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81 MALCOCHOA
malcochoa > malcochoh.*\MALCOCHOA v.t. tla-., embrasser, entourer de ses bras.Launey II 22.Esp., abracar algo (M).lo lleva en los brazos, lo coge en las manos (T189).Angl., to embrace something, to carry something in one's arms (K)." tlamalcochoa ", ils embrassent quelque chose - it embraces something.Est dit à propos du bras, mâitl. Sah10,115.*\MALCOCHOA v.réciproque, s'embrasser, se donner l'accolade.Schultze Iena paraphrase curieusement: " momalcochoa ", es umfaßt sich, d.h. wird umfaßt, in d. Arme genommen. SIS 1950,302. Cf. Sah4,88.*\MALCOCHOA v.réfl., croiser les bras en signe d'humilité.Olmos donne 'ninomalcochoa', humiliarse. Arte de la lengua mexicana. 248r." momalcochohtimotlâlia ", il est assis là les bras croisés - er sitzt da mit verschlungenen Armen.Sah 1950,112:11. id. SIS 1950,302 = Sah4,15." moquetztihcac momalcochohtihcac tolohticac ", il est debout, debout les bras croisés, debout la tête baissée. Sah6,45 qui traduit: standing, standing bowed, standing head bowed.Note: Cf. la variante mâcochoa. -
82 MAMA
mâma > mâmah.*\MAMA v.t. tla-. ou tê-., porter, transporter sur le dos, sur les épaules.Esp., llevar carga a cuestas. Molina II 51v.Angl., to carry s.o. or s.th. on one's back; to govern s.o. R.Andrews 451." quimmâmah mâmazah ", des cerfs les portent sur le dos - deer bore them upon their back.Présage de l'arrivée des espagnols. Sah12,3." cuezcomatl quimâma quinapaloa ", il porte le récipient à grains sur son dos, il le porte dans ses bras - he bears the maize bin on his back: he carries it in his arms. Sah10,39." yehhuâtl quihuâlmâmahtiyah in întêouh ", lui (qui) porta sur son dos leur dieu.Chim. 3. Rel. 18 = 72v." in ic tlamâmâyah, ahmo xiquipilli quitîtlaniyah ", pour le porter sur le dos, ils ne se servaient pas d'un sac. Launey II,248." mahtlâcxihuitl omêyi tlahuîca, tlaohtlatoctia, tlatqui, tlamâma ", pour 13 ans il conduit, il met en chemin, il emmène et porte sur son dos (les années). Il s'agit d'un signe du calendrier. Sah7,21." âquin tlatquiz, aquin tlamâmaz in tônaz, in tlathuiz? ", quien tomara el trabajo, quien se echara a cuestas el hazer salir el sol. el hacer amanecer? Se demandent le dieux à Teôtihuacan. Garibay Llave 131." oncân mocentlâlihqueh in ixquichtin têteoh îhuân monohnôtzqueh in âquin tlatquiz, in âquin tlamâmaz in âquin tônatiuh yez ", there all the gods assembled and consulted among themselves who would bear upon his back the burden of rule, who would be the sun. Sah3,1." nâhuintin in huâlmâmahqueh in tetzahuitl Huitzilopochtli topco huâlonotiyah ", il y en avait quatre qui portaient sur le dos le terrible Huitzilopochtli couché dans un coffre. Launey II 206." in cequintin tlamâmah, ihtacamamah, cequintin tlaîxcuâmâmah, cequintin tlaêlpanmâmah ", certains portent des charges, portaient des provisions sur leur dos, certains portent des charges avec leur front, certains portent sur leur poitrines - and some bore burdens, rations, upon their backs; some carried burdens (with a tump line about) their foreheads, (or with a band) about their chests. Sah12,41." têlpôchtlahpalihui: tlatequipanoa, tlamâma, huehca yâuh ", le garçon robuste, il travaille, il porte des charges, il va loin - der stammige Bursche: er leistet Arbeit, huckt Lasten auf und wandert in der Ferne. Sah 1952,4:19." tlamâma ", elle supporte (l'arbre) - it bears (the tree).Est dit de la racine de l'arbre. Sah11,113.* métaphor., avec préf.obj.indéfini tla-., gouverner." tlamâma ", père, mère, chef, protecteur." âquin tlatquiz, aquin tlamâmâz, in tônaz in tlathuiz? " qui prendra sur lui, qui se chargera de faire le soleil, de faire la lumière. Sah HG VII 2: Launey II 180." tlamâma ", il porte des fardeaux - he assumes burdens.Est dit du souverain tlahtoani. Sah10,15.*\MAMA v.réfl., se gouverner soi-même." momâma ", il se gouverne lui-même - er regiert sich sebst. Sah 1952,16:21." ca ahmo ninotqui, ca ahmo ninomâma, cahmo ninoyocoya ", car je ne me gouverne pas moi même. Dit le souverain en s'adressant à Tezcatlipoca. Sah6,44." motqui, momâma, ahontepôhua ", she governs her own conduct, assumes her own burdens; she is disrespectful. Sah10,47.Variante: même > mêmeh. -
