Hey there! This is TOP episode 169. 10 Ways to Use the Word ‘RUN’
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Hello there! Thank you for pressing play and inviting me to spend some time with you. It’s gonna be a vocabulary class for you today. RUN has more meaning than just 10 although I’ve picked 10 I find moste useful. So, let’s learn what RUN means.
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One.
To be in charge of a business, to manage. For example:
My cousin runs a restaurant.
This family runs a hotel.
He has no idea how to run a business.
It’s a badly run company.
Two.
To travel on a particular route.
Buses to Cracow run only twice a day.
Three.
To be running late – to leave later than planned.
She’s running late, but she’ll be here.
Four.
To operate or function. Also to make something do this. To make something operate or function.
She left the car running.
Her car runs on petrol.
Five.
When a computer program or system runs or somebody runs it, it operates.
This app runs smoothly.
There are too many programs running on your computer.
Six.
To flow or to make liquid flow. Also to send out a liquid. See these examples:
I saw the tears running down her face.
She ran hot water into the bathtub.
I’ll run a bath for you.
Who left the tap running?
Your nose is running.
Seven.
To be a candidate in an election for a political position.
Obama ran a second time in 2012.
She is planning to run in the parliamentary election.
Eight.
To run a test, a check, an experiment. Like in these examples:
The doctors decided to run some more tests.
The company is running clinical trials.
Nine.
An idiom: up and running which means, working fully and correctly. Listen to this example:
It will be a lot easier when we have the system up and running.
Ten.
One more idiom. In the Long Run, that means eventually, over time.
In the long run, we’ll be able to buy a house.
Time for the practical part. Listen and repeat out loud. Hear yourself:
He has no idea how to run a business.
Buses to Cracow run only twice a day.
She’s running late, but she’ll be here.
She left the car running.
There are too many programs running on your computer.
Who left the tap running?
She is planning to run in the parliamentary election.
The doctors decided to run some more tests.
It will be a lot easier when we have the system up and running.
In the long run, we’ll be able to buy a house.
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