Do you find phrasal verbs a bit confusing? I do. Especially those involving frequently used verbs like "come" or "get". It's Ok when you learn two or three, but when you reach around eight (with the same verb) it sometimes hard to tell one from another.
Today's word it to "COME UP" - quite useful when you talk about a problem or difficulty that arises: "Sorry. I have to cancel the appointment - something has COME UP."
Is it possible to use COME UP in another situation?
If you don't come up money to pay the rent you will be evicted.
OdpowiedzUsuńCome up with a plan to earn money.
Correction of previous comment: If you don't come up with money...
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People come up to me and ask if I heard Jozef play the guitar.
Thanks for the comments - so "come up" also means "come closer to sb" and "produce money". Speaking of the guitar - still learning to play...
OdpowiedzUsuńMy two illustrations with reference to money may have been misleading. Come up doesn't necessarily have anything to do with money itself. One can come up with anything; come up with an idea, come up with a plan, come up with an excuse.
OdpowiedzUsuńThat explains a lot. Thanks!
OdpowiedzUsuńPhrasal verbs... get off (the bus), look up (in the internet), show off (He's just showing off), show up (he's not showed up to work again or he's not turned up again), kick in (wait for the medication to kick in) kick off (give him this bloody medication before he starts to kick off again)... Just five examples from my every day life that came up to my mind now :-)
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