when the paintets turned up, they told him that the local shops in Washington had run out of red and blue paint 에서 run out of 가 just bought 로 해석된다는데.....잘 모르겠어요. 부족하다는 뜻 아닌가요?

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a few hours before Guillardot set off on his 8848-meter climb, a young newspaper journalist asked 에서 set off 는 prepareed for 뜻이라네요. 이해가 안되요. 출발하다는 안되나요?