On Screen WB p 30. Vocabulary

Do Ex1

Sentence 6: come out and come over are possible answers

come out

come out = to be said in a certain way. If something you say comes out in a particular way, that is how it sounds or how it is understood  

E.g.

His words came out as little more than a whisper.  

That didn’t come out the way I meant it to.  

I tried to explain everything to her, but it came out all wrong (=not in the way I intended).

Come over/across:  

if someone or something comes over/across in a particular way, you have a particular opinion of them when you meet them or see them.

E.g. 

A lot depends on how well you come over/across in the interview. 

She comes over/across as very self-confident

She comes over/across as quite naive.  

I watched the interview and felt he came over/across as quite arrogant.

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