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English Lesson # 129 – To run out of steam (Learn English Conversation, Vocabulary & Phrases)
In this English lesson you will learn the idiom – ‘To run out of steam’. You will learn how to use this phrase in your daily English conversation, making you speak English fluently and confidently.
Sometimes you are so involved in doing something, but later lose interest in the same. The idiom ‘to run out of steam’ basically means to suddenly lose the energy or interest in something that you were doing. When you are enthused about doing something, you focus on it. But after a while, you may just lose interest and motivation. This means you have run out of steam.
To run out of steam, literally, means to run out of fuel or energy. It’s used commonly to express that someone has become exhausted and can no longer continue working.
For example, at a family get together, your grandmother is very excited to meet her relatives and enjoys chatting to each of them. But as time passes, she feels tired and sleepy as she is totally out of energy and enthusiasm. It means, your grandma is running out of steam.
In this idiom, ‘run’ is a verb in the present form. ‘Ran’ is its past form and ‘run’ is the past participle.
Example sentences for learn conversation:
Example 01 : When the meeting went on for long, Ria got tired and ran out of steam.
Example 02 : When she runs out of steam, Samantha relaxes at the beach to refresh herself.
Example 03 : Amy loves cycling; she can cycle call day long without running out of steam.
Example 04 : Little John ran out of steam, after making repeated attempts to write his speech.
Example 05 : Dealing with angry customers daily over the phone, has made James run out of steam.
Example 06 : The guitar instructor trains with great enthusiasm so his student doesn’t run out of steam and remains focused.
Example 07 : The manager was surprised when William told her that he was running out of stem to complete his project.
Example 08 : Maria and Cathy decided to take a short break from their shopping, when they ran out of steam.
Example 09 : The engineers work at the site continuously and do not run out of steam.
Example 10 : They started painting their house, but ran out of steam halfway through.
We hope this English lesson has helped you learn a new idiom and how to use it in your conversation to become fluent in English conversation.
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I will think about my future if i would able to done that
i drink lemon water to avoid running out of steam.
I try concentrate on the benefit of doing things, because all we do has to have purpose of acomplishement at least simple duties
There are many ways to avoid running out of steam. For me, I usually take a break and listen my love songs.
i decided to take day off from my work when i ran out of steam
running out of steam , I decided to take a vacation
I watch vedio when i run out of steam
Relentlessly working on gstin errors made me run out of steam
I play football when I run out of steam of studying
I make a painting everytime I run out the steam to study.
I was running out of steam to teach. So I told all the students to go home very early.
Yesterday, the meeting went on for long, I was very tired and ran out of steam.
u can watching and learning from your videos without running of steam
I try to motivate myself by imagining good days after hard work when i run out of steam
Doing the facial massage daily, I run out of steam as it needs much time.
Raman starts jogging and he couldn't run out of steam, as he loves to jog.
yes,,i exhausted often towards my work i ran out of steam through drunk some coffee brings me back in life.
I take lots of short break to prevent myself from running out of steam. I also listen to music, exercise, and hang out with my friends to recharge myself whenever I run out of steam.
The average attention span of a typical college student is 25 mins before running out of steam.
whenever I run out of stream, I starts to play badminton or watching movies
i was very enthusiastic about leatding new words as i was watching your videos..but when i watch a lot of them i run out of steam
whenever i run out steam, i ussually listen to music, dance, go shopping or take a walk at night.
take a rest then keep going 😀
After listening to boring lecture of history I really ran out of steam.
Thanks for this very useful lesson, I don't even run out of steam watching it!!! (Y)
I never run out of steam when I learn new words or idioms on your channel! thanks so much.
i learned new words and how to used in conversation defectively through your lessons thank you
when ever i feel run of out steam doing something, ill call up my frds and family to get refresh
i could learn English here all day without run out of steam . Thank you
Exercising more than an hour make me run out of steam.
i am very enthusiastically listening these videos which never put me under run out of steam….
When I don't take break, then I run out of steam
i will get ready to divulge of my personal interest while discussing with cultures and behaviour.
i do listen music or watch some videos when i run out of steam..
matchless work u are doing sir thank u
That is the great expression. I have a habit of walking around the park when I run out of steam.
My continuous industriousness and penchant help me to conquer the knowledge and carve out a better job; however, sometimes I run out of steam. To keep myself motivated, I listen to music and lie in.
I'm not the kind of person that can concentrate on something for a long term, even when i do what i feel interested in, like learning English. But lately i have read an English book, which told me to write and then sign a contract with my own self. Like how many days a week and how many hours a day will i spend on English, and so on. And that contract is really helpful, obviously i don't want to break the contract with myself or even feel like a procrastinator. And i can say that contract is the thing that keep motivating me and pushing me to reach my goals.
Interesting.
whenever I run out of steam, watching a comic movie or taking a nap help me fresh my body and my mind. It seems easier to deal with than we feel depressed.
After working all day long, i run out of steam. But, last weekend when my friends came to visit me, we stayed up late, woke up early and hung out together entire day, I didn't run out of steam at all.
My mom had yelled at me because i didn't want to cook because i ran out of steam