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 Guybrush88 Guybrush88 November 23, 2012 November 23, 2012 at 4:16:22 PM UTC link Permalink

corrected, thanks

human600 human600 January 12, 2013 January 12, 2013 at 9:07:13 PM UTC link Permalink

NNC:
ran up a lot of money => ran up a lot of charges

Otherwise, it is okay.

 Pfirsichbaeumchen Pfirsichbaeumchen April 26, 2017 April 26, 2017 at 11:45:33 AM UTC link Permalink

Run up a lot of charges – what does that mean?

human600 human600 April 26, 2017 April 26, 2017 at 3:48:18 PM UTC link Permalink

"Run up a lot of charges" means, using the credit card multiple times and purchasing a lot of things.

A "charge" is a transaction, using the credit card. (A synonym for "credit card" is "charge card", at least in American English.)

"Run up" has the sense of adding to something, many times. For example, at a bar, one can "open a tab", which means that the bar will keep serving you until closing time, and only then will they "close the tab" and collect the money, which is the total of all the charges for all the drinks that you ordered. In that case, we say that someone "ran up a tab" at the bar.

Another example is in sports. If one team keeps scoring points, we say that they "ran up the score".

I hope that helps.

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The police are really good at understanding someone stole my credit card and ran up a lot of money. It's a lot harder to get them to buy into "someone stole my magic sword".

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➜ #862Die Polizei ist gut darin zu verstehen, dass jemand meine Kreditkarte gestohlen hat und viel Geld abgehoben hat. Es ist viel schwieriger, ihnen beizubringen, dass „jemand mein magisches Schwert gestohlen“ hat.

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➜ #3879La police est douée pour comprendre que quelqu'un a volé ma carte de crédit et a amassé plein d'argent. C'est beaucoup plus dur de leur faire avaler que "quelqu'un a volé mon épée magique".

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➜ #384977De politie is er heel goed in om te begrijpen dat iemand mijn creditcard gestolen heeft en een heleboel geld heeft opgenomen. Het is veel moeilijker om ze bij te brengen dat "iemand mijn magische zwaard gestolen heeft".

linked by Dorenda, May 2, 2010
➜ #503097警方很能明白有人偷了我的信用卡，并提了好多钱。让他们相信”有人偷了我的魔剑“要难得多。

linked by sysko, September 20, 2011
The police are really good at understanding "someone stole my credit card and ran up a lot of money". It's a lot harder to get them to buy into "someone stole my magic sword".

edited by Guybrush88, November 11, 2011
➜ #1581911A la policía le es muy sencillo comprender que alguien ha robado mi tarjeta de crédito y se ha llevado una enorme cantidad de dinero. Es mucho más difícil hacerles comprender que "alguien ha robado mi espada mágica".

linked by marcelostockle, May 22, 2012
The police are really good at understanding "Someone stole my credit card and ran up a lot of money." It's a lot harder to get them to buy into "Someone stole my magic sword."

edited by Guybrush88, November 23, 2012
The police are really good at understanding "Someone stole my credit card and ran up a lot of charges." It's a lot harder to get them to buy into "Someone stole my magic sword."

edited by Guybrush88, January 13, 2013
➜ #1998007המשטרה מואילה בטובה להבין שמישהו גנב את כרטיס האשראי שלי והוציא לי המון כסף מהחשבון. הרבה יותר קשה לשכנע אותם ש"מישהו גנב את חרב הקסמים שלי".

linked by AlanF_US, August 27, 2015
➜ #6039382Politiet er rigtig gode til at forstå at "nogen har stjålet mit kreditkort og har hævet store beløb på det." Det er meget sværere at overbevise dem om at "nogen har stjålet mit magiske sværd."

linked by danepo, April 26, 2017