83 MAMALIA
mâmalia > mâmalih, appliatif de mâma.*\MAMALIA v.bitrans. têtla-., transporter quelque chose sur ses épaules pour quelqu'un.Angl., to carry s.th. on one's back for s.o. R.Andrews Introd 451." quimâmalia ", il le lui porte sur le dos - er trägt es für jmd., bringt es ihm. SIS 1952,295." quimâmalia in quitlauhtîz ", il fait apporter à dos d'homme ce qu'il donnera en cadeau - what he was to give as gifts, he caused to be carried on the backs (of carriers). Sah8,51.Cf. Anders Rules 55. -
84 NAPALHUIA
nâpalhuia > nâpalhuih.*\NAPALHUIA v.t. têtla-., transporter quelque chose dans ses bras pour quelqu'un.Esp., llevar alog en los manos o en los brazos para otro (M).Angl., to carry something in one's arms for someone (K).Form: applicatif sur nâpaloa (K). -
85 ball
ball [bɔ:l]1. noun• curled up in a ball [animal] roulé en boule• to keep the ball rolling ( = maintain activity) maintenir le mouvement ; ( = maintain interest) soutenir l'intérêt• to start the ball rolling (inf) ( = initiate action) lancer une affaire ; ( = initiate conversation) lancer la conversation• to be on the ball (inf) ( = competent) être à la hauteur ; ( = alert) ouvrir l'œil et le bon (inf)b. [of wool, string] pelote fc. ( = dance) bal m2. plural noun3. compounds• it's a whole new ball game (inf) c'est une tout autre histoire ► ball girl noun ramasseuse f de balles* * *[bɔːl] 1.1) Sport, Technology ( sphere) (in tennis, golf, cricket) balle f; (in football, rugby) ballon m; ( in croquet) boule f; ( in billiards) bille f; ( for children) balle f, ballon m; Military, Technology balle f2) ( rolled-up object) (of dough, clay) boule f (of de); (of wool, string) pelote f (of de)to curl up into a ball — [person, cat] se rouler en boule
3) Anatomythe balls of one's feet — les demi-pointes fpl (des pieds)
4) ( dance) bal m2.transitive verb ( clench) serrer [fist]3.intransitive verb [fist] se serrer••the ball is in your/his court — la balle est dans ton/son camp
to be on the ball — (colloq) gen être efficace; ( old person) avoir toute sa tête
to play ball — (colloq) coopérer ( with avec)
to set the ball rolling — ( for conversation) lancer la conversation; ( for activity) démarrer
to have a ball — (colloq) s'amuser comme un fou/une folle (colloq)
that's the way the ball bounces! — US c'est la vie!
to carry the ball — (colloq) US prendre la responsabilité
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86 can
I.can1 [kæn]━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━1. modal verba.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━• can you come tomorrow? pouvez-vous venir demain ?• can I help you? est-ce que je peux vous aider ?• where can he be? où peut-il bien être ?• can he have done it already? est-il possible qu'il l'ait déjà fait ?• he can't be dead! ce n'est pas possible, il n'est pas mort !• you can't be serious! vous ne parlez pas sérieusement !• she can't be very clever if she failed this exam elle ne doit pas être très intelligente si elle a échoué à cet examend. ( = know how to) savoire.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━► can used with a verb of perception is not usually translated.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━2. compounds[person, organization] dynamiqueII.can2 [kæn]1. nouna. (for oil, petrol) bidon mb. [of food] boîte f (de conserve)[+ food] mettre en conserve3. compounds* * *I [kæn]1) ( expressing possibility)it could be that... — il se peut que... (+ subj)
could be — (colloq) peut-être
it could be a trap — c'est peut-être un piège, ça pourrait être un piège
I could be wrong — je me trompe peut-être, il se peut que j'aie tort
‘did she know?’ - ‘no, how could she?’ — ‘est-ce qu'elle était au courant?’ - ‘non, comment est-ce qu'elle aurait pu l'être?’
