English Vocabulary

Come for Meaning: Search for something or someone, in order to catch them/it Example: You should hide: the police are coming for you. Come forth Meaning: Move forward and into view, emerge, appear Example: Suddenly a man appeared and came forth out of the fog. Come from Meaning: Have as one’s birthplace or nationality Example: I come from Thailand. Come in Meaning: Enter Example: Please come in and look around. Come in Meaning: Arrive Example: That flight just came in. Come in Meaning: Become relevant, applicable or useful Example: The third stage of the plan is where Team B comes in. Come in Meaning: Become available Example: Blueberries will be coming in next month. Come in Meaning: Have a strong enough signal to be able to be received well Example: Most of the neighbors get 14 channels, but only two of them come in well here. Come in Meaning: Join or enter; to begin playing with a group Example: They started together, but the drummer came in late. Come in Meaning: Begin transmitting Example: This is Charlie 456 to base. Come in, base. Do you read me? Come in Meaning: Function in the indicated manner Example: Four-wheel drive sure came in handy while the bridge was washed out. Come in Meaning: Finish a race or similar competition in a particular position Example: The horse I had bet on came in fourth in the second race. Come in for Meaning: Be subjected to Example: If you go into the forest, you’ll come in for a nasty surprise. Come into Meaning: Inherit (money) Example: After his father died, he came into a large fortune. Come into Meaning: Be a factor in Example: Money doesn’t come into it. Come off Meaning: Have some success, to succeed Example: He tried his Chaplin impression, but it didn’t really come off. Come off Meaning: To happen, take place Example: Did the trip to Paris ever come off? Come on Meaning: Encouragement Example: Come on, my son, it’s time to pack away your toys. Come on Meaning: Appear on a television broadcast Example: I was going to turn off the TV, but my favorite show came on. Come on Meaning: Progress, to develop Example: The new garden is coming on nicely. Come on Meaning: Encounter, discover; to come upon. Example: Turning the corner, I came on Julia sitting by the riverbank. Come on Meaning: Make a romantic or sexual advance to; to hit on Example: He was really coming on to me at the party. Come on Meaning: Start to Example: It came on to snow after dusk. Come on Meaning: Be discovered, be revealed Example: It finally came out that he had been lying all the time. Come on Meaning: Be published, be issued Example: My new book comes out next week. Come on Meaning: End up or result Example: There were a lot of problems at the start, but it all came out well in the end. Come on Meaning: Come out of the closet Example: He came out about being gay to his parents last week. Come on Meaning: Be deducted from Example: That comes out of my paycheck. Come on Meaning: Leave (out of), exit from Example: The mouse came out of the hole. Come on Meaning: Express one’s opinion openly Example: You had come out in favor of the French Revolution. Come out in Meaning: Be afflicted by Example: He’s come out in spots. Come out in Meaning: Say something unexpected Example: He came out with a very dubious excuse. Come out of Meaning: To develop from something Example: The book came out of his experiences in Rome. Come out with Meaning: Say something publicly and unexpectedly Example: He comes out with the strangest things! Come out with Meaning: Make something available/to be produced or published Example: The company came out with a new line in just three months. Come over Meaning: Affect Example: I apologise for my behaviour last night. I don’t know what came over me. Come round Meaning: Change one’s opinion to a prevailing one Example: He’s a reasonable man. I knew he’d come round eventually. Come round Meaning: Recover consciousness, to come to Example: After the blow to my head, I took a while to come round.

