Come
Come in:
- Come in handy = be useful
(This umbrella will surely come in handy when it rains)
- To arrive at a place/join a business project or a conversation
- To finish a race in a particular position
(His horse came in second)
- (A message) be received
Come on:
- Come on = be hurry/hurry up (thường dùng để thôi thúc ai đó nhanh lên)
- To develop or make progress
(How’s your project coming on?)
Come at:
- Come at someone: to suddenly move towards someone to threaten or attack them
Come to:
- When an idea or memory comes to someone, they remember or think of it
Come up:
- Come up with something: invent an idea
(Thomas Edison came up with the idea to use a new material for the coil)
- Come up to someone: to come towards someone to talk to them
Come out:
- To be removed from something by washing or rubbing
(These stains on this carpet won’t come out)
- To be spoken/heard/understood in a particular way
(My words came out as a criticism to them)
Come about: to happen, or start to happen
(Our plan didn’t really come about)
Come into play: become active, operative or effective
(When it comes to severe weather, a lot of climatic factors come into play)
Come off:
- Be removed/separated from something
- Take place/happen
- (a plan) to be successful
(Did your trip to France ever come off?)
Come after someone: to find and catch someone in order to punish or harm them
Come by something: to achieve or obtain something
(You were very lucky to have come by that beautiful painting)
Come over:
- To visit someone at their place
- When a feeling come over someone, it affects them strongly
(A sudden anger came over him)
Come away:
- To leave in a particular state/condition/feeling or emotion
(She came away with a feeling that she might never see him again)
Come across:
- To find someone/something by chance
(I came across my cousin the other day)
- To have a leave a particular impression
(He comes across as a generous man)
Come round (around)
- To recover consciousness
(He finally came round after his coma)
- Visit someone’s house
Come through
- Succeed in dealing with an illness or an ordeal
(I managed to come through in dealing with my financial difficulties)
- (a project) be brought to completion
(Our group assignment never really came through)
Go
Go to great (any) lengths: try very hard for something
(He will go to any lengths to retain his position)
Go up:
- A building/structure: be built
- Explode or burst into plames suddenly
(Our car went up in flames during the accident)
Go off:
- Happen/start (an explosion, alarm,…)
- To leave; depart
Go down = deteriorate: get worse in quality
Go over to: crossing/moving from one side to another of a room, city, town…
Go round (around):
- Visit someone/somewhere which is near
- Be enough for everyone to have
(That cake is kind of small, will it go round? = Will it be enough for everyone in the room to have a piece?)
Go through:
- Undergo a difficult situation/period
- Search/examine something methodically
(He went through the bookshelf looking for his files)
- A proposal/contract: be officially approved
Go on:
- Go on with doing something: continue to do something
(After the 5-minute break, we went on with our project = we paused working for 5 minutes then continue with the same job)
- Go on to do something: do something next after completing the previous activity
(After explaining the origin of the artwork, he went on to talk about its value = He explained the origin, then talk about the value)
- Something go on: continue to happen without stopping
(Despite how much pills he takes, the pain in his stomach goes on)