carry over

reporter

Reporter une quantité restante ou une affaire inachevée à une date ou une période ultérieure.

En anglais simple : Something remaining or unfinished is moved to a later date or period.

• Unused days carry over to next year.
• We carried the remaining funds over to April.
• Can this credit be carried over to next month?

Comment l'utiliser : carry something over to/into something (We can carry unused leave over into next year.); carry over to/into something (The balance carries over to the next month.)

Synonymes : roll over, transfer, defer

Expressions courantes : carry over unused leave, carry over a balance

transférer, se transmettre

Une chose passe ou est transférée d'un lieu, d'une activité ou d'une situation à une autre.

En anglais simple : Something moves or is moved from one place, activity, or situation to another.

• These skills carry over into everyday life.
• She carried her old habits over into her new job.
• Did your confidence at work carry over into other activities?

Comment l'utiliser : carry something over from A to B (She carried those skills over from teaching to management.); carry over into something (His good mood carried over into the meeting.)

Synonymes : transfer

Expressions courantes : carry over skills, carry over something

porter de l’autre côté, faire passer par-dessus

Porter quelqu'un ou quelque chose de l'autre côté ou au-dessus d'un obstacle.

En anglais simple : You hold someone or something and take them across or above an obstacle.

• He carried me over the stream.
• We carried the boxes over the bridge.
• Can you carry her over the muddy ground?

Comment l'utiliser : carry someone/something over something (He carried the child over the stream.)

Synonymes : take across

Expressions courantes : carry someone over, carry something over

retenir une unité

Dans une addition, transférer la valeur qui dépasse une colonne vers la colonne suivante à gauche.

En anglais simple : When adding numbers, you move an extra value to the next column on the left.

• Add the digits and carry over one.
• She carried over a digit into the next column.
• Did you forget to carry the one over?

Comment l'utiliser : carry something over to something (Carry the one over to the tens column.)

Synonymes : carry

Expressions courantes : carry over one, carry over a digit

continuer à cuire hors du feu

Un aliment continue à cuire grâce à sa chaleur après avoir été retiré du feu ou du four.

En anglais simple : Food keeps cooking from its own heat after you take it off the stove or out of the oven.

• The roast will carry over as it rests.
• The chicken carried over after we removed it from the oven.
• Allow the steak to carry over before slicing it.

Synonymes : continue cooking

Expressions courantes : carry over while resting, carry over after cooking

rallier au camp adverse

Convaincre quelqu'un de rejoindre un groupe ou un camp politique opposé au sien.

En anglais simple : You persuade someone to join a group or political side that opposes their current one.

• The leader carried several supporters over to his side.
• Her speech carried doubtful members over to the opposition.
• Could these promises carry more voters over to our party?

Comment l'utiliser : carry someone over to something (The speaker carried several members over to the opposing party.)

Synonymes : win over, convert

Expressions courantes : carry over supporters, carry over someone