List of phrasal verbs: COME =========================== Come about Meaning: Happen, occur Example: Can you tell me how the accident came about? Come across Meaning: Give an appearance or impression; to project a certain image Example: A business suit and briefcase help her to come across as the competent professional she is. Come across Meaning: Find, usually by accident Example: In the meadow he will come across a rare flower. Come after Meaning: Pursue, follow Example: Don’t try to come after me. Come after Meaning: Follow, to succeed, be the successor of Example: Who came after Richard the Lionheart? Come along Meaning: Accompany Example: I’d like you to come along with me to the opera. Come along Meaning: Progress; to make progress Example: Your English is really coming along! Come apart Meaning: Break, separate Example: The cup just came apart in my hands. Come around Meaning: Change one’s mind Example: Give her time, and she may come around and see things your way. Come away Meaning: Become separated from something Example: The cakes have started to come away from the pan. Come away Meaning: Distance oneself (from) Example: He goes to the park to come away from the hustle and bustle of the city. Come at Meaning: Get to, especially with effort or difficulty Example: His precise meaning was not easy to come at. Come at Meaning: Attack, to harass Example: As I backed away, he came at me with a knife. Come at Meaning: Accept (a situation); agree to do; try Example: Nah, mate – I′m not going to come at that again. Too risky. Come back Meaning: Return to one’s possession, especially of memories Example: Suddenly it all came back to him, the tea, the petite madeleines, his mother. Come back Meaning: Return to a former state, usually a desirable one Example: Many people counted him out, but he came back better than ever. Come back Meaning: Return Example: I left work and came back home early. Come before Meaning: Appear publicly in front of someone superior Example: He was summoned to come before the king. Come before Meaning: Be of greater importance (than) Example: Looking out for your family should come before making money. Come before Meaning: Be judged, decided or discussed by authority Example: Jones’ behavior will come before the board of directors. Come before Meaning: Precede Example: F comes before G in the alphabet. Come between Meaning: Affect negatively or cause discord between (someone) and another person Example: Our love is so strong that nothing can come between us. Come by Meaning: Obtain; to get, especially by chance or involuntarily Example: A loyal friend is hard to come by. Come by Meaning: Come near to; pass; visit Example: Your beau came by while you were shopping. Come down Meaning: Descend, fall down, collapse Example: A tree came down and hit me on the head. Come down Meaning: Be demolished Example: The damage sustained in the fire is so great that the whole building will have to come down. Come down Meaning: Decrease Example: Real estate prices have come down since the peak of the boom. Come down Meaning: Reach a decision Example: I can’t guess which way the board will come down on the project. Come down Meaning: Be passed through time Example: Much wisdom has come down in the form of proverbs. Come down Meaning: Return from an elevated state of consciousness or emotion Example: He finally came down from his post-bonus high. Come down on Meaning: Punish Example: The company came down on him very hard after he was found skipping work. Come down upon Meaning: Criticise, reprimand severely Example: They’re coming down heavily upon people for not paying their taxes. Come down to Meaning: Reach by moving down or reducing Example: Come down to my place someday and have lunch. Come down to Meaning: Depend upon, basically, ultimately or in essence Example: The game is going to come down to the last five seconds. Come down with Meaning: Contract or get; to show symptoms of an illness with a scratchy throat and a cough, it feels like Example: I’m coming down with a cold.

Come down with Meaning: Contract or get; to show symptoms of an illness with a scratchy throat and a cough, it feels like Example: I’m coming down with a cold. 🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸 SV RAMANUJ

List of phrasal verbs: COME part: 1 =========================== 🌾Come about Meaning: Happen, occur Example: Can you tell me how the accident came about? 🌾Come across Meaning: Give an appearance or impression; to project a certain image Example: A business suit and briefcase help her to come across as the competent professional she is. 🌾Come across Meaning: Find, usually by accident Example: In the meadow he will come across a rare flower. 🌾Come after Meaning: Pursue, follow Example: Don’t try to come after me. 🌾Come after Meaning: Follow, to succeed, be the successor of Example: Who came after Richard the Lionheart? 🌾Come along Meaning: Accompany Example: I’d like you to come along with me to the opera. 🌾Come along Meaning: Progress; to make progress Example: Your English is really coming along! 