth], carry [sth] over1 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 ;▶ carry through [sth], carry [sth] through mener [qch] à bien [reform, policy, task] ;▶ carry [sb] through [humour, courage] soutenir [person] ; [instincts] guider [person].
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