The verb run short means “not enough.” Yesterday my boyfriend asked me to lend him 50 USD because he was running short. Yesterday my boyfriend borrowed 50 USD because he didn’t have enough money. Linda brought up the coffee and said, We would like to serve it as black coffee. We are running short of sugar. We don’t have enough sugar.
All day, there is a casting for the lead actors of this movie or people. John also went to audition with him. Late in the evening I asked the president of selection how John was doing, and the president said John gave an x-double minus performance at the audition and lost his chance for the lead role. Chance to play the lead role Readers, x-double minus is a slang term used to refer to “doing badly” or “bad”, mostly for theatrical performances or singing.
What for is a noun phrase, an insult, or a punishment. Most of them use get what for or give what for e.g. The headmaster gave me what for because I am late. The headmaster scolds me for being late.