🌾Come apart Meaning: Break, separate Example: The cup just came apart in my hands. 🌾Come around Meaning: Change one’s mind Example: Give her time, and she may come around and see things your way. 🌾Come away Meaning: Become separated from something Example: The cakes have started to come away from the pan. 🌾Come away Meaning: Distance oneself (from) Example: He goes to the park to come away from the hustle and bustle of the city. 🌾Come at Meaning: Get to, especially with effort or difficulty Example: His precise meaning was not easy to come at. 🌾Come at Meaning: Attack, to harass Example: As I backed away, he came at me with a knife. 🌾Come at Meaning: Accept (a situation); agree to do; try Example: Nah, mate – I′m not going to come at that again. Too risky. 🌾Come back Meaning: Return to one’s possession, especially of memories Example: Suddenly it all came back to him, the tea, the petite madeleines, his mother. 🌾Come back Meaning: Return to a former state, usually a desirable one Example: Many people counted him out, but he came back better than ever. 🌾Come back Meaning: Return Example: I left work and came back home early. 🌾Come before Meaning: Appear publicly in front of someone superior Example: He was summoned to come before the king. 🌾Come before Meaning: Be of greater importance (than) Example: Looking out for your family should come before making money. Come before Meaning: Be judged, decided or discussed by authority Example: Jones’ behavior will come before the board of directors. 🌾Come before Meaning: Precede Example: F comes before G in the alphabet. 🌾Come between Meaning: Affect negatively or cause discord between (someone) and another person Example: Our love is so strong that nothing can come between us. 🌾Come by Meaning: Obtain; to get, especially by chance or involuntarily Example: A loyal friend is hard to come by. Come by Meaning: Come near to; pass; visit Example: Your beau came by while you were shopping. Come down Meaning: Descend, fall down, collapse Example: A tree came down and hit me on the head. Come down Meaning: Be demolished Example: The damage sustained in the fire is so great that the whole building will have to come down. Come down Meaning: Decrease Example: Real estate prices have come down since the peak of the boom. Come down Meaning: Reach a decision Example: I can’t guess which way the board will come down on the project. Come down Meaning: Be passed through time Example: Much wisdom has come down in the form of proverbs. Come down Meaning: Return from an elevated state of consciousness or emotion Example: He finally came down from his post-bonus high. Come down on Meaning: Punish Example: The company came down on him very hard after he was found skipping work. Come down upon Meaning: Criticise, reprimand severely Example: They’re coming down heavily upon people for not paying their taxes. Come down to Meaning: Reach by moving down or reducing Example: Come down to my place someday and have lunch. Come down to Meaning: Depend upon, basically, ultimately or in essence Example: The game is going to come down to the last five seconds.

Come round Meaning: Visit someone’s home or other regular place Example: Would you like to come round for dinner tonight? Come through Meaning: Survive, to endure Example: With such a weak heart he was lucky to come through the operation. Come through Meaning: Succeed Example: The team came through in the end and won the pennant. Come through Meaning: Not to let somebody down, keep one’s promise Example: She really came through for us when the project was in trouble. Come through with Meaning: Provide something needed Example: Our representative in Thailand finally came through with the figures. Come to Meaning: Recover consciousness after fainting etc. Example: She came to with the aid of smelling salts. Come to Meaning: Total; to amount to Example: How much does that come to?; the bill comes to £10 each. Come to Meaning: Devote attention to in due course; to come around to Example: I’ll come to your question in a minute. Come to Meaning: Befall; to affect; happen to; come upon Example: I pray no harm will come to you. Come to Meaning: Regard or specify, as narrowing a field of choices by category Example: He’s the best when it comes to riveting detective fiction. Come together Meaning: Arrive at a destination with someone after having travelled there with each other Example: We bumped into each other earlier, so we came together in a taxi. Come under Meaning: Come underneath (something) Example: Why don’t you come under my umbrella? There’s plenty of room. Come under Meaning: Be included or classified under Example: To sympathisers, though, all of his crimes came under the general heading of misdemeanors. Come under Meaning: Be subjected to, be under the auspices of Example: Eventually I was promoted, and a small team of recruits came under my authority. Come up, Come up to, Come up with Meaning and Examples Come up Meaning: Come towards, to approach Example: I was standing on the corner when Nick came up and asked for a cigarette. Come up Meaning: Emerge or become known, especially