carry sth out, carried to completion

on Page 50: " ... suited to Instruments, and so on. Stories, carried to completion, are explorations in the limits of legitimacy, as Hayden White has pointed out"


The Wall Street Journal leads its world-wide newsbox with the Chinese government declaring that its response to the earthquake has been a success and saying that the country would be ready to carry out its duties as host of the Olympics. Almost 20,000 people are still officially missing from the earthquake that killed 68,000.

The Washington Post leads with a look at how grass-roots organizations, as well as groups of private citizens, have been providing much-needed aid and relief work to help the survivors of the earthquake. The Communist government, which normally keeps close track of nongovernmental organizations and requires them to register, is standing aside and letting these private citizens help.

Definition

complete (FINISH) Show phonetics
verb [T]
to finish doing something:
He's just completed filming his 17th feature film.
The palace took over twenty years to complete.
She will complete her studies in France.

completion Show phonetics
noun [U]
when something that you are doing or making is finished:
You'll be paid on completion of the project.
The road repair work is nearing completion (= almost finished).


carry sth out phrasal verb [M]
to do or complete something, especially that you have said you would do or that you have been told to do:
Nigel is carrying out research on early Christian art.
The hospital is carrying out tests to find out what's wrong with her.
Our soldiers carried out a successful attack last night.
It is hoped that the kidnappers will not carry out their threat to kill the hostages.
Don't blame me, I'm only carrying out my orders/instructions.