Meaning

  1. To encounter or find something unexpectedly.
  2. To give a certain impression or be perceived in a particular way.
  3. To successfully communicate or make your message understood.

Today's Sentences

01

You won’t believe what I came across today!

Situation

You won’t believe what I came across today!

今日は信じられないものを見つけたんです!

Let me guess, another stray dog?

また迷い犬ですか?

No, even better.
A vintage Polaroid camera at a yard sale!

いいえ、さらにいいものがあります。
庭のセールで見つけた"vintage Polaroid camera"です!

Knowing you, the dog will probably end up in the next photo.

あなたのことを考えると、その犬は次の写真に写るかもしれませんね。

02

I smiled the moment I came across it.

Situation

Guess what?
I found your love letter from high school!

何だと思う?
高校の時に書いたあなたのラブレターを見つけたよ!

What?! You still have that?
I thought you’d given it up ages ago!

何ですって?! まだ持っているのですか?
もうとっくに手放したと思っていました!

I smiled the moment I came across it.
It still makes my heart skip.

私はそれに出会った瞬間、微笑みました。
今でも心がときめきます。

Wow, I must’ve been charming back then.

わあ、あの頃はかなり魅力的だったんですね。

Writer's Note

"Come across" is an intransitive and inseparable phrasal verb.

「Come across」は自動詞で分離不可能な句動詞です。
  1. Intransitive - A phrasal verb that needs an object to complete its meaning.
    Structure: "Subject + come across + object"
    Example 1: I came across an old photo while cleaning the attic.
    Example 2: She came across a great little cafe downtown.
    Example 3: We came across a stray dog on our walk.
  2. Intransitive - 意味を完成させるために目的語を必要とする句動詞。
    構造: "Subject + come across + object"
    例1: I came across an old photo while cleaning the attic.
    例2: She came across a great little cafe downtown.
    例3: We came across a stray dog on our walk.
  3. Inseparable - When an object cannot be placed between the particle and verb.
    Structure: "Subject + come across + object"
    Example 1: He comes across as very confident, but he’s actually shy.
    Example 2: We came across a stray dog on our walk.

    Structure: "Subject + come across + as + adjective/noun"
    Example 3: He comes across as very confident, but he’s actually shy.
    Example 4: Your message came across as a little too serious.

    Structure: "Subject + come across (+ adverb/prepositional phrase)"
    Example 5: His humor doesn’t always come across in text messages.
    Example 6: Her passion really came across during the speech.
  4. 分割できない - オブジェクトが助詞と動詞の間に置けない場合。
    構造: "Subject + come across + object"
    例1: 彼はとても自信があるように見えるが、実際は内気だ。
    例2: 私たちは散歩中に迷い犬に出会った

    構造: "Subject + come across + as + adjective/noun"
    例3: 彼はとても自信があるように見えるが、実際は内気だ。
    例4: あなたのメッセージは少し真面目すぎるように受け取られた

    構造: "Subject + come across (+ adverb/prepositional phrase)"
    例5: 彼のユーモアはテキストメッセージではいつも伝わるわけではない。
    例6: 彼女の情熱はスピーチ中に本当に伝わった

Related words: Appear, encounter, find, happen upon, meet, run across, run into, seem, strike, stumble upon.

関連する 単語: Appear, encounter, find, happen upon, meet, run across, run into, seem, strike, stumble upon.
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