đến, tới, đi đến, đi tới, đi lại

light come light go; easy come easy go

dễ đến thì lại dễ đi; dễ được thì lại dễ mất

to come and go

đi đi lại lại

come here!

lại đây!

Sắp đến, sắp tới

in years to come

trong những năm (sắp) tới

xảy ra, xảy đến

ill luck came to him

sự không may đã xảy đến với hắn; nó gặp sự không may

come what may

dù có xảy ra việc gì, dù có thế nào, dù sự thể thế nào

thấy, ở, thấy ở

that word comes on page six

từ đó ở trang sáu

nên, thành ra, hoá ra, trở nên, trở thành

dream comes true

ước mơ trở thành sự thật

it comes expensive in the long run

thế mà hoá ra là đất

hình thành; đặc lại, đông lại (nước xốt, tiết canh...)

this duck's blood won't come

tiết canh vịt không đông

(lời mệnh lệnh) nào! nào, nào!; thế, thế!

come! take courage

nào! can đảm lên chứ

(từ lóng) hành động, làm, xử sự

he comes it too strong

nó làm quá; nó nói quá, nó cường điệu

đến

Approach, advance, (draw) near, move, Archaic or literarydraw nigh: The car came towards us. She has come to me forcomforting words. Winter is coming. 2 arrive, appear, make orput in an appearance, Colloq blow in, report (in), turn or showup, check in, sign in, clock on or in, roll in: Winter hascome. When Cora comes, we'll ask her.

Enter: Come into thelight, where I can see you.

Come about. a occur, happen,take place, come up; befall, Loosely transpire: I cannotimagine how this state of affairs came about. b Nautical tack,go about: After the marker, come about and hoist the spinnaker.5 come across. a find, discover, encounter, meet (up or upwith), run across or into, happen or chance upon or on, hit orlight on or upon, stumble upon or on, Colloq bump into: I cameacross some information about Charles. b pay (up), settle;yield, give up, submit: Frank owes me money but refuses to comeacross. c be communicated or understandable, penetrate, sinkin: I am not sure that my points came across.

Come along.fare, do, progress, move along: How is William coming along athis new school?

Come apart. disintegrate, crumble, fall orfly to pieces, separate, break (apart or up or down): Thecarburettor came apart in my hands.

Come at. attack, assault,charge, rush (at), fly at, descend upon or on, Colloq go or makefor: She came at me waving her umbrella.

Come by. aacquire, obtain, get, procure, secure, find, take or getpossession of, get or lay hold of, get or lay or put (one's)hands or US also fingers on; be given: The tax inspectorwondered how she came by such valuable property. b win, earn,attain; be awarded: I came by that trophy fair and square.

Come clean. See clean, 8, above.

Come down on or upon.pounce on or upon, rebuke, criticize, revile, reprimand, beardown on, blame: Mother really came down on us when shediscovered who had taken the pie. 12 come down with. succumb to,contract, catch, be stricken or afflicted with, acquire: He'scome down with pneumonia.

Come in. a win, succeed; Colloqfinish (in the money): My horse came in. b be, prove, turn outor prove to be: Knowing someone on the council can come inhandy. c finish, end up, arrive: Donald came in first in thebackstroke. d enter: Don't come in, I'm dressing.

Comeoff. a occur, happen, come to pass, take place , Looselytranspire: I doubt that the performance will ever come off. bemerge, result as: We came off the winners in Saturday's game.15 come out. a be revealed, become public or known or commonknowledge, get about or around, get or leak out, emerge: Thestory has come out that he tried to bribe the inspector. b bepublished or issued or produced or distributed, be shown, be inprint, premiŠre: The new edition of the dictionary has justcome out. c end, conclude, turn out, terminate, finish: Howdid the chess match come out?