the computer couldn't ou can't have made an error — l'ordinateur n'a pas pu faire d'erreur, il est impossible que l'ordinateur ait fait une erreur
2) ( expressing permission)3) ( when making requests)4) ( when making an offer)what can I do for you? — ( in shop) qu'y a-t-il pour votre service?
5) ( when making suggestions)6) (have skill, knowledge to)7) (have ability, power to)to do all one can — faire tout ce qu'on peut or tout son possible
8) (have ability, using senses, to)9) (indicating capability, tendency)10) (expressing likelihood, assumption)he couldn't be more than 10 years old — ( now) il ne peut pas avoir plus de 10 ans
I couldn't leave the children — ( didn't want to) je ne pouvais pas laisser les enfants; ( wouldn't want to) je ne pourrais pas laisser les enfants
12) ( be in a position to)13) ( expressing a reproach)14) ( expressing surprise)you can't ou cannot be serious! — tu veux rire! (colloq)
15) ( for emphasis)16) ( expressing exasperation)I could murder him! — (colloq) je le tuerais! (colloq)
17) ( expressing obligation)you can get lost! — (colloq) va te faire fiche! (colloq)
18) ( avoiding repetition of verb)‘can we borrow it?’ - ‘you can’ — ‘est-ce que nous pouvons l'emprunter?’ - ‘bien sûr’
‘can anyone give me a lift home?’ - ‘we can’ — ‘est-ce que quelqu'un peut me déposer chez moi?’ - ‘oui, nous’
••as happy/excited as can ou could be — très heureux/excité
II 1. [kæn] 2.no can do — (colloq) non, je ne peux pas
transitive verb (p prés etc - nn-) Culinary mettre [quelque chose] en conserve3.canned past participle adjective1) [food] en boîte2) (colloq) [laughter] enregistré••in the can — (colloq) Cinema ( of film) dans la boîte; ( of negotiations) dans la poche
to carry the can for somebody — (colloq) porter le chapeau à la place de quelqu'un (colloq)
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87 channel
channel [ˈt∫ænl]1. nounc. ( = groove in surface) rainure fe. ( = system) voie f3. compounds* * *['tʃænl] 1.1) ( passage for liquid) canal m2) ( navigable water) chenal m3) (diplomatic, commercial) canal mto do something through the proper ou usual ou normal channels — faire quelque chose par la voie normale
diplomatic/legal channels — voie f diplomatique/légale
4) Television chaîne fto flick channels — (colloq) zapper
5) Radio canal m6) Architecture cannelure f7) ( groove) rainure f2.2) fig ( direct) concentrer, canaliser [efforts, energy] ( into dans; into doing pour faire); affecter [funds] ( into à)3) ( cut) creuser -
88 fulfil
[+ task, prophecy] accomplir ; [+ order] exécuter ; [+ function, contract] remplir ; [+ plan, ambition] réaliser ; [+ desire] satisfaire ; [+ promise] tenir* * *1) (realize, carry out) réaliser [ambition, prophecy]; tenir [promise]; répondre à [desire, need]2) ( satisfy)3) ( satisfy requirements of) remplir [duty, conditions, contract] -
89 improvement
improvement [ɪmˈpru:vmənt]* * *[ɪm'pruːvmənt]1) ( change for the better) amélioration f (in, of, to de)an improvement on last year's performance — une amélioration par rapport aux résultats de l'an dernier
the new edition is an improvement on the old one — la nouvelle édition est bien meilleure que l'ancienne
2) ( progress) progrès mpl3) ( alteration) aménagement mhome improvements — aménagements mpl du domicile
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90 leave off
leave off [rain] cesser; [person] s'interrompreto carry on ou continue where one left off — reprendre là où on en était
1) ( not put on) ne pas mettre [coat, lid, blanket]; ( not put back on) ne pas remettre [coat, lid, blanket]2) ( not switch on) ne pas allumer [light, TV]; ne pas brancher [iron, kettle]; ( leave switched off) laisser [quelque chose] éteint [light, central heating, TV]; laisser [quelque chose] débranché [iron, kettle]3) ( omit) omettre, oublier [name, item, letter] -
91 licence
1. nounb. ( = freedom) licence f2. compounds► licence number noun [of licence] numéro m de permis de conduire ; [of car] numéro m d'immatriculation━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━‼|/b] [b]licence is not the most common translation for licence.* * *GB, license US ['laɪsns] noun1) ( for trading) licence f ( to do de faire)artistic licence — liberté f de l'artiste
this law is a licence to harass the innocent — fig cette loi laisse le champ libre pour harceler les innocents
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92 make
