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Hottl Magnifico
Mona Lott didn't enjoy her holiday at the Hotel Magnifico, so after the holiday
she wrote a letter to the travel agent with a list of her complaints.
Use these phrasal verbs with run to complete her letter.
( through over out of away after up into down 1
Dear 5ir,
I am writing to complain about my recent holiday at the Hotel Magnifico. Let me just
run (I) ............................ some of the main problems we had.
Firstly, your brochure claimed that the local people were vey friendly and welcoming.
However, on our arrival at the airport, we were attacked by a strange man who ran
into my husband with a baggage trolley causing him a serious inju y. We still don%
know the cost of the medical bills we have run (2) ............................ because of
this incident. The attacker also took our suitcase, but luckily I managed to run
(3) ............................ him and get our bag back.
As for the location of the hotel, you promised us that it was located in a pleasant
neighbourhood. However, just 200 metres away, there were dozens of old buildings
that were really run (4)............................. Some of the buildings didn't even have a
roof on them!
The brochure claimed that the town was very safe but when I drove down to the beach
there were several cars travelling on the wrong side of the road and I had to swerve to
avoid them. On one occasion I nearly ran (5) ............................ a pedestrian who
crossed the road without looking in my direction at all.
I'm afraid I ran (6) ............................ a few problems with the hotel staff too. They
didn't speak English so I tried to speak their language but when I told them that I
was sick of the food in the restaurant, they all just ran (7) .............................
On a happier note, we thought it was a nice touch leaving those bowls of
cornplimenta y salad in our room. But why was the salad all red and blue Had you
run (0)............................ green salad like lettuce and cucumber
Yours faithfully
Mona Lott
Now work in pairs.
Match the phrasal
verbs and their
definitions.
1 run through
2 run over
3 run out of
4 run away
5 run after
6 run up (a bill)
7 run down
8 run into (a problem)
a) chase, follow
b) leave quickly
c) hit someone with a vehicle
d) allow to deteriorate, criticise
e) use something up, have none left
f) spend a lot of money on something
g) summarise
h) start experiencing difficulties
TIMESAVER PHRASALVERBSANO IDIOMS CI MARY GLASGOW MAGAZINES. AN IMPRINT OF SCHOLASTIC INC. )