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Hi this is Tutor Nick P and this is Idioms 282. The idiom today is to run late. Okay, Let's
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take a look at the note here. If someone or something runs late it means that
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he, she or it arrives or leaves later than the time expected and we do have a
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second meaning here too. To run late could also mean to take longer than the
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expected time. All right. Let's continue. This idea alludes to the fact that one
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is behind schedule or will end up late for an appointment unless one can hurry,
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move faster to make up time. Yeah. Whether you're late for an appointment or late
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for work or late for school, you have to hurry because you are running late.
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You're behind schedule. All right. Let's continue. We have three examples here to
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cover these. Example number one. We are running late. We had better take a taxi
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to make up time. Yeah. So this is what you could do maybe, if you're not too late,
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you still might be able to try to move faster or go faster , make up enough time
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and you still could possibly arrive on time. If you're able to move faster than
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you usually do. Okay. But, you're still probably are leaving your house later
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than you normally did. Or number two. The bus is running late. It was supposed
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to be here ten minutes ago. And it's still not here. So it is running late. So
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we often say something is running late. It's again, it's behind schedule. It was supposed
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to be here already. All right. And number three here. This is
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the one that we could say to run late could also mean to take longer than
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expected. So the reason I didn't call you until now was because I was in a meeting
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that ran late. So not only can people run late, a meeting could run late too. So the
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meeting took longer than was originally scheduled or planned.
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It was an hour longer than it was scheduled to be. So the meeting ran late.
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So then I ended up making me late that's why I didn't contact you before time.
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Okay. Anyway, I hope you got it. I hope it was clear. Thank you for your time. Bye-bye.