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• run low on (something)
  иссякать, быть на исходе, подходить к концу

  We were running low on our supplies.
• run off copies of (something)
  напечатать копии чего-либо

  I asked my friend to run off a few copies of my birth certificate.
• run off with (someone)
  тайно бежать с кем-либо

  Marion has run off with her lover, and no one ever heard anything from her ever since.
• run out of (something)
  истощить запас чего-либо

  I discovered that I had run out of tea and sugar and had to go to the supermarket immediately.
• run out of patience
  кончилось терпение

  Jim is a very tolerant man, but even he has run out of patience when his wife spent all of their money on trifles.
• run out of time
  использовать (положенное) время

  At the meeting they had been discussing a lot of issues till they ran out of time.
• run over (someone or something)
  переехать, задавить кого-либо \ что-либо

  It was pitch dark when Tim was driving along a country road, and he didn't notice that he had run over a fox.
• run over (something)
  переливаться через край

  I poured too much tea into the cup and it ran over the edge.
• run ragged
  очень уставать

  I am always being run ragged by the work in the garden.
• run rampant
  вырастать до угрожающих размеров, выходить из-под контроля

  The use of drugs is running rampant in our town.
• run riot/wild
  буйствовать, выходить из установленных рамок; дать волю воображению

  He let his imagination run riot.
• run scared
  опасаться (провала, неудачи)

  I have been running scared in my attempt to be promoted.
• run short of (something)
  кончаться, быть на исходе

  Felix was running short of cash.
• run the gauntlet
  столкнуться с тяжёлыми испытаниями или неприятным опытом

  I had to run the gauntlet of many medical tests before I was pronounced to be absolutely cured.
• run the good race
  делать всё возможное

  The sportsman ran the good race but in the end he lost the marathon.
• run through (money or something)
  неразумно истратить, промотать (деньги или что-либо)

  He ran through his entire inheritance in less than a year.
• run through (something)
  устраивать прослушивание, просмотр чего-либо

  They ran through the first scene once more to make sure everybody knew their part well.
• run to (an amount of money)
  достигать (определённой суммы)

  The cost of redecorating my apartment ran to more money than I could afford to pay.
• run up
  увеличить (сумму), увеличиться; наделать долгов

  His wife was running up heavy bills, and that upset him greatly.
• run up (something)
  поднимать что-либо (при помощи верёвки)

  Seeing a ship on the horizon, they ran up a flag of distress.
• run up against (something)
  столкнуться, натолкнуться на что-либо

  David didn't wish to run up against this problem again, for he could picture the encounter as being awkward.
• run wild
  выйти из повиновения, из-под контроля

  At first everything was all right, but suddenly the situation ran wild.
• run-of-the-mill
  обычный, заурядный

  The pizza hut downtown is a run-of-the-mill thing, but we like it all the same.
• run/go to seed
  перестать развиваться, приходить в упадок

  The great efforts to improve the situation were allowed to run to seed.
• rush on (something)
  большой спрос на что-либо

  There was a rush on swim suits at the beginning of summer.
• Russian roulette
  русская рулетка, неоправданный риск

  Tony is always taking unnecessary risks; it looks as if he were constantly playing Russian roulette.
• rustle (something) up
  (наскоро) готовить (еду)

  I found some food in the fridge and was able to rustle up some dinner.
• sack out
  лечь спать, "вырубиться"

  I was so tired that I sacked out as soon as I got into bed.
• sadder but wiser
  наученный горьким опытом

  Johnny was sadder but wiser after his best friend had let him down.
• saddle (someone) with (something)
  обременять кого-либо чем-либо

  "Please don't try to saddle me with your problems; I have got a lot of problems myself."
• safe and sound
  цел и невредим (о людях и вещах)

  Nothing had harmed us on the way; we came home safe and sound.
• safety in numbers
  чувство надёжности в окружении большого количества людей

  A lot of people were swimming in the rough sea, and I thought the risk was reduced because there is safety in numbers.
• sage advice
  мудрый совет

  "You are always trying to give me sage advice; I am sick and tired of it."
• sail into (someone)
  ругать или критиковать кого-либо, "наехать на кого-либо"

  As soon as David entered the house, his wife sailed into him for having come home very late.
• sail right through (something)
  быстро и легко закончить что-либо

  I wasn't able to sail right through my essay; it took me a lot of time to finish it.