I ran into an old high school friend last weekend and we went into an
antique shop to chat. While I was there, I ran across some old
jazz records. You remember records, right? I guess we spent too much
time there without buying anything because the owner of the shop told us to run
along. It was okay. I was running behind and needed to run back
to the office. Let's study together. Welcome to another Happy English podcast coming
to you from New York City. And here's your English teacher, Michael.
All right, thank you, Johnny. Thanks everyone. It's Michael here from
Happy English and I help people speak English better. And this is Happy English
Podcast, Episode six sixty seven. Phrasel verbs with run. The other day
I showed you some idioms with run followed by an adjective. Today we'll look
at phrasal verbs that use run. Oh yeah. Check out episode two twenty
two to see a different set of phrasal verbs that use run. Also,
keep in mind run is any regular verb, and the three parts are run,
ran, and run. Also, all of these phrasal verbs are not
separable. The first one is run along. We use run along as a
standalone phrase in casual English to politely ask someone to go away. For example,
I'm sorry, but I have a meeting now, so you'll have to
run along. We can talk later. Run along. I just started cooking
dinner. You have to do your homework now, so run along. Next,
we have run across and run into. Run across means to find something
unexpectedly. You run across something. Here are some examples. I ran across
an interesting news article today. Jack ran across his high school yearbook when he
was cleaning out the closet. I ran across a book by John Lennon when
I was shopping in a used book shop. On the other hand, run
into means to meet someone unexpectedly, you run into someone. Here are some
examples with run into. While I was walking in the park, I ran
into my old high school friend Sarah. Last week, I ran into my
cousin at the shopping mall. I haven't seen him in ages. While I
was shopping at the grocery store, I ran into my neighbor and we had
a nice chat. So remember, you run across a thing, but you
run into a person. The next one is run behind. Run behind means
to be delayed or to be behind schedule. When you are late for something,
you are most likely running behind, and we can use run behind to
talk about people and situations. For example, sorry, I'm running a little
behind today, so I might be a few minutes late for our meeting.
The construction work ran behind, causing a delay in the completion of the building
project. Katie realized she was running behind on her assignments and had to pull
an all night or to catch up. And finally, we have run off
with someone and run off with something. Run off with someone means to leave
a place with someone you are in a romantic relationship with. Here are some
examples. Emma shocked everyone when she ran off with her best friend's boyfriend.
Tommy packed his bags and ran off with his high school sweetheart to Las Vegas
to get married. The movie tells the story of a man who runs off
with a mysterious woman he meets during a trip. On the other hand,
run off with something means to steal something and weekly escape or leave with it.
For example, while we were chatting at the restaurant, someone ran off
with my bag. The thief broke into the store and ran off with several
valuable pieces of jewelry. Be careful not to leave your belongings unattended, someone
might run off with them. Keep in mind the best way to remember this
and any vocabulary is to take the word or phrase, write it in a
sentence that's true for you or true in your world, and then memorize your
sentences. Well that's it for today's lesson. I'm glad you ran across this
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