Preview（腕試し）

Please guess the one best answer.

I ran into a former student a few weeks ago when I was browsing at Kinokuniya. We were both quite surprised.

This means:

A. I bumped into her hard. (She almost fell over!)

B. I met her unexpectedly.

C. I had an appointment to meet her.

D. I was running in the store and hit her.

Quick Glossary （用語辞典）

browse = 品物をぶらぶら見る

unexpectedly = 思いがけなく

phrasal verb = 句動詞

object = 目的語

Explanation （説明）& Examples（例文）

One meaning of this idiom is "to meet someone by chance."

I often run into students near Temmabashi Station, which is near the school I teach at.

Have you ever run into an old friend when you least expected to see someone you knew?

It can also mean "to meet with or face (something)"--usually some problem or difficulty.　

The construction project was going smoothly until we ran into a problem with the weather: it rained for three weeks straight.

The young man ran into a lot of trouble on his trip: his car broke down in Texas, and he lost his wallet in Arizona.

Grammar（文法）

This is an inseparable phrasal verb (for the meanings shown here), so the object should come after into. The following word order is natural:

I ran into a friend.

Putting the object after the verb is unnatural:

I ran a friend into.

Exercises （練習）

Type the appropriate form of the idiom "run into" in the box.

1. Karl often problems at work, but he always finds a solution to each one.

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2. Rumiko some former classmates in Umeda last Tuesday.

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