ranr>, run)
1.b> 1) (, ); ; to run quickly [slowly] [] ; to run as hard as one can ; she came running to meet us ; he can run very fast ; I run every morning ; he hasn't payed for his drinks run and catch him ; they turned and ran when they saw us coming , ; he ran out of the room ;
2) , ..i> (); he will be running in the 100 metres tonight ; is your horse running this afternoon? / ?
3) , ..i> i> (); to run second ; ;
2.b> (); I've spent the whole day running around after the kids ;
3.b> i> () .i> i>; the car ran off the road into a ditch ; a shiver ran down my spine ;
4.b> i> (; ), ; the road runs parallel to the river ; he ran a wire under the carpet ;
5.b> (), , ; , ; to run a hotel / ; he has no idea how to run a business , ; state-run industries ; the college runs summer courses for foreign students ;
6.b> 1) (), ( , ..i> i>); this bus runs on diesel ;
2) (), , (, ..i>); could you run the engine for a moment? / ?
7.b> 1) i> / () , .i> i>; buses run into town every halfhour ;
2) i> / () , .i>; to run extra trains during the rush hour / ;
8.b> () / (i>);
9.b> 1) i> , ; the permit runs for three months i> ;
2) i> () / ; the course ran for two days i> ; the play ran for nearly two years in a London theatre i> ;
10.b> 1) (), ; the river runs (down) to / into / the sea / ; the tears ran down her cheeks ;
2) ..i> (; ); ; water was running all over the bathroom floor / ; the bathroom floor was running with water / ; his face was running with sweat , ;
11.b> 1) i> (); ; she was weeping and her nose was running ; the smoke makes my eyes run ; who left the tap running? ?
2) (i>) (), i> ; to run the hot tap ; she ran water into the bucket / ; I'll run you a hot bath ;
12.b> 1) () / ( i> i>); don't put that red shirt in the washing machine, it might run , ;
2) () i>;
13.b> (), ; , ( , ..i> i>);
14.b> .i> .i> i> (); ; to run for president , -i> ; he ran a second time in 2022 2022 / 2022 ;
15.b> i> (; ) / ( i>), ; the tabloid press ran the story / ;
16.b> / i> (), i> , ; the doctors decided to run some more tests on the blood samples ;
17.b> i> () / ( i>);
18.b> .i> () / ( / i>);
to run acrossb> / () i> / ; ; ;
to run afterb> 1) (), ( i>);
2) i> , i> ..i> ;
3) i> , , ; he finally became tired of running after her i> ;
to run awayb> (), (, ..i>); he's run away from home / i> ;
to run downb> 1) (; ), (i>) ( / ..i>); the battery has run down / ;
2) , i> (; ); the company is running down its sales force ;
3) , i> (), ; / , i> / i> ( i>);
4) .i> , i> () i>; he's always running her down in front of other people ;
to run into smb.b> ();
to run into smth.b> 1) / (); to run into trouble ; be careful not to run into debt , / ;
2) i> / (); debts running into millions of dollars , ; her income runs into six figures ;
to run into smb., smth.b> , () / ( i>); the bus went out of control and ran into a tree ;
to run smth.b> into smb., smth.b> , () / ( i>); the drunken driver ran his car into a tree ;
to run offb> 1) i> / () / , i> ; I'll run off a few more copies before the meeting ;
2) i> , ( i>);
to run off with smth.b> .i> () ; he ran off with all my money ;
to run out (of smth.)b> 1) () () / ; they ran out of money and had to abandon the project ;
2) (), ( , ..i> i>); my contract runs out in September ;
to run overb> , i> () / ( i>); the dog was run over by a bus as it crossed the road / ;
to run through smth.b> (), i> ; he ran through the names on the list ;
tob> be running atb> , / ; inflation is running at 11 per cent 11 ; to run for itb> .i> ( i>); she struggled free and ran for her life ; run for it! ! !
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