Happen
Happen means ‘occur’ and most commonly ‘occur by chance’: What will happen if it rains?
Will someone tell me what’s happened?
A:
You haven’t been out in ages. When did you last go to the cinema?
B:
It justhappenedthat we went to see that new film last night.
Happen + to-infinitive is common in polite requests or to describe something that occurs by chance: You don’t happen to have any stamps, do you?
They just happened to be driving past so they stopped and had lunch and told us all about their holiday.
We use happen + to + object to say that something occurs unexpectedly or something occurs that we do not want: Something’s happened tomy bike. The brakes keep squeaking.
What’s happened to your jacket? It’s all covered in mud.
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