come to

arriver à, parvenir à

Atteindre une certaine étape, un résultat ou un état.

En anglais simple : To reach a particular stage, result, or state.

• The meeting came to an end.
• We finally came to an agreement.
• The bus came to a sudden halt.

Comment l'utiliser : come to a state/result (The two sides came to an agreement.)

Synonymes : reach, arrive at

Expressions courantes : come to an end, come to an agreement, come to a halt, come to a conclusion

s’élever à, faire

Avoir pour prix ou quantité totale le montant indiqué.

En anglais simple : To have a particular total cost or amount.

• The bill comes to ten pounds.
• How much did the groceries come to?
• Our expenses came to more than we expected.

Comment l'utiliser : come to an amount (The repairs came to two hundred euros.)

Synonymes : amount to, total

Expressions courantes : come to something, come to ten dollars

reprendre connaissance, revenir à soi

Retrouver conscience après un évanouissement ou une perte de connaissance.

En anglais simple : To become awake and aware again after fainting or being unconscious.

• He came to on the floor.
• She slowly came to after the operation.
• When I came to, a nurse was beside me.

Synonymes : regain consciousness, come round

Contraires : pass out

Expressions courantes : come to slowly, come to again

s’adresser à, se tourner vers

S’adresser à quelqu’un pour obtenir de l’aide, du soutien ou des conseils.

En anglais simple : To ask someone for help, support, or advice.

• You can always come to me.
• She came to us for help with her rent.
• Why did you not come to your teacher sooner?

Comment l'utiliser : come to someone for something (She came to me for advice.); come to someone with something (He came to his teacher with a problem.)

Synonymes : turn to, approach

Expressions courantes : come to someone, come to someone first

aborder, en venir à

Commencer à parler d’un sujet ou à le traiter quand son tour arrive.

En anglais simple : To start discussing or dealing with something when its turn arrives.

• I will come to that later.
• We came to the final question after a short break.
• Before we come to costs, let us discuss the design.

Comment l'utiliser : come to something (We will come to the budget after lunch.)

Synonymes : get to, turn to, address

Expressions courantes : come to something, come to that later

arriver à, advenir à

Arriver à quelqu’un, surtout en parlant d’un événement malheureux.

En anglais simple : To happen to someone, especially something bad.

• No harm will come to you.
• Good things came to her later in life.
• He feared that trouble would come to his family.

Comment l'utiliser : something comes to someone (No harm came to the children.)

Synonymes : befall, happen to

Expressions courantes : come to someone, come to no harm