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come on

Phrasal VerbBriathra Frásacha
1. develop
2. start working
3. expressing disbelief
4. sportspórt of substitute
5. theatreamharclannaíocht of actor, performer
6. appear, be heard, etc
7. start shift
8. encounter
9. discover
10. seem
 Phrasal VerbBriathra Frásacha 1 (v + adv) develop intransitiveneamhaistreachdul chun cinn a dhéanamh VP cmutar ar aghaidh VPtar chun cinn VP cmu she came on a lot last year rinne sí an-dul chun cinn anuraidh, tháinig sí ar aghaidh go mór anuraidh how is your course coming on? conas mar atá ag éirí le do chúrsa?, cad é mar atá do chúrsa ag dul? his Irish has come on a little tá a chuid Gaeilge feabhsaithe beagán 2 (v + adv) start working intransitiveneamhaistreachtar air cmu the lights came on tháinig na soilse air, las na soilse when does the heating come on? cén uair a thagann an teas air? 3 (v + adv) expressing disbelief intransitiveneamhaistreachéist verb cmu come on now, that's not true! éist anois, níl sé sin fíor! 4 sportspórt (v + adv) of substitute intransitiveneamhaistreachtar isteach cmu she came on for Sinéad tháinig sí isteach in ionad Shinéad 5 theatreamharclannaíocht (v + adv) of actor, performer intransitiveneamhaistreachtar amach cmu he came on to the stage tháinig sé amach ar an stáitse 6 (v + adv) appear, be heard, etc intransitiveneamhaistreach the news comes on at nine bíonn an nuacht ar siúl ag a naoi suddenly this song came on go tobann thosaigh an t-amhrán seo I lifted the phone and my brother came on chroch mé an fón agus mo dheartháir a bhí ann 7 (v + adv) start shift intransitiveneamhaistreachtosaigh verb cmu the night shift is coming on soon tá seal na hoíche ag tosú go luath transitiveaistreachtosaigh verb cmu I came on duty just now tháinig mé ar dualgas anois díreach 8 (v + prep) literaturelitríocht encounter transitiveaistreachbuail le PhrV cmu I came on a group of tourists bhuail mé le grúpa turasóirí, casadh grúpa turasóirí dom 9 (v + prep) literaturelitríocht discover transitiveaistreachtar ar PhrV cmu we came on a little stream thángamar ar shruthán beag 10 (v + adv) seemcome on strong intransitiveneamhaistreach he comes on a bit slow sometimes déarfá go bhfuil sé ábhairín mall uaireanta she came on very confident bhí cuma an-mhuiníneach uirthi→ come
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