near-letter mode

to come after sb. — (follow) seguire qcn.; (chase) inseguire qcn.

to come down, up — scendere, salire [ stairs]; seguire, percorrere [ street]

to come from — (pro)venire da [airport, hospital]

to come into — entrare in [ room]

to come past — [car, person] passare

to come through — [ person] attraversare [town centre, tunnel]; [water, object] entrare da [ window]

to come running — venire correndo o di corsa

to come crashing to the ground — [ structure] crollare, schiantarsi al suolo

the time has come to do — è venuto o arrivato il momento di fare

I could see it coming — (of accident) l'ho visto o me lo sono visto arrivare

I've come about — sono venuto per o a proposito di

to come to — venire a [meeting, party]

to come (up, down) to — [water, dress, curtain] arrivare (fino) a

how did you come to do? — come hai fatto o sei riuscito a fare?

to come from — [ person] venire da, essere (origi nario) di [city, country]; [word, legend] venire da [language, country]; [ substance] essere ricavato da [ raw material]; [coins, stamps, product] provenire da [ place]; [smell, sound] (pro)venire da [ place]

to come in — essere disponibile in [sizes, colours]

to come with a radio — [ car] essere dotato di radio

to come with chips — [ food] essere servito con (contorno di) patatine

to come to — venire a, affrontare [problem, subject]

to come first, last — [ athlete] arrivare (per) primo, (per) ultimo

where did you come? — come sei arrivato o ti sei piazzato?

they got what was coming to them — colloq. hanno avuto quello che si meritavano

come, come! — (in warning, reproach) andiamo!

come again? — colloq. come(, scusa)?

come to that o if it comes to that, you may be right su o per questo, potresti aver ragione; to come as a shock — essere uno shock

to come after sb. — (follow) seguire qcn.; (chase) inseguire qcn.

to come down, up — scendere, salire [ stairs]; seguire, percorrere [ street]

to come from — (pro)venire da [airport, hospital]

to come into — entrare in [ room]

to come past — [car, person] passare

to come through — [ person] attraversare [town centre, tunnel]; [water, object] entrare da [ window]

to come running — venire correndo o di corsa

to come crashing to the ground — [ structure] crollare, schiantarsi al suolo

the time has come to do — è venuto o arrivato il momento di fare

I could see it coming — (of accident) l'ho visto o me lo sono visto arrivare

I've come about — sono venuto per o a proposito di

to come to — venire a [meeting, party]

to come (up, down) to — [water, dress, curtain] arrivare (fino) a

how did you come to do? — come hai fatto o sei riuscito a fare?

to come from — [ person] venire da, essere (origi nario) di [city, country]; [word, legend] venire da [language, country]; [ substance] essere ricavato da [ raw material]; [coins, stamps, product] provenire da [ place]; [smell, sound] (pro)venire da [ place]

to come in — essere disponibile in [sizes, colours]

to come with a radio — [ car] essere dotato di radio

to come with chips — [ food] essere servito con (contorno di) patatine

to come to — venire a, affrontare [problem, subject]

to come first, last — [ athlete] arrivare (per) primo, (per) ultimo

where did you come? — come sei arrivato o ti sei piazzato?

they got what was coming to them — colloq. hanno avuto quello che si meritavano

come, come! — (in warning, reproach) andiamo!

come again? — colloq. come(, scusa)?

come to that o if it comes to that, you may be right su o per questo, potresti aver ragione; to come as a shock — essere uno shock

stand back to back — Rücken an Rücken stehen

as soon as my back was turned — (fig.) sowie ich den Rücken gedreht hatte

turn one's back on somebody — jemandem den Rücken zuwenden; (fig.): (abandon somebody) jemanden im Stich lassen

turn one's back on something — (fig.) sich um etwas nicht kümmern

get or put somebody's back up — (fig.) jemanden wütend machen

be glad to see the back of somebody/something — (fig.) froh sein, jemanden/etwas nicht mehr sehen zu müssen

have one's back to the wall — (fig.) mit dem Rücken zur Wand stehen

get off my back — (fig. coll.) lass mich zufrieden

have somebody/something on one's back — (fig.) jemanden/etwas am Hals haben (ugs.)

put one's back into something — (fig.) sich für etwas mit allen Kräften einsetzen

the car went into the back of me — (coll.) das Auto ist mir hinten reingefahren (ugs.)

with the back of one's hand — mit dem Handrücken

know something like the back of one's hand — (fig.) etwas wie seine Westentasche kennen

the back of the leg — die Wade

at the back [of something] — hinten [in etwas (Dat.)]; im hinteren Teil [von etwas]

in back of something — (Amer.) hinter etwas (Dat.)

we passed a pub two miles back — wir sind vor zwei Meilen an einem Pub vorbeigefahren

back of something — (Amer.) hinter etwas (Dat.)

I got a letter back — er/sie hat mir wiedergeschrieben

back the wrong/right horse — (lit. or fig.) aufs falsche/richtige Pferd setzen (ugs.)

back something — hinten an etwas (Akk.) grenzen

back into/out of something — rückwärts in etwas (Akk.)/aus etwas fahren

back on to something — hinten an etwas (Akk.) grenzen

with one's back to the engine (Brit) —

to be on one's back (= be ill) — auf der Nase liegen (inf), krank sein

to break one's back (lit) — sich (dat) das Rückgrat brechen; (fig) sich abrackern, sich abmühen

we've broken the back of the job (Brit) — wir sind mit der Arbeit über den Berg (inf)

behind sb's back (fig) — hinter jds Rücken (dat)

to put one's back into sth (fig) — sich bei etw anstrengen, bei etw Einsatz zeigen

to turn one's back on sb (lit) — jdm den Rücken zuwenden; (fig) sich von jdm abwenden

get these people off my back (inf) — schaff mir diese Leute vom Hals! (inf)

get off my back! (inf) — lass mich endlich in Ruhe!

he's got the boss on his back all the time — er hat dauernd seinen Chef auf dem Hals

to have one's back to the wall (fig) — in die Enge getrieben sein/werden

I was pleased to see the back of them (inf) — ich war froh, sie endlich los zu sein (inf)

he drove into the back of me — er ist mir hinten reingefahren (inf)

there's one other worry at the back of my mind — da ist noch etwas, das mich beschäftigt

at the back of the garage (inside) — hinten in der Garage; (outside) hinter der Garage

at the back of beyond — am Ende der Welt, jwd (hum)

in back (US) — hinten

back wheel — Hinterrad nt

I'll never go back — da gehe ich nie wieder hin

I will back you whatever you do — egal was du tust, ich stehe hinter dir

to back a bill (Fin) — einen Wechsel indossieren

to back water (Naut) — rückwärts rudern