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to crop up: 1.to happen suddenly or unexpectedly

Ben had to go back to work – a problem’s cropped up.

Synonyms or related words for this meaning: emerge, pop up, spring up, descend on, spring... more

2. if a name or subject crops up, someone mentions it

Alice’s name keeps cropping up in our conversations.
Synonyms or related words for this meaning : mention, refer to, invoke, come up, raise...

to come up against: come up against something to have to deal with something difficult or unpleasant
tropezar con

In the first week, we came up against a pretty tricky problem.
Synonyms or related words for this meaning: suffer, undergo, endure, incur, go through.

to deal with

to face sthg

to sort out:to do what is necessary to deal with a problem, disagreement, or difficult situation successfully
solucionar

This matter could be sorted out if they would just sit down and talk.