come by

passer, faire un saut

Rendre une courte visite à quelqu’un ou passer près d’un endroit.

En anglais simple : To visit someone briefly or move past a place.

• Come by this afternoon.
• A delivery van came by a few minutes ago.
• She came by our house to return my book.

Comment l'utiliser : come by a place (Come by the office after lunch.); come by for something (Would you like to come by for dinner?)

Synonymes : drop by, stop by, pass by

Expressions courantes : come by tomorrow, come by the house, come by for coffee

obtenir, se procurer

Obtenir quelque chose, notamment quand c’est difficile à trouver ou qu’on le trouve par hasard.

En anglais simple : To get something, especially when it is difficult to find or you get it by chance.

• Good jobs are hard to come by.
• She came by the painting at a market.
• How did he come by so much money?

Comment l'utiliser : come by something (How did you come by that old guitar?)

Synonymes : get, obtain, acquire

Expressions courantes : come by money, come by tickets, hard to come by

contourne par la gauche

Ordre au chien de berger de contourner les moutons vers sa gauche, dans le sens des aiguilles d’une montre.

En anglais simple : A command telling a sheepdog to move around sheep in the same direction as a clock's hands.

• Come by, Rex!
• The farmer called, 'Come by!' as the dog approached the sheep.
• When I say 'come by', the dog circles the flock clockwise.

Contraires : away

Expressions courantes : come by now, come by Rex