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be carrying five stone — be carrying five stone/a few pounds/a little bit etc/ phrase to weigh more than you should by a particular amount He was in his mid forties, I guessed, and carrying a bit of extra weight. Thesaurus: fatsynonym Main entry: carry … Useful english dictionary
be carrying a little bit — be carrying five stone/a few pounds/a little bit etc/ phrase to weigh more than you should by a particular amount He was in his mid forties, I guessed, and carrying a bit of extra weight. Thesaurus: fatsynonym Main entry: carry … Useful english dictionary
carry — car|ry1 [ keri ] verb *** ▸ 1 take someone/something somewhere ▸ 2 have goods for sale ▸ 3 spread disease ▸ 4 always have a feeling ▸ 5 publish/broadcast something ▸ 6 have a guarantee ▸ 7 win election ▸ 8 do someone else s work ▸ 9 lead to… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
launch vehicle — Aerospace. a rocket used to launch a spacecraft or satellite into orbit or a space probe into space. [1955 1960] * * * Rocket system that boosts a spacecraft into Earth orbit or beyond Earth s gravitational pull. A wide variety of launch vehicles … Universalium
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