make [meɪk]━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━3. noun4. compounds━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━► vb: pret, ptp made━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━a. ( = produce) faire ; [+ machines] fabriquer• how much does that make (altogether)? combien ça fait (en tout) ?► made + preposition• this car wasn't made to carry eight people cette voiture n'est pas faite pour transporter huit personnes• he makes $400 a week il gagne 400 dollars par semaine• the company made $1.4 million last year la société a réalisé un bénéfice net de 1,4 millions de dollars l'année dernière• the deal made him £500 cette affaire lui a rapporté 500 livresc. [+ destination] arriver à ; [+ train, plane] avoir• will we make Paris before lunch? est-ce que nous arriverons à Paris avant le déjeuner ?d. ( = reckon) what time do you make it? quelle heure as-tu ?e. ( = ensure success of) the beautiful pictures make the book ce livre doit beaucoup à ses magnifiques imagesf. ( = be, constitute) faire• what made you believe that...? qu'est-ce qui vous a fait croire que... ?• I don't know what makes him do it je ne sais pas ce qui le pousse à faire ça► to make sb sth ( = choose as)• what did you make of the film? que penses-tu de ce film ?• what do you make of him? qu'est-ce que tu penses de lui ?► to make sb + adjective• to make o.s. useful se rendre utile• to make sb happy/unhappy rendre qn heureux/malheureux━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━► Look up other combinations, eg make sb thirsty, make o.s. ridiculous, at the adjective.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━• let's make believe we're on a desert island imaginons que nous sommes sur une île déserte► to make do ( = manage) se débrouiller• you'll have to make do with me ( = be satisfied) tu vas devoir te contenter de moi► to make it ( = come) venir ; ( = arrive) arriver ; ( = succeed) réussir• can you make it by 3 o'clock? est-ce que tu peux y être pour 3 heures ?► to make it + time, date, amount• I'm coming tomorrow -- okay, can you make it the afternoon? je viendrai demain -- d'accord, mais est-ce que tu peux venir dans l'après-midi ?( = act)• she made as if to protest, then hesitated elle parut sur le point de protester, puis hésita3. nouna. ( = brand) marque f• what make of car do you drive? qu'est-ce que vous avez comme voiture ?b. ► to be on the make (inf) ( = trying to make money) chercher à se remplir les poches (inf) ; ( = trying to get power) avoir une ambition dévorante4. compounds• she lives in a world of make-believe elle vit dans un monde d'illusions adjective• his story is pure make-believe son histoire est pure fantaisie ► make-or-break (inf) adjective décisifa. ( = go to)b. ( = produce) produire ; ( = contribute to) contribuer à• happy parents make for a happy child des parents heureux font des enfants heureux► make off (inf) intransitive verb se tirer (inf)► make outa. ( = manage) (inf) se débrouillerb. (US = have sex) (inf!) s'envoyer en l'air (inf !)• how do you make that out? qu'est-ce qui vous fait penser cela ?b. ( = claim, pretend) prétendre ; ( = portray as) présenter commec. [+ cheque] libeller ; [+ will] fairea. ( = assign) [+ money, land] transférer (to à)a. ( = become friends again) se réconcilierb. ( = apply cosmetics) se maquillera. [+ story, excuse] inventer• you're making it up! tu l'inventes (de toutes pièces) !b. ( = put together) [+ parcel] faire ; [+ dish, medicine] préparer• have you made up the beds? as-tu fait les lits ?c. [+ deficit] compenser ; [+ sum of money, numbers] compléter• they made up the number with five amateurs ils ont complété l'effectif en faisant appel à cinq amateursd. ( = repay) to make sth up to sb revaloir qch à qne. [+ dispute] mettre fin à ; [+ differences] réglerf. ( = apply cosmetics to) maquiller• to make o.s. up se maquillerg. ( = compose) composer ; ( = represent) constituer• they make up 6% of the population ils constituent 6 % de la population► make up for inseparable transitive verb compenser• he tried to make up for all the trouble he'd caused il essaya de se faire pardonner les ennuis qu'il avait causés• he made up for all the mistakes he'd made il s'est rattrapé pour toutes les erreurs qu'il avait commises* * *[meɪk] 1. 2.transitive verb (prét, pp made)1) ( create) faire [cake, film, noise]to make something for somebody —
