run across

tomber sur, rencontrer par hasard

Rencontrer quelqu'un ou trouver quelque chose par hasard, sans le chercher.

En anglais simple : To meet someone or find something when you were not looking for them.

• I ran across an old photo.
• You sometimes run across useful books in small shops.
• Have you ever run across her at work?

Comment l'utiliser : run across someone/something (I ran across an old friend at the market.)

Synonymes : come across, happen upon, encounter

Expressions courantes : run across someone, run across something

traverser en courant

Passer d'un côté d'un lieu à l'autre en courant.

En anglais simple : To move from one side of a place to the other by running.

• He ran across the road.
• The dog is running across the garden.
• Can you run across the bridge before the race ends?

Comment l'utiliser : run across something (The children ran across the field.)

Synonymes : dash across

Expressions courantes : run across something, run across a road