Continuamos con la serie de posts sobre phrasal verbs para que cada vez te resulte más fácil conocerlos y empezar a utilizarlos. Esta vez prestaremos atención a varios phrasal verbs con come de uso habitual. Como siempre, os los presentamos con definiciones y ejemplos para que quede más claro.

Come on, let’s go! Comenzamos! ✏️

Come about – to happen or occur – suceder, ocurrir.

E.g.
How did this situation come about?
How did the fire come about?

Come across – to find by chance / accident – encontrar por casualidad.

E.g.
I came across some old photographs when I cleaned up the attic.
She came across Rob when she was at the bank.

Come along – to develop, to make progress – desarrollar, progresar (o hacer progresos).

E.g.
How is the project coming along?
I think we are coming along, we expect to finish soon.

Come along – to appear or to arrive – llegar, aparecer.

E.g.
A bus should come along any minute now.
An opportunity came along and I took the job.

Come along – to go somewhere with someone – acompañar.

E.g.
We are going to have a coffee. Would you like to come along?

Come back – to return – volver.

E.g.
He’s not here at the moment. Could you come back later?

Come by – to be able to get something difficult – conseguir.

E.g.
Cheap organic food it’s not easy to come by.
How did you come by that wonderful apartment?

Come down with – to become ill – caer enfermo.

E.g.
I’m not feeling well, I think I’m coming down with a cold.

Come forward – to offer to do something, to volunteer – ofrecerse, presentarse voluntario.

E.g.
Only one person of the team came forward to help.

Come over – to visit someone in their house – visitar, pasarse a ver.

E.g.
Will you come over on Friday evening?
His parents are coming over for the weekend.

Come out – to become known- conocerse, salir a la luz.

E.g.
The truth will come out sooner or later.
When is the new edition coming out?

Come (a)round – to change your opinion – cambiar de opinión (dejarse convencer).

E.g.
In the end, we came round and accepted their expert advice.
I think they will come round to our way of seeing things.

Come (a)round – to visit someone – pasarse a ver.

E.g.
Sure, come (a)round! I can show my new collection.

Come round – to recover consciousness – recobrar la consciencia.

E.g.
She was coming round, but she was a bit confused after the surgery.

Come up – appear, happen, occur (unexpectedly) – ocurrir, surgir.

E.g.
I’m sorry I miss the meeting, something came up in the last minute.

Come up with – to think of an idea/ a plan – pensar, dar con una idea o un plan.

E.g.
They came up with a fantastic plan to make processes more efficient.

Los phrasal verbs son un tema recurrente a la hora de aprender inglés y una forma de ampliar vocabulario y comunicarnos como lo haría un hablante nativo, échale un vistazo a otros posts de esta serie sobre phrasal verbs aquí ????

Hey buddies! ya se sabe lo valioso que es tiempo, por eso en todos los idiomas hay un sin fin de expresiones que hacen referencia a él. En el post de hoy te mostramos 20 expresiones con time para que no te quedes sin palabras ni sin tiempo!

1. Time flies – el tiempo vuela.
E.g. Time flies when you’re having fun.

2. Time goes by slowly-quickly – el tiempo pasa despacio/deprisa.
E.g. Time went by really quickly while we were on the island.

3. As time goes by – a medida que el tiempo pasa.
E.g. It is something that we will see as time goes by.

4. To lose track of time – perder la noción del tiempo.
E.g. I spent 3 hours searching for information, I was so focused I lost track of time.

5. To spend time – emplear tiempo, pasar tiempo.
E.g. He would like to spend more time with his family.

6. To waste time – malgastar tiempo.
E.g. Don’t waste more time arguing with them.

7. To make time – encontrar tiempo para dedicarle a algo/alguien.
E.g. You’ll need to make time to be with the people you love.

Ojo con la diferencia entre make time y do time!

8. To do time – pasar tiempo en prisión.
E.g. He’s doing time for armed robbery.

9. To kill time – matar el tiempo.
E.g. I had to kill time at the airport because my flight was delayed.

10. To have time to kill – tener tiempo de sobra.
E.g. I have some time to kill before next meeting; shall we go for a coffee?

11. To have the time of your life – pasarlo bien, en grande.
E.g. He’s having the time of his life at University. He loves it!

12. To have a whale of a time – pasarlo bien, en grande.
E.g. Children had a whale of a time at Disney world.

13. To have all the time in the world – tener todo el tiempo del mundo.
E.g. You don’t need to hurry. We’ve got all the time in the world.

14. To do something in the nick of time – hacer algo por los pelos, en el último minuto.
E.g. We just arrived in the nick of time, they were closing the doors.

15. To run out of time – quedarse sin tiempo.
E.g. They’ve run out of time on this project.

16. To be pressed for time – estar presionado por el tiempo, ir con el tiempo justo.
E.g. He was pressed for time because it was an urgent issue.

17. A race against time – carrera contrarreloj.
E.g. Last day to send the information is today; this is actually a race against time.

18. It’s a matter of time – es una cuestión de tiempo.
E.g. It’s only a matter of time before we catch the person who did it.

19. Only time will tell – solo el tiempo lo dirá.
E.g. Only time will tell if the treatment has been successful.

20. Time is up – el tiempo se ha acabado.
E.g. Time is up, you need to finish your exam now.

Time is up! acabamos con esta expresión el post de hoy de expresiones con time. Seguro que algunas ya las conocías y otras puede que sean nuevas, take your time-tómate tu tiempo para irte familiarizando con ellas y poder ponerlas en práctica.