to make room/the time for something — trouver de la place/du temps pour quelque chose
made in France/by Macron — fabriqué en France/par Macron
2) (cause to be or become, render) se faire [friends, enemies]to make something bigger/better/worse — agrandir/améliorer/aggraver quelque chose
to make passing exams easier —
to make it possible to do — [person] faire en sorte qu'il soit possible de faire
3) ( cause to do)to make something work — [person] réussir à faire marcher quelque chose [machine]
to make something grow — [person] réussir à faire pousser quelque chose; [chemical, product] faire pousser quelque chose
4) (force, compel)to make somebody do — obliger or forcer quelqu'un à faire
to make somebody wait/talk — faire attendre/parler quelqu'un
5) ( turn into)to make somebody something —
to make something something —
to make a habit/an issue of something — faire de quelque chose une habitude/une affaire
it's been made into a film — on en a fait or tiré un film
6) (add up to, amount to) faire7) ( earn) gagner [salary, amount]8) (reach, achieve) arriver jusqu'à [place, position]; atteindre [ranking, level]; faire [speed, distance]to make the first team/the charts — entrer dans la première équipe/au hit-parade
to make six spades — ( in bridge) faire six piques
9) (estimate, say)10) ( cause success of) assurer la réussite de [holiday, meal, day]it really makes the room — [feature, colour] ça rend bien
11) Electricity fermer [circuit]to make a trick — ( win) faire une levée
•Phrasal Verbs:- make do- make for- make off- make out- make up••to be on the make — (colloq) ( for profit) avoir les dents longues; ( for sex) être en chasse (colloq)
to make it — (colloq) (in career, life) y arriver; (to party, meeting) réussir à venir; ( be on time for train etc) y être
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93 run away
1) ( flee) s'enfuir ( from somebody devant quelqu'un; to do pour faire)2) ( run off) [liquid] coulerrun away with [something/somebody]3) ( flee) partir avec4) ( carry off easily) rafler (colloq)5) ( get into one's head) -
94 search
search [sɜ:t∫]1. nounc. (Computing) recherche fa. [+ house, woods, district] fouiller ; [police] [+ house] perquisitionner• search me! (inf) je n'en ai pas la moindre idée !a. chercher4. compounds* * *[sɜːtʃ] 1.1) ( seeking) recherches fpl (for somebody/something pour retrouver quelqu'un/quelque chose)2) ( examination) fouille f (of de)3) Computing recherche f2.transitive verb1) ( examine) gen fouiller; fouiller dans [cupboard, drawer, memory]2) ( scrutinize) examiner (attentivement) [page, map, records]search me! — (colloq) aucune idée!, j'en sais rien! (colloq)
3) Computing rechercher dans [file]3.1) ( seek) chercherto search for ou after somebody/something — chercher quelqu'un/quelque chose
2) ( examine)to search through — fouiller dans [cupboard, bag]; examiner [records, file]
3) Computingto search for — rechercher [data, item, file]
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95 engagement
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96 drain
[drein] 1. verb1) (to clear (land) of water by the use of ditches and pipes: There are plans to drain the marsh.) drainer2) ((of water) to run away: The water drained away/off into the ditch.) s'écouler3) (to pour off the water etc from or allow the water etc to run off from: Would you drain the vegetables?; He drained the petrol tank; The blood drained from her face.) égoutter4) (to drink everything contained in: He drained his glass.) vider5) (to use up completely (the money, strength etc of): The effort drained all his energy.) épuiser2. noun1) (something (a ditch, trench, waterpipe etc) designed to carry away water: The heavy rain has caused several drains to overflow.) canal/tuyau d'écoulement2) (something which slowly exhausts a supply, especially of one's money or strength: His car is a constant drain on his money.) saignée, hémorragie•- drainage- draining-board - drainpipe - down the drain -
97 haul
[ho:l] 1. verb1) (to pull with great effort or difficulty: Horses are used to haul barges along canals.) tirer2) (to carry by some form of transport: Coal is hauled by road and rail.) transporter2. noun1) (a strong pull: He gave the rope a haul.) effort2) (the amount of anything, especially fish, that is got at one time: The fishermen had a good haul; The thieves got away from the jeweller's with a good haul.) prise, butin•- haulage- haulier - a long haul -
