COME UP (5), COUNT DOWN (2)

come up = happen soon

examples:

• Summer is coming up and we' ll have a lot of work to do at the store.
• Coming up next is the "Mary Anne Show".
• My birthday is coming up and I have to start writing the invitations.
• Our exams are coming up and we all have to start studying.
• Coming up next in our show after the break: the mystery guest!

count down = wait excitedly and impatiently

• I'm so excited! I'm counting down the days until the wedding!
• After all this bad weather for so long everybody is counting down to the coming of spring.
• -So, are you excited about the trip?
• -Oh, I'm counting down the days!
• We are counting down the day until father is back home again.