English Vocabulary - Vocabulario de inglés

• run across somebody/something = meet somebody or find something by chance.
  While I was jogging I ran across my boss.
• run after somebody/something = chase somebody/something.
  He ran after the girl, calling her name.
• run around = run in an area while playing.
  The kids were running around in the garden.
• run away = leave a place secretly, escape.
  The thief closed the door and ran away.
• run somebody/something down = run down somebody/something = drive into somebody/something.
  The dog was run down by a truck.
• run into somebody/something = start to experience a difficult situation.
  The company ran into financial problems after the first year.
• run into somebody/something = hit somebody/something with a vehicle.
  She ran into the back of another car.
• run into somebody = meet somebody by chance = run across somebody.
  I ran into my nephew at the dentist's.
• run something off = run off something = quickly print some copies of something.
  Please run off a few more copies before the meeting.
• run something off = run off something = write a poem, speech, etc. quickly and easily.
  She could run off an essay in less than an hour.
• run somebody off something = force somebody to leave a place.
  She ran the dog off her house with a stick.
• run off with somebody = secretly go away with somebody to marry him/her or live with him/her.
  She decided to run off with a married man.
• run out of something = use all of something.
  Dear, we have run out of sugar!
• run somebody/something over = run over somebody/something = hit somebody/something with a vehicle and drive over them.
  She was run over by a bus outside the school.
• run over something = explain or practise something quickly.
  Let me run over the main ideas again.
• run through something = repeat something to practise it or make sure it is correct.
  Let's run through the first scene again.
• run through something = read or explain something quickly.
  She ran through the details of the events.
• run to something = reach a particular amount.
  The repair costs will run to $5,000.
• run to somebody = ask somebody to help you.
  He's always running to his parents when he has problem.
• run with something = be covered with a liquid that is flowing down.
  Her face was running with sweat.

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