98 keep it up
(to carry on doing something at the same speed or as well as one is doing it at present: Your work is good - keep it up!) continuer -
99 lead
I 1. [li:d] past tense, past participle - led; verb1) (to guide or direct or cause to go in a certain direction: Follow my car and I'll lead you to the motorway; She took the child by the hand and led him across the road; He was leading the horse into the stable; The sound of hammering led us to the garage; You led us to believe that we would be paid!) conduire, mener2) (to go or carry to a particular place or along a particular course: A small path leads through the woods.) mener3) ((with to) to cause or bring about a certain situation or state of affairs: The heavy rain led to serious floods.) entraîner4) (to be first (in): An official car led the procession; He is still leading in the competition.) mener5) (to live (a certain kind of life): She leads a pleasant existence on a Greek island.) mener2. noun1) (the front place or position: He has taken over the lead in the race.) tête2) (the state of being first: We have a lead over the rest of the world in this kind of research.) avance3) (the act of leading: We all followed his lead.) exemple4) (the amount by which one is ahead of others: He has a lead of twenty metres (over the man in second place).) avance5) (a leather strap or chain for leading a dog etc: All dogs must be kept on a lead.) laisse6) (a piece of information which will help to solve a mystery etc: The police have several leads concerning the identity of the thief.) piste7) (a leading part in a play etc: Who plays the lead in that film?) rôle principal•- leader- leadership - lead on - lead up the garden path - lead up to - lead the way II [led] noun1) (( also adjective) (of) an element, a soft, heavy, bluish-grey metal: lead pipes; Are these pipes made of lead or copper?) plomb2) (the part of a pencil that leaves a mark: The lead of my pencil has broken.) mine•- leaden -
100 nerve
[nə:v] 1. noun1) (one of the cords which carry messages between all parts of the body and the brain.) nerf2) (courage: He must have needed a lot of nerve to do that; He lost his nerve.) courage3) (rudeness: What a nerve!) toupet2. verb(to force (oneself) to have enough courage (to do something): He nerved himself to climb the high tower.) s'armer de courage- nerves- nervous - nervously - nervousness - nervy - nerviness - nerve-racking - nervous breakdown - nervous system - get on someone's nerves
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carry one's bat Cricket — (especially of an opening batsman) be not out at the end of one s side s completed innings. → carrots … English new terms dictionary
carry one's bat — phrasal of a cricket batsman : to be not out at the close of play or of one s side s innings * * * carry one s bat (cricket) Of an opening batsman, to remain not out at the end of a completed innings • • • Main Entry: ↑bat carry one s bat see… … Useful english dictionary
carry one's cross — or {literary}[bear one s cross] {v. phr.} To live with pain or trouble; keep on even though you suffer or have trouble. * /Weak ankles are a cross Joe carries while the other boys play basketball./ * /We didn t know the cheerful woman was bearing … Dictionary of American idioms
carry one's cross — or {literary}[bear one s cross] {v. phr.} To live with pain or trouble; keep on even though you suffer or have trouble. * /Weak ankles are a cross Joe carries while the other boys play basketball./ * /We didn t know the cheerful woman was bearing … Dictionary of American idioms
carry one's own weight — verb A variant of carry ones weight … Wiktionary
carry one's weight — verb To contribute or produce ones fair share, as of work, money, etc. I think our jobs here are secure as long as we each carry our weight … Wiktionary
carry one's self — Conduct, behave, demean, deport, quit, or acquit one s self … New dictionary of synonyms
To carry one's point — Point Point, n. [F. point, and probably also pointe, L. punctum, puncta, fr. pungere, punctum, to prick. See {Pungent}, and cf. {Puncto}, {Puncture}.] 1. That which pricks or pierces; the sharp end of anything, esp. the sharp end of a piercing… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
carry one's point — succeed in convincing, persuade … English contemporary dictionary