carry

Everyday

1. To carry is to hold something and take it with you. tree →
2. To carry is to be able to hold or take a load: «The bus carries 40 people». tree →
3. In adding, to carry is to move a ten to the next place. tree →
4. To carry on is to keep going. tree →

In the lessons

how much something can hold or take; also carrying in addition; in science, blood carries oxygen; phrases «carry on», «carry out» (do), «carry over», «get carried away» (too excited)

Examples

• Each truck can carry 2 tons. tree →
• She carries 4 bags. tree →
• How many trips to carry 30 boxes, 5 at a time? tree →
• In 28 + 15 you carry 1 ten. tree →
• Can you help me carry the shopping? tree →
• Carry on reading quietly. tree →
• The wind carried the kite away. tree →
• Blood carries oxygen around your body. tree →
• We carried out the experiment. tree →
• Don't get carried away with the glitter! tree →

Note

A limit per trip: total ÷ per trip, rounded up. Trap: a last trip with fewer is still a trip. Spelling: carry → carries, carried (y to i). Safety: lift heavy things with bent knees.

In Jewish tradition

It often means to take away or lead off, as in "carry away captive", or to bear a load. It can also mean to bring someone up from a place, to take something out, or to sweep someone along, as a heart that carries a person away. In the primary lessons: how much something can hold or take; also carrying in addition; in science, blood carries oxygen; phrases «carry on», «carry out» (do), «carry over», «get carried away» (too excited)

Examples

• Asshur shall carry thee away captive. (Torah NUM.24.22, JPS 1917) tree →
• And he said unto Him: 'If Thy presence go not with me, carry us not up hence. (Torah EXO.33.15, JPS 1917) tree →
• Thou shalt carry much seed out into the field, and shalt gather little in; for the locust shall consume it. (Torah DEU.28.38, JPS 1917) tree →
• Why doth thy heart carry thee away? (Writings JOB.15.12, JPS 1917) tree →
• And then carry him out, and stone him, that he die.' (Prophets 1KI.21.10, JPS 1917) tree →
• Dig thou through the wall in their sight, and carry out thereby. (Prophets EZK.12.5, JPS 1917) tree →

Note

A limit per trip: total ÷ per trip, rounded up. Trap: a last trip with fewer is still a trip. Spelling: carry → carries, carried (y to i). Safety: lift heavy things with bent knees.