Phrasal Verbs: Run Out Of Something

Hello, this is Jack from tofluency.com

and in this english lesson, I'm going to talk about

the phrasal verb - run out of; to run out of something.

Now, I used this phrasal verb in one in my videos on Facebook

so let's have a look at that now

I'm currently doing

video editing but I'm going to take a break because

I'm running out of energy. In the video, I said,

"I'm currently doing some video editing but I'm gonna take a break

because I'm running out of energy." So,

to run out of something means not to have any left;

to be used up. And in this case,

another way to say this is I'm going to take a break

because I'm feeling tired.

I'm running out of energy is very similar in that sense

Now, I could also say

because I have run out of energy.

Now, this is stronger because this is saying that

I am completely exhausted; I have no

energy left, whereas, in my example,

I'm running out of energy - this

is talking about a process; I'm very close

to being completely exhausted but

I'm not there yet. We'll have a look at more examples

and it will make more sense to you. We've run out of milk.

Could you get some on your way home? So,

imagine that I'm talking to my wife on the phone

and I tell her this: We don't have any milk

left, so I say we've run out of it.

My friend ran out of petrol

on the motorway. Now, this is the British English for this

the American way to say is - my friend

ran out of gas on the highway. And in the last example,

we're not going to run out of wood anytime soon

So, if you look at the picture on your screen you can see

all this fire word that's why you can say

we're not going to run out to wood anytime soon.

Now, my question for you in this video is this:

have you ever run out of petrol while driving?

So, leave your answers and your stories

below this video, thanks for watching, and I will see you

next time!