"6. Come HA Come expressing an idea of movement or change of state hretol verb meening exorple ‘come along | arrheata place [Not many people Bought tickers for the ‘concert in advance, but quite afew came: ‘along and boug ticket st the door. ‘come apart | separate into leces The antique picture frame just eame apart in my hands. ‘come around or | become conscious again ‘A urse was with me when | came ‘come round ‘round after the operation. ‘come out “dsappear or become les strong ‘a your shire voak overnight and the (of dre or colour on cloingiraceria) | stain wil probably come out. ‘come out ‘become public knowledge fer fehat | Whi sory comes out sbout the been kept sacrat (ofthe truth) Prime Miniscer hell have to resign. ‘come out ‘be given to people (ef results or ‘When do your exam resuks come out? Inverration) ‘come out leave after period ina place Jane’ coming out of hosptal atthe (of hospitaliprison) Weekand Shes much better nov HEB Come expressing an idea of happen ‘was planning to arrange 2 surprise holiday for her bithday, bue I'm not sure its going co ‘come off. [happen successfully o7 as planned) Tve had to organise the school fair again this year ~ I'm nor quite sure how that exme about. [bappened, especially something which is not planned) Dennis: Will you tell your boss about your plans to stand for the local council? Norma: Only ifthe subject comes up! in conversation, I nearly told him at work this ‘morning, but then something eame up? and we had to deal with it straightaway: Mind you I don't know if place on the council is going to come up! for a while yet s0 pechaps I'l wait "is mentioned or discussed 2 happened unexpectedly, usally a problem or difficul situation 2 become available HEC Other meanings of come ‘Lam doing a research project for my degree on the psychology of agcing, but I've come up ‘against! a few problems. [came across? someone who's done an almost identical study, so Te gor to come to” a decision: do ! want to continue with it or nor? I guess in the end my {decision will come down to* what my peofessor recommends. * encountered o¢ had to deal with (a dificue situation) 2 discovered (or met) by chance 2 make (a decision about something) 4 depend mostly on or be influenced most by6.1 6.2 6.3 Exercises Complete these sentences with a particle from A opposite. 1 Do you have any glue? The cover of my address book is coming and I want to stick ic together agai 2 spilt some orange juice on the tablecloth. Do you think it will come . it in the washing machine? 3 The last thing I remember was feeling very diccy. The next thing I knew, I came - in hospital and a doctor was standing by my bed. 4 The governmeat is going to release a report on traffic congestion. I wonder when it’s coming ‘We were just chatting at the comer when Jim Gore came with his girlfriend. Thear Bruce’ operation was successful. When is he coming -. of the clinic? Some very shocking facts have come .. about government corruption, thanks to an investigation by a national newspaper Use a phrasal verb from the opposite page to complete these dialogues. 1 Anne: We lott everybodys email address and had to stat all over again. Ken: Really? How did that Oh, it was some computer virus. 2 Rick: David keeps saying he's going to sail around the world, Hub! Do you think it will ever . Probably not. He’s such a dreamer. We'll let you know what we decide, We'll phone you. When do you think you'll Probably at the meeting on Friday. I thought you were coming to the dinner party last night. Yes, 1 was intending to, but right at the last minute something if 1 put Naw ‘Oh, I see. Well, you must come next time, Rewrite the underlined words in these horoscopes, using phrasal verbs with come. SCORPIO COSI II IIIA You may have to deal wrth a few problems at work today, but don't wonry, they're only temporary, and a new job opportunity will arise which could change your life. The name of an old friend UTA RUS IORI II II III IIS. You will most ecmeone by pure chance who seems to ahare tho same world view as you, but be careful, they are not what they seem tobe. Don't forget that. in the end, true love is mainly ‘abaut finding someone you can trust. = Horoscopes are often good places to find everyday, informal phrasal verbs. Read your horoscope ‘regularly In an English newspaper or magazine, even if you don't belle it and note down ary phrasal ‘verbs.