and, having just come back from a trip to England

I realise how often we use the word - check -

so I thought I'd do a quick 5 minute lesson just to give some

just to give you some phrases with the obvious

and the less obvious uses of the word check

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so I'm going to write up on the board some phrases now

and, bear with me... keep watching until the end of the video

and I will say the phrases

with voice intonation for the pronunciation

and also I'll explain the context if it's not obvious

OK then, I've written up these phrases...I want to say them with my normal voice intonation

and then I'll explain them...they are I think.. mostly fairly obvious

but...I'll explain them anyway

so here's the first one

right if they're not already clear

I'm going to explain them

I'm going to add some captions down there

if you want to turn the captions on

you will see the explanation with subtitles

which I've added

OK then..let's do the first one

now in this context and in many contexts similar to this

you are going to control that something has arrived or

or is present or that something has been done

this is the idea of controlling something to see whether it has been done or something has arrived

so that's very common.....you can say in any sentence

if you're not sure about if something has been done or arrived

I'll check

now this check out is different from number 3 which is the obvious...- check out of a hotel -

this check out is interesting because it's so common when

people are trying to draw your attention to go and look at something

very often it's an advertiser

but it could just be a friend who wants to suggest that you go and look at something

...'go and check out the new film with Brad Pitt...'

its drawing your attention to go and look at something which you may be interested in

I think this is a good one...and you see it everywhere

this is the most obvious one of them all..I think......

you've all been in hotels and when you check out of the hotel

you go and pay at reception and then you leave after your visit or after your stay

now this one is slightly different from check in.....check into

it means that you are going to investigate something

again, it's similar to controlling, but it's more investigate

somebody wants some information...you don't have the answer immediately

so you go and investigate and then you will call them and give them the information

so you're going to check into the matter or check into the situation and then resolve the problem..if it's a problem

so that's a slightly different check into

and regarding this 'check'

now this means, rather than to see if something has arrived,

it means ...to control whether something is as it should be

where someone or you have to check something is as you want it or as it must be

so that's a good one and slightly different from seeing if something has arrived

and .....you all know this one...if you have flown in an airplane

you will have checked in your bags at the check-in desk

before you go through security....and it means precisely that

that you give your bags that you want to send in the hold of the airplane

that is....not take into the cabin, which is called a cabin bag or hand luggage

so this means that you check it in..give your bags to be sent in the hold