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comes

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verb

Vient, arrive

To move from further away to nearer to.

Examples :

"She’ll be coming ’round the mountain when she comes [...]"

Elle viendra autour de la montagne quand elle viendra [...]

direction action place

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verb

Arriver

Examples :

"The bus comes at 8:00 AM every morning. "

Le bus arrive à 8h00 tous les matins.

action event time

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verb

Apparaît, se manifeste

To appear, to manifest itself.

Examples :

"The pain in his leg comes and goes."

La douleur dans sa jambe apparaît et disparaît.

appearance being event time

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verb

Commencer à

(with an infinitive) To begin to have an opinion or feeling.

Examples :

"She came to think of that country as her home."

Elle en est venue à considérer ce pays comme sa maison.

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verb

Arriver à faire quelque chose par hasard

(with an infinitive) To do something by chance, without intending to do it.

Examples :

"Could you tell me how the document came to be discovered?"

Pourriez-vous me dire comment le document est arrivé à être découvert ?

language grammar

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verb

Vient, suit

To take a position relative to something else in a sequence.

Examples :

"Which letter comes before Y? Winter comes after autumn."

Quelle lettre vient avant Y ? L'hiver suit l'automne.

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verb

Jouir, atteindre l'orgasme, éjaculer

To achieve orgasm; to cum; to ejaculate.

Examples :

"He came after a few minutes."

Il a joui au bout de quelques minutes.

physiology sex body action

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verb

Parvenir, arriver

(with close) To approach a state of being or accomplishment.

Examples :

"One of the screws came loose, and the skateboard fell apart."

Une des vis s'est desserrée, et le skateboard s'est désintégré.

achievement action being process outcome

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Aborder, en venir à

(with to) To take a particular approach or point of view in regard to something.

Examples :

"He came to SF literature a confirmed technophile, and nothing made him happier than to read a manuscript thick with imaginary gizmos and whatzits."

Il en vint à la littérature de science-fiction en technophile confirmé, et rien ne le rendait plus heureux que de lire un manuscrit rempli de gadgets imaginaires et de machins.

attitude point way

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verb

Devient, se révèle

(fossil word) To become, to turn out to be.

Examples :

"He was a dream come true."

Il était un rêve devenu réalité.

language linguistics

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Être disponible, exister

To be supplied, or made available; to exist.

Examples :

"Help comes from unexpected places sometimes. "

L'aide vient parfois d'endroits inattendus.

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Réussir, parvenir à

To carry through; to succeed in.

Examples :

"Even though the project was difficult, she persevered and ultimately comes through with excellent results. "

Bien que le projet ait été difficile, elle a persévéré et a finalement réussi avec d'excellents résultats.

achievement action business

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verb

Arriver, se produire

Examples :

"This kind of accident comes when you are careless."

Ce genre d'accident arrive quand on est négligent.

time event action

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verb

venir de

(with from or sometimes of) To have as an origin, originate.

Examples :

"This coffee comes from Brazil. "

Ce café vient du Brésil.

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Germer

(of grain) To germinate.

Examples :

"The wheat comes up green in the spring after the rain. "

Le blé germe en vert au printemps après la pluie.

agriculture plant biology

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Se faire passer pour, agir comme

To pretend to be; to behave in the manner of.

Examples :

"He always comes the hero when someone needs help, even if he's scared. "

Il se fait toujours passer pour le héros quand quelqu'un a besoin d'aide, même s'il a peur.

character action

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noun

Réponse

The answer to the theme, or dux, in a fugue.

Examples :

"In the fugue, the comes followed the dux, echoing its melody at a different pitch. "

Dans la fugue, la réponse suivait le sujet, reprenant sa mélodie à une autre hauteur.