to come across = to find, to discover by chance or without looking for
e.g "I came across a mistake in the accounts."
"I came across a copy of our first annual report while I was clearing out my filing cabinet."
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self-sufficient discuss | |
| Definition: | (adjective) Able to provide for or support oneself without the help of others. |
| Synonyms: | self-sustaining |
| Usage: | A strong and self-reliant man, he had all his life ignored companionship, had been well content to live without friends, self-contained and self-sufficient. |
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  Although the Devil be the father of lies, he seems, like other great inventors, to have lost much of his reputation by the continual improvements that have been made upon him.Jonathan Swift (1667-1745) Discuss |
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