unexpectedly Example: Unless anything comes up, I’ll be there every day this week. Come up Meaning: Happen Example: I’ll let you know if any vacancies come up. Come up Meaning: Appear Example: He came up before a judge and was fined a thousand dollars. Come up Meaning: Draw near in time Example: The summer holidays are coming up. Come up Meaning: Rise (above the horizon) Example: It’ll be warmer once the sun comes up. Come up Meaning: Begin to feel the effects of a recreational drug Example: I could tell from her expression she was coming up already. Come up to Meaning: Approach Example: We’re coming up to the end of the night, so please finish your glasses. Come up with Meaning: Invent, create, or think of. Example: How can you come up with such brilliant ideas? Come upon Meaning: Come across; to encounter; stumble upon; discover or find Example: We came upon the skeleton while we were hiking. Come upon Meaning: Befall; to affect; happen to Example: I pray no harm will come upon you. Come with Meaning: Join and come along Example: We’re going out to lunch. Do you want to come with? =====================

Come for Meaning: Search for something or someone, in order to catch them/it Example: You should hide: the police are coming for you. Come forth Meaning: Move forward and into view, emerge, appear Example: Suddenly a man appeared and came forth out of the fog. Come from Meaning: Have as one’s birthplace or nationality Example: I come from Thailand. Come in Meaning: Enter Example: Please come in and look around. Come in Meaning: Arrive Example: That flight just came in. Come in Meaning: Become relevant, applicable or useful Example: The third stage of the plan is where Team B comes in. Come in Meaning: Become available Example: Blueberries will be coming in next month. Come in Meaning: Have a strong enough signal to be able to be received well Example: Most of the neighbors get 14 channels, but only two of them come in well here. Come in Meaning: Join or enter; to begin playing with a group Example: They started together, but the drummer came in late. Come in Meaning: Begin transmitting Example: This is Charlie 456 to base. Come in, base. Do you read me? Come in Meaning: Function in the indicated manner Example: Four-wheel drive sure came in handy while the bridge was washed out. Come in Meaning: Finish a race or similar competition in a particular position Example: The horse I had bet on came in fourth in the second race. Come in for Meaning: Be subjected to Example: If you go into the forest, you’ll come in for a nasty surprise. Come into Meaning: Inherit (money) Example: After his father died, he came into a large fortune. Come into Meaning: Be a factor in Example: Money doesn’t come into it. Come off Meaning: Have some success, to succeed Example: He tried his Chaplin impression, but it didn’t really come off. Come off Meaning: To happen, take place Example: Did the trip to Paris ever come off? Come on Meaning: Encouragement Example: Come on, my son, it’s time to pack away your toys. Come on Meaning: Appear on a television broadcast Example: I was going to turn off the TV, but my favorite show came on. Come on Meaning: Progress, to develop Example: The new garden is coming on nicely. Come on Meaning: Encounter, discover; to come upon. Example: Turning the corner, I came on Julia sitting by the riverbank. Come on Meaning: Make a romantic or sexual advance to; to hit on Example: He was really coming on to me at the party. Come on Meaning: Start to Example: It came on to snow after dusk. Come on Meaning: Be discovered, be revealed Example: It finally came out that he had been lying all the time. Come on Meaning: Be published, be issued Example: My new book comes out next week. Come on Meaning: End up or result Example: There were a lot of problems at the start, but it all came out well in the end. Come on Meaning: Come out of the closet Example: He came out about being gay to his parents last week. Come on Meaning: Be deducted from Example: That comes out of my paycheck. Come on Meaning: Leave (out of), exit from Example: The mouse came out of the hole. Come on Meaning: Express one’s opinion openly Example: You had come out in favor of the French Revolution. Come out in Meaning: Be afflicted by Example: He’s come out in spots. Come out in Meaning: Say something unexpected Example: He came out with a very dubious excuse. Come out of Meaning: To develop from something Example: The book came out of his experiences in Rome. Come out with Meaning: Say something publicly and unexpectedly Example: He comes out with the strangest things! Come out with Meaning: Make something available/to be produced or published Example: The company came out with a new line in just three months. Come over Meaning: Affect Example: I apologise for my behaviour last night. I don’t know what came over me. Come round Meaning: Change one’s opinion to a prevailing one Example: He’s a reasonable man. I knew he’d come round eventually. Come round Meaning: Recover consciousness, to come to Example: After the blow to my head, I took a while to come round.