Come over. a go over,communicate, come across, be communicated, succeed, be received:How did my speech come over? b affect, influence, possess: Ican't imagine what's come over Louis. c visit, drop or stop byor in: Quentin and his wife came over for dinner last night.17 come through. a recover (from), recuperate (from), get wellor better: He came through his operation with flying colours.b conclude or end (up) or finish or wind up successfully orsatisfactorily, succeed, arrive, not fail or disappoint: I knewhe'd come through.

Come to. a amount to, add up to, total,aggregate: My bill came to more than I had with me. b regainor recover consciousness, awake(n), revive, wake up, come(a)round: When I came to, I was on the floor with a terrificheadache. c regard, concern, relate to, be a question of,involve, be relevant to, be involved: When it comes to realale, Mario is the expert.

Come up. a arise, surface,present itself, be brought up, be broached, come about, turn up,rise, Colloq crop up: The question of religion never came up.b grow, thrive, appear: None of my tulips came up this year. crise, arise: The moon came up just as the sun was setting.

V.intr. (past came; past part. come) 1 move, bebrought towards, or reach a place thought of as near or familiarto the speaker or hearer (come and see me; shall we come to yourhouse?; the books have come).

Reach or be brought to aspecified situation or result (youll come to no harm; have cometo believe it; has come to be used wrongly; came intoprominence).

Reach or extend to a specified point (the roadcomes within a mile of us).

Traverse or accomplish (withcompl.  : have come a long way).

Occur, happen; becomepresent instead of future (how did you come to break your leg?).6 take or occupy a specified position in space or time (it comeson the third page; Nero came after Claudius; it does not comewithin the scope of the inquiry).

Become perceptible or known(the church came into sight; the news comes as a surprise; itwill come to me).

Be available (the dress comes in threesizes; this model comes with optional features).

Become (withcompl.  : the handle has come loose).

(foll. by of) a bedescended from (comes of a rich family). b be the result of(that comes of complaining).

Colloq. play the part of;behave like (with compl.  : dont come the bully with me).

Sl. have a sexual orgasm.

(in subj.) colloq. when aspecified time is reached (come next month).

(as int.)expressing caution or reserve (come, it cannot be that bad).

N. sl. semen ejaculated at a sexual orgasm.

As ... as theycome typically or supremely so (is as tough as they come). comeabout happen; take place. come across 1 be effective orunderstood.

(foll. by with) sl. hand over what is wanted.

Meet or find by chance (came across an old jacket). come againcolloq.

Make a further effort.

(as imper.) what did yousay? come along 1 make progress; move forward.

(as imper.)hurry up. come and go 1 pass to and fro; be transitory.

Paybrief visits. come apart fall or break into pieces,disintegrate. come at 1 reach, discover; get access to.

Attack (came at me with a knife). come-at-able adj. reachable,accessible. come away 1 become detached or broken off (cameaway in my hands).

(foll. by with) be left with a feeling,impression, etc. (came away with many misgivings). come back 1return.

Recur to ones memory.

Become fashionable orpopular again.

US reply, retort. come before be dealt withby (a judge etc.). come between 1 interfere with therelationship of.

Separate; prevent contact between. come by1 pass; go past.

Call on a visit (why not come by tomorrow?).3 acquire, obtain (came by a new bicycle). come clean seeCLEAN. come down 1 come to a place or position regarded aslower.

Lose position or wealth (has come down in the world).3 be handed down by tradition or inheritance.

Be reduced;show a downward trend (prices are coming down).

(foll. byagainst, in favour of) reach a decision or recommendation (thereport came down against change).

(foll. by to) signify orbetoken basically; be dependent on (a factor) (it comes down towho is willing to go).

(foll. by on) criticize harshly;rebuke, punish.

(foll. by with) begin to suffer from (adisease). come for 1 come to collect or receive.

Attack(came for me with a hammer). come forward 1 advance.

Offeroneself for a task, post, etc. come-hither attrib.adj. colloq.(of a look or manner) enticing, flirtatious. come in 1 enter ahouse or room.

Take a specified position in a race etc. (camein third).

Become fashionable or seasonable.

