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Matfever Posted 14 years ago
Vocabulary

Is there any phrase which descirbe this?

"I don't have any note books left."
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"I don't have any money left."

Is there any phrase which descirbe that sentences?
I am thinking about an example like: "I am out of money". Is this right?
  

Top answer

Yes, if a store does not have a good supply of notebooks, they might run out of them just before school starts. All the students need notebooks. Sometimes the petrol stations run out of gas.

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  • Yes, if a store does not have a good supply of notebooks, they might run out of them just before school starts.
  • All the students need notebooks.
  • Sometimes the petrol stations run out of gas.
  • Then many cars will run out of gas.
  • "run out of" means to have none left of something that usually is in supply.
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Yes, if a store does not have a good supply of notebooks, they might run out of them just before school starts. All the students need notebooks.

Sometimes the petrol stations run out of gas. Then many cars will run out of gas.

"run out of" means to have none left of something that usually is in supply.

I get paid on the last day of the month. But sometimes
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So... what about my sentence?
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These are all OK:

I am out of money.
I have run out of money.
I don't have any money (on me).
I'm broke.
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