to call round to see sb

(tele)phone call — appel m (téléphonique)

to put out a call for somebody — ( over public address) faire appeler quelqu'un; ( over radio) lancer un appel à quelqu'un

social call — visite f de courtoisie

to make ou pay a call — lit rendre visite (on à)

there was no call for her to say that — elle n'avait aucune raison or aucun besoin de dire cela

to be on call — [doctor] être de garde; [engineer] être de service

to call the register — School faire l'appel

parapsychology or whatever they ou you call it — (colloq) la métapsychologie ou quelque chose dans ce goût-là (colloq)

London calling — Radio ici Londres

to call at — passer chez [person, shop]; passer à [bank, library]; [train] s'arrêter à [town, station]; [ship] faire escale à [port]

to call oneself — se faire appeler [Smith, Bob]; ( claim to be) se dire, se prétendre [poet, designer]

to go round and round — [carousel] tourner (en rond); [person] fig tourner en rond; lit aller et venir

to go round a bend — ( in road) prendre un virage

qualifying round — match m de qualification

round of ammunition — cartouche f

round of applause — salve f d'applaudissements

to do one's rounds — [doctor] visiter ses malades; [postman] faire sa tournée; [guard] faire sa ronde

to do ou go the rounds — [rumour, flu] circuler

to go ou do the rounds of — faire le tour de

a nice round sum — une somme rondelette (colloq)

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