Out of painkillers

Listen a mother and her daughter on the phone. The mother is asking her daughter to go to the chemist's and buy some painkillers.

British English

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Daughter: Are you still getting the headaches?

Mum: They come and go.

Daughter: Don't forget to mention it to Dr. Klay when you see him.

Mum: It's nothing a couple more painkillers won't clear.

Daughter: Yeah, but it's best to check. Look, anyway, I'd better go.

Mum: Oh, I'm out of painkillers. Could you pick some up when you're at the chemist's? You could drop them off on your way back to work.

Daugter: I'll try and pop in but I can't promise. And I won't by able to stay.

I'm out of painkillers
Meaning	The painkillers are finished.
Examples	We need to go shopping, because we're out of bread.
Particle	Out sometimes means that something is finished. The verb run out is very similar: I've run out of painkillers would be the same.

Could you pick some up?
Meaning	She's asking her daughter to buy some painkillers.
Examples	Keys must be picked up and returned to the Area Office during regular office hours.
Particle	Up means preparing, starting, creating.

You could drop them off
Meaning	Stop at her mother's and give her the keys
Examples	Did you drop the keys off with Mel?
Particle	Off means departure. Letting something go.