VOCABULARY BOOST: CARRY

The next word in our vocabulary boost series is CARRY. CARRY is a high frequency transitive verb that can be used as a synonym of move, transport, have (with you or as a quality), inform or take something. There are numerous collocations and phrasal verbs that are formed using CARRY.

As recommended in our START method (HERE), you should always learn vocabulary as a short phrase and relate new words to synonyms and use them. Click (HERE) and (HERE) for advice on how to learn more vocabulary and HERE for an example of a great strategy to learn new words.

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Collocations:

To learn new collocations and word patterns you should create phrases using them and also do exercises (HERE)

Carry a bag/suitcase/backpack/rucksack

Carry a memory

Carry a photo

Carry a wallet

Carry a gun/weapon

Carry a child

Carry weight

Carry an authority

Get carried away = be too enthusiastic

Carry forward with plans

Carry a stigma

Carry a burden

Carry a disease

Carry someone

Carry by the sea

Carry by the wind

Carry a scent

Carry luggage/baggage

Carry through pipes or wires

Carry blood

Carry oneself

Carry drugs

Carry water

Your legs can carry you

Cash-and-carry

Carry a torch

Carry all before you

Carry too far

Carry on somehow

Carry on your shoulders

Carry the day

Carry on without someone/something

Carry the world before you

Carry a grudge

Carry in mind

Carry the cost

 

Phrasal verbs:

They learning of phrasal verbs is best done using this method (HERE)

Carry off = succeed in

I can´t believe Aston Villa have carried off the treble

Carry on = continue

I would love to carry on studying languages after I get the C1

Carry out = realize something

You should all carry out your projects in a team

Carry along = be attracted by

The runner was carried along by the support of the crowd

Carry forward = to being towards the front

Getting good grades should carry you forward in your career

Carry down = inherit or bring down

The tradition of living a healthy life has been carried down the generations

Carry over = to postpone or delay

The meeting shall have to be carried over until next week

Carry through = to help or encourage

The prospect of a good job carried him through his training

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To learn how to use stay you need to practice and put these words and collocations into your own words to be able to remember them.