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Pb03 Posted 17 years ago
Vocabulary

Run late ?

Hi again guys,

This dialogue sounds strange to me but for you it may not.

If it does make sense to you, would you explain the meaning a bit for me?

Thanks a lot~

pb

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Why are they walking so fast?

They're running late.
  

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Pb03 They're running late. They are not going to be on time unless they hurry. If they don't hurry, they will be late.

— CalifJim

  • Pb03 They're running late.
  • They are not going to be on time unless they hurry.
  • If they don't hurry, they will be late.
  • Whenever you have a schedule of things to do at certain times, you may experience delays.
  • Once you are delayed, you need to hurry to the next thing on your schedule.
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Pb03They're running late.
They are not going to be on time unless they hurry. If they don't hurry, they will be late.

Whenever you have a schedule of things to do at certain times, you may experience delays. Once you are delayed, you need to hurry to the next thing on your schedule. If you are delayed, you are "running late". If you are running la
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"running late" is an expression which simply means you are late.

We're late.
We're running late.

They're the same.
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metal.carratt"running late" is an expression which simply means you are late.

We're late.
We're running late.

They're the same.

No, they are NOT the same.

You can be running late but still be on time for your next appointment if you hurry, as CJ explains above.

If I have a doctor's appointment at 2 and I wa
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Yes, you're right.
Perhaps it's more like
"We're going to be late." since that expressing your expectation but your expectation can always be wrong..
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