List of phrasal verbs: COME =========================== Come about Meaning: Happen, occur Example: Can you tell me how the accident came about? Come across Meaning: Give an appearance or impression; to project a certain image Example: A business suit and briefcase help her to come across as the competent professional she is. Come across Meaning: Find, usually by accident Example: In the meadow he will come across a rare flower. Come after Meaning: Pursue, follow Example: Don’t try to come after me. Come after Meaning: Follow, to succeed, be the successor of Example: Who came after Richard the Lionheart? Come along Meaning: Accompany Example: I’d like you to come along with me to the opera. Come along Meaning: Progress; to make progress Example: Your English is really coming along! Come apart Meaning: Break, separate Example: The cup just came apart in my hands. Come around Meaning: Change one’s mind Example: Give her time, and she may come around and see things your way. Come away Meaning: Become separated from something Example: The cakes have started to come away from the pan. Come away Meaning: Distance oneself (from) Example: He goes to the park to come away from the hustle and bustle of the city. Come at Meaning: Get to, especially with effort or difficulty Example: His precise meaning was not easy to come at. Come at Meaning: Attack, to harass Example: As I backed away, he came at me with a knife. Come at Meaning: Accept (a situation); agree to do; try Example: Nah, mate – I′m not going to come at that again. Too risky. Come back Meaning: Return to one’s possession, especially of memories Example: Suddenly it all came back to him, the tea, the petite madeleines, his mother. Come back Meaning: Return to a former state, usually a desirable one Example: Many people counted him out, but he came back better than ever. Come back Meaning: Return Example: I left work and came back home early. Come before Meaning: Appear publicly in front of someone superior Example: He was summoned to come before the king. Come before Meaning: Be of greater importance (than) Example: Looking out for your family should come before making money. Come before Meaning: Be judged, decided or discussed by authority Example: Jones’ behavior will come before the board of directors. Come before Meaning: Precede Example: F comes before G in the alphabet. Come between Meaning: Affect negatively or cause discord between (someone) and another person Example: Our love is so strong that nothing can come between us. Come by Meaning: Obtain; to get, especially by chance or involuntarily Example: A loyal friend is hard to come by. Come by Meaning: Come near to; pass; visit Example: Your beau came by while you were shopping. Come down Meaning: Descend, fall down, collapse Example: A tree came down and hit me on the head. Come down Meaning: Be demolished Example: The damage sustained in the fire is so great that the whole building will have to come down. Come down Meaning: Decrease Example: Real estate prices have come down since the peak of the boom. Come down Meaning: Reach a decision Example: I can’t guess which way the board will come down on the project. Come down Meaning: Be passed through time Example: Much wisdom has come down in the form of proverbs. Come down Meaning: Return from an elevated state of consciousness or emotion Example: He finally came down from his post-bonus high. Come down on Meaning: Punish Example: The company came down on him very hard after he was found skipping work. Come down upon Meaning: Criticise, reprimand severely Example: They’re coming down heavily upon people for not paying their taxes. Come down to Meaning: Reach by moving down or reducing Example: Come down to my place someday and have lunch. Come down to Meaning: Depend upon, basically, ultimately or in essence Example: The game is going to come down to the last five seconds. Come down with Meaning: Contract or get; to show symptoms of an illness with a scratchy throat and a cough, it feels like Example: I’m coming down with a cold.

