tomber de vélo

fall from grace ou favour — disgrâce f

to fall from ou out of — tomber de [boat, nest, bag, hands]

to fall off ou from — tomber de [chair, table, roof, bike, wall]

to fall on — tomber sur [person, town]

to fall in ou into — tomber dans [bath, river]

to fall down — tomber dans [hole, stairs]

to fall under — tomber sous [table]; passer sous [bus, train]

to fall through — passer à travers [ceiling, hole]

to fall to the floor ou to the ground — tomber par terre

to fall to — tomber aux mains de [enemy, allies]

to fall to ou on one's knees — tomber à genoux

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