A have auseful role or function. b (with compl.) prove to be (came invery handy). c have a part to play (where do I come in?).

Bereceived (more news has just come in).

Begin speaking, esp.in radio transmission.

Be elected; come to power.

Cricketbegin an innings.

(foll. by for) receive; be the object of(usu. something unwelcome) (came in for much criticism).

(foll. by on) join (an enterprise etc.).

(of a tide) turn tohigh tide.

(of a train, ship, or aircraft) approach itsdestination. come into 1 see senses 2, 7 of v.

Receive, esp.as heir. come near see NEAR. come of age see AGE. come off 1colloq. (of an action) succeed; be accomplished.

(withcompl.) fare; turn out (came off badly; came off the winner).

Coarse sl. have a sexual orgasm.

Be detached or detachable(from).

Fall (from).

Be reduced or subtracted from (œ5came off the price). come off it (as imper.) colloq. anexpression of disbelief or refusal to accept anothers opinion,behaviour, etc. come on 1 continue to come.

Advance, esp. toattack.

Make progress; thrive (is really coming on).

(foll. by to + infin.) begin (it came on to rain).

Appear onthe stage, field of play, etc.

Be heard or seen ontelevision, on the telephone, etc.

Arise to be discussed.

(as imper.) expressing encouragement.

= come upon. come-onn. sl. a lure or enticement. come out 1 emerge; become known(it came out that he had left).

Appear or be published (comesout every Saturday).

A declare oneself; make a decision (cameout in favour of joining). b openly declare that one is ahomosexual.

Brit. go on strike.

A be satisfactorilyvisible in a photograph etc., or present in a specified way (thedog didnt come out; he came out badly). b (of a photograph) beproduced satisfactorily or in a specified way (only three havecome out; they all came out well).

Attain a specified resultin an examination etc.

(of a stain etc.) be removed.

Makeones d‚but on stage or in society.

(foll. by in) be coveredwith (came out in spots).

(of a problem) be solved.

(foll. by with) declare openly; disclose. come over 1 come fromsome distance or nearer to the speaker (came over from Paris;come over here a moment).

Change sides or ones opinion.

A(of a feeling etc.) overtake or affect (a person). b colloq.feel suddenly (came over faint).

Appear or sound in aspecified way (you came over very well; the ideas came overclearly).

Affect or influence (I dont know what came overme). come round 1 pay an informal visit.

Recoverconsciousness.

Be converted to another persons opinion.

(of a date or regular occurrence) recur; be imminent again.come through 1 be successful; survive.

Be received bytelephone.

Survive or overcome (a difficulty) (came throughthe ordeal). come to 1 recover consciousness.

Naut. bring avessel to a stop.

Reach in total; amount to.

Refl. arecover consciousness. b stop being foolish.

Have as adestiny; reach (what is the world coming to?). come to handbecome available; be recovered. come to light see LIGHT(1).come to nothing have no useful result in the end; fail. come topass happen, occur. come to rest cease moving. come to onessenses see SENSE. come to that colloq. in fact; if that is thecase. come under 1 be classified as or among.

Be subject to(influence or authority). come up 1 come to a place or positionregarded as higher.

Attain wealth or position (come up in theworld ).

(of an issue, problem, etc.) arise; present itself;be mentioned or discussed.

(often foll. by to) a approach aperson, esp. to talk. b approach or draw near to a specifiedtime, event, etc. (is coming up to eight oclock).

(foll. byto) match (a standard etc.).

(foll. by with) produce (an ideaetc.), esp. in response to a challenge.

(of a plant etc.)spring up out of the ground.

Become brighter (e.g. withpolishing); shine more brightly. come up against be faced withor opposed by. come upon 1 meet or find by chance.

Attack bysurprise. come what may no matter what happens. have it comingto one colloq. be about to get ones deserts. how come?colloq. how did that happen? if it comes to that in that case.to come future; in the future (the year to come; many problemswere still to come). [OE cuman f. Gmc]