My book club meeting has been (1)running once a month since August 2011. The members and venues have changed along the years, but the topics haven’t (2)run out yet. Actually, It was impossible for me to continue on my own. I sometimes complained to the other members, “I have no idea to continue it, or “We’ve (3)run out of interesting books!” etc…
When I said those kinds of things which (4)nipped the future in the bud, some members often gave me good advice to motivate me. I always appreciate all the attendees and the good opportunities to discuss an interesting topic. My book club is based on discussing Japanese books. I hope I can attend other book clubs in the future which are based in English.
Before the Revision
Title: Don’t nip in the bud
My book club meeting has been (1)running on once a month since August in 2011. The members and venues were changing, but the topic is not (2)run out yet. Actually, It was impossible to continue for me alone. I sometimes complained to other members. “I have no idea to continue it.” “We’ve (3)run out of an interesting book!” etc…
When I said that kind of things which (4)nipped the future in the bud, some members often gave me good advice to motivate me. I always appreciate all attendees and the good opportunity to discuss an interesting topic. My book club based on a Japanese book. I hope I will attend other book clubs which is based in English in the future.
homework:
(1) run on: Continue without interruption.
(e.g )”We didn’t expect the chairman’s speech to run on for so long.”
(2) run out: Expire, come to an end.
(e.g )”Let’s order now before the offer runs out.”
(3) run out of: Have no more of something.
(e.g )”What a nuisance! We’ve run out of coffee.”
(4)nip in the bud: If you nip a problem or an unacceptable situation in the bud, you stop it at an early stage, before it develops or becomes worse.
(e.g ) He wanted to be a clown, but his parents soon nipped that idea in the bud.
notice
In this article, I try to appropriate use 4 phrasal verbs(No.1~4) in this article which I write my daily life and thoughts because I’m learning English. This is one of writing training.