NEW GUIDE TO PHRASAL VERBS

Icome after
it didn't come across like that, no lo
entendimos asi.
he always comes across as sarcastic,
siempre da la impresion de ser
sarcastico.
that is not how she comes across, esa
no es la imagen que proyecta.
he came across with the money, vino
con el dinero.
he didn't come across with the
information, no nos paso la information
a come after venir en busca de, venir
detras.
I ran away but they came after me, me
escape pero me siguieron.
he came after me with the umbrella I'd
left behind, vino detras de mf con el
paraguas que habfa dejado olvidado.
• come along ir, andar, venir tambien,
llegar.
come along with us, acompananos.
come along there, there's no need to
cry, vamos, vamos, no tienes por que
llorar.
come along, you can do better than that!
/vamos, que lo puedes hacer mejor/
can I come along? ¿puedo ir yo
tambien?
a policeman came along just in time,
un policfa llego justo a tiempo.
you came along just at the right time,
llegaste justo en el momento adecuado.
how's your French coming along? ¿que
tal va tu franees?
• come at atacar, precipitarse hacia.
the dog came at me, el perro se lanzo
sobre mi.
she was coming at me with a knife, se
me vema encima con un cuchillo.
• come away desprenderse; marcharse,
salirse.
part of the roof came away, parte del
tejado se desprendio.
the knob came away in my hand, me
quede con la manilla en la mano.
» come back volver; recordar.
I've just come back from a business
trip, acabo de volver de un viaje de
negocios.
the prodigal son has come back, el hijo
prodigo ha vuelto a casa.
short hair is coming back into fashion,
se vuelve a llevar el pelo corto.
it all comes back to money, todo viene
a ser cuestion de dinero.
guide to phrasal verbs
the name has just come back to me,
acabo de recordar el nombre.
it's all coming back to me, estoy
volviendo a recordarlo todo.
» come back with replicar.
the accused came back with a counter
accusation, el acusado respondio con
una contraacusacion.
I'll come back to you with the results,
ya le comunicare los resultados.
* come before compadecer.
he came before the court, compadecio
ante el juez.
the bill comes before Congress next
week, el proyecto se presentara al
Congreso la semana proxima.
* come between interponerse.
nothing can come between us, nada
puede interponerse entre nosotros.
* come by pasar; obtener, conseguir.
he came by this morning, paso por
aquf esta manana.
how did she come by that money?,
¿c6mo consiguio ese dinero?
fresh meat was hard to come by during
the war, era dificil conseguir carne
fresca durante la guerra.
« come down bajar, descender (tren); caer;
estrallarse (aviones); venir abajo; pasar.
come down from there this minute!
/bajate de ahf ahora mismo/
he came down from the train,
descendio del tren.
computers have really come down in
price, los ordenadores han bajado
muchisimo de precio.
the plane came down in the
mountains, el avion se estrello en las
montanas.
all these houses are coming down,
todas estas casas vienen abajo.
the tradition has come down from
father to son, la tradicion ha pasado de
padre a hijo.
the ring came down to her from her
mother, heredo el anillo de su madre.
few works have come down to us from
that period, nos han llegado pocas
obras de ese periodo.
» come down on echarse encima.
the authorities came down on him,
las autoridades se le echaron encima.
the firm comes down severely on
absenteeism, la empresa trata el
ausentismo con mano dura.
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