hasty /'heisti/ [adj] too quick to do or say something, without taking time to think about it first: I think I may have been a little hasty. I shouldn't have accused him of lying. I Don't make any hasty decisions.
hastily [adv] He later admitted that he might have acted a little hastily.
CARRY
see also take/bring, lift, hold
to carry something or someone
carry /'кгеп/ [u T] to take something from one place to another by holding it in your hands, lifting it on your back etc: A porter helped me carry my bags. carry sth to/out of/around etc The women have to carry water from the well to the village. I I've been carrying this tape-recorder around with me all day.
carrying - carried - have carried
A Don't confuse carry (=take something somewhere by holding it in your hands) with hold (=have something in your hands) and lift (=move something that you are holding to a higher position).
A Don't confuse carry «md take. Don't say 'I carried him home in my car'. Say \ took him home in my car
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be weiahed down with sth/be
loaded down with sth /bi: weid daun wi6 (sth). bi:,lauded 'daon wid (sth)/ to be carrying so many things that it is difficult for you to move: She struggled back along the street, weighed down with
shopping bags.
be loaded with sth /bi: laod^d wift
(sth), if a vehicle is loaded with something. it is carrying a lot of it: A truck loaded with cement had crashed into the wall.
easy to carry
portable /'рхЧэЬЯ/ [adj usually before noun] portable TV/computer/typewriter/heater etc a television, computer etc that is fairly small and easy to carry around with you: She has a small portable TV in the kitchen. I He still writes his novels ori an old portable typewriter.
CATCH
look here for ... catch a ball
catch someone after chasing them see someone doing something wrong catch an animal
to catch a ball or other moving object
to catch someone who is trying to escape
see also run, follow, escape, prison
catch /kaetjy {u Tj to stop someone from escaping by running after them and
see also throw, sport
catch 'kaetJV [и T] to get catch
hold of a ball or other object that is moving through the air: I caught the ball with my left hand and threw it back to the pitcher.
Qcatch! spoken (say this when you throw something to someone) Here's your
lighter - catch1
catching - caught - have caught
holding them: The bigger boys ran while the little boys tried to catch them. I If the soldiers catch you, they will kill you.
catching - caught - have caught
capture /"kaeptjV |u T] to catch an enemy, especially after defeating them in a war or battle: The rebel leader was cap tured and publicly executed. I They captured twenty enemy soldiers.
take sb prisoner /,teik (sb) рл7^пзг'to
catch someone, especially in a war, and keep them as a prisoner: 6000 enemy soldiers were killed, and 4000 more
were taken prisoner.
El when the police catch a
criminal
see also police, tell s
catch /kaetJ, [и T] if the police catch someone who has done something illegal, they find that person and stop them from escaping: Police have so jar failed to catch the murderer. I The thieves were never caught.
catching - caught - have caught
arrest p'rest [и T] if the police arrest someone, they take them to a police station because they believe that person has done something illegaclass="underline" Police arrested nine men in a drugs raid.
arrest sb for sth Wayne was arrested for
dangerous driving, arrest [n C/U] when someone is arrested by the police: His confessions led to the arrest of several well-known gangsters.
make an arrest {=arrest someone) Police
made a number of arrests after a fight in a city bar.
get get [и T] informal to find the person who has done something illegal, and punish them: They neuer actually got the man who did it. I Did the police get the people who stole your car?
getting - got - have got
В to catch someone while they are doing something wrong
catch /kaetj/ [и T] to find or see someone while they are doing something wrong catch sb doing sth Monica caught her son stealing money from her purse.
get caught Be careful you don't get caught!
be/get caught doing sth Paul was caught cheating in a test. catch sb red-handed (=while they are in the process of doing something wrong,
especially stealing) "Are you sure Gavin
took it?" "I caught him red-handed!" catching - caught - have caught
Б to catch an animal
catch /kaetf/ [и T] to get an animal, for example by using a net or trap, and stop it from escaping: Did you catch any fish? I a trap to catch mice
catching - caught - have caught
trap trsp [u T] to catch an animal or bird
using special equipment that will hold them so that they cannot escape: Some of the birds had been shot, others trapped. trapping - trapped - have trapped
trap trap, [n С] a piece of equipment used to trap animals and birds: The wolf had been caught in a trap.