tomber
Meanings
Verb
1. to fall
2. to come down
3. to bump into, to come across; to be received by (when making a telephone call) (intransitive)
4. to become, to get (in idioms)
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J'ai téléphoné à Robert mais je suis tombé sur Marie.
I phoned Robert but I got Marie.
Paris est tombée en 1940.
Paris fell in 1940.
Gabriel est tombé d'en-haut.
Gabriel fell from above.
L'Algérie ne tombera pas.
Algeria shall not fall.
Ne le fais pas tomber.
Don't drop it.
Ai-je fait tomber ça ?
Did I drop that?