List of phrasal verbs: CHECK =========================== 🏆Check out Meaning: Confirm and pay for goods and services at a facility when leaving Example: I’m done shopping, so I’ll go check out now. 🏆Check out Meaning: Withdraw (an item), as from a library, and have the withdrawal recorded Example: He checked his favorite mystery out for the twenty-third time. 🏆Check out Meaning: Record (someone) as leaving the premises or as taking something therefrom, as from a library or shop Example: The library assistant was checking people out. 🏆Check out Meaning: Examine, inspect, look at closely, ogle; to investigate Example: He checked out the rumor, and managed to verify that it was true. 🏆Check out Meaning: Prove (after an investigation) to be the case / in order Example: The first two leads check out; I’ll assume the third one is also valid. 🏆Check by Meaning: Visit a place to check something Example: We checked by the office to see if the stuff was ready. 🏆Check up Meaning: Verify through brief investigation or examination Example: I dropped by to check up on my friend. 🏆Check up on Meaning: Examine or inspect something in order to determine its condition Example: I will check up on the car tomorrow. 🏆Check in Meaning: Register on arriving at a hotel or at the airport Example: They checked in at the Ritz yesterday. 🏆Check on Meaning: look at someone or something so that you are certain they are safe, satisfactory etc. Example: I sent Tom to check on the kids. 🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸 SV RAMANUJ

List of phrasal verbs: CARRY ================================= 🏵Carry off Meaning: Transport away Example: I need a truck to carry off all this furniture. 🏵Carry off Meaning: Act convincingly; to succeed at giving the impression of (e.g.) knowledge, confidence, or familiarity Example: The actress carried off a difficult performance. 🏵Carry off Meaning: Cause death Example: Malaria carried off many people. 🏵Carry on Meaning: Continue or proceed as before Example: I’ll be gone for a few days, but I hope you will carry on in my absence. 🏵Carry on Meaning: Take baggage or luggage onto an airplane, rather than check it Example: You may only carry on items that are smaller than a certain size. 🏵Carry on Meaning: Have or maintain Example: It is difficult to carry on a conversation with so many distractions. 🏵Carry on Meaning: Act or behave; especially to misbehave so as to attract attention Example: I really wish you wouldn’t carry on like that in public! 🏵Carry on Meaning: Have an illicit sexual relationship Example: I thought he was my friend, but all the time he was carrying on with my wife! 🏵Carry out Meaning: Hold while moving it out Example: We’ll have to carry the piano out of the shop. 🏵Carry out Meaning: Fulfill Example: She finally carried out her lifelong ambition when she appeared in a Hollywood blockbuster. 🏵Carry over Meaning: Transfer (something) to a later point in time Example: The rent was carried over to December. 🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣 List of phrasal verbs: CALL =========================== 🏵Call away Meaning: Summon; to cause to depart Example: I was called away from the meeting to deal with a medical emergency. 🏵Call down Meaning: Pray for; to request from God Example: I shall call down God’s wrath upon you! 🏵Call for Meaning: Shout out in order to summon (a person) Example: I went out of the back door and called for Lucy. 🏵Call for Meaning: Ask for in a loud voice Example: We finished the main course in short order and called for more wine. 🏵Call for Meaning: Request, demand Example: The government has called for an end to hostilities in the region. 🏵Call for Meaning: Necessitate, demand Example: This situation calls for a high degree of courage. 🏵Call for Meaning: Stop at a place and ask for (someone) Example: I’ll call for you just after midday. 🏵Call in Meaning: Communicate with a base etc, by telephone Example: I was too unwell to work yesterday so I called in sick. 🏵Call in Meaning: Summon someone, especially for help or advice Example: The government called in the army to deal with the riots. 🏵Call off Meaning: Recall; to cancel or call a halt to Example: If you want me to call off the dog, then get off my land. 🏵Call on Meaning: Visit (a person); to pay a call to Example: I really should call on my aunt more often. 🏵Call on Meaning: Select (a student in a classroom, etc.) to provide an answer Example: He sat there, baffled, hoping nobody would call on him. 🏵Call on Meaning: Request or ask something of (a person); to select for a task Example: The king called on his subjects to take up arms and defend the kingdom. 🏵Call on Meaning: Have recourse to; to summon up Example: Exhausted, he called on his last ounce of strength. 🏵Call on Meaning: Correct; to point out an error or untruth Example: The salesman persisted in quoting a rate higher than was listed, until we called him on it. 🏵Call out Meaning: Specify, especially in detail Example: They call out 304 stainless steel in the drawing, but the part was made from aluminum. 🏵Call out Meaning: Order into service; to summon into service Example: The Governor called out the National Guard. 🏵Call out Meaning: Challenge; denounce; point out; charge Example: She called them out on their lies. 🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸 SV RAMANUJ