queue+object

to come by — ( take) prendre [bus, taxi, plane]

to come down — descendre [stairs, street]

to come up — monter [stairs, street]

to come from — venir de [airport, hospital]

to come into — entrer dans [house, room]

to come past — [car, person] passer

to come through — [person] passer par [town centre, tunnel]; [water, object] traverser [window etc]

to come to — venir à [school, telephone]

to come to somebody for — venir demander [quelque chose] à quelqu'un [money, advice]

I could see it coming — ( of accident) je le voyais venir

to come close ou near to doing — faillir faire

to come to — venir à [meeting, party]

to come up/down to — [water] venir jusqu'à; [dress, curtain] arriver à

to come from — [person] être originaire de, venir de [city, country]; [word, legend] venir de [country, language]; [substance] provenir de [raw material]; [coins, stamps] provenir de [place]; [smell, sound] venir de [place]

to come from France — [fruit, painting] provenir de France; [person] être français/-e

to come in — exister en [sizes, colours]

to come to — aborder [problem, subject]

to come before — (in time, list, queue) précéder; ( in importance) passer avant

where did you come? — tu es arrivé combien? (colloq)

he had it coming (to him) — (colloq) ça lui pendait au nez

they got what was coming to them — (colloq) ils ont fini par avoir ce qu'ils méritaient

to have a turn on ou at ou with the computer — utiliser l'ordinateur à son tour

to speak out of turn — fig commettre un impair

to do a turn — [dancer] faire un tour

to make ou do a left/right turn — tourner à gauche/à droite

to take a turn for the better — [person, situation] s'améliorer; [things, events] prendre une meilleure tournure

to take a turn for the worse — [situation] se dégrader; [health] s'aggraver

to be on the turn — [luck, milk] commencer à tourner; [tide] commencer à changer; century

a giddy ou dizzy turn — un vertige

to have a funny turn — se sentir tout/-e chose (colloq)

it gave me a nasty turn — ça m'a fait un coup (colloq)

to turn the key in the door ou lock — ( lock up) fermer la porte à clé; ( unlock) tourner la clé dans la serrure

to turn one's back on — lit tourner le dos à [group, place]; fig laisser tomber [friend, ally]; abandonner [homeless, needy]

to turn something on somebody — braquer quelque chose sur quelqu'un [gun, hose, torch]; fig diriger quelque chose sur quelqu'un [anger, scorn]

to turn something into — transformer quelque chose en [office, car park, desert]

to turn somebody into — [magician] changer quelqu'un en [frog]; [experience] faire de quelqu'un [extrovert, maniac]

to turn down ou into — tourner dans [street, alley]

to turn towards — tourner en direction de [village, mountains]

to turn on — [argument] tourner autour de [point, issue]; [outcome] dépendre de [factor]

to turn on somebody — [dog] attaquer quelqu'un; [person] se retourner contre quelqu'un

to turn to — se tourner vers [person, religion]

I don't know where ou which way to turn — je ne sais plus où donner de la tête (colloq)

to turn into — [person, tadpole] se transformer en [frog]; [sofa] se transformer en [bed]; [situation, evening] tourner à [farce, disaster]

to turn to — [substance] se changer en [ice, gold]; [fear, surprise] faire place à [horror, relief]