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Speaker 1: When I checked out of the hotel, I decided to

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check out the used book shop across the street. It

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has a good reputation and for sure it checks out

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and I could be wrong, but for some reason, it

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seemed like the security guard there was checking me out.

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Oh well, check out this podcast.

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Speaker 2: Welcome to another Happy English podcast, coming to you from

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New York City. And here's your English teacher, Michael.

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Speaker 1: All right, thank you John, and thanks everyone. It's Michael

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here from Happy English and I help people speak English better.

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And this is Happy English Podcast, Episode eight twenty two,

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seven Meetings of check Out. Hello and welcome. Thanks for

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joining me for another episode of the Happy English Podcast.

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I'm your English teacher Michael, and I'm so glad you've

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decided to tune in and check it out, especially because

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today we're going to talk about a really common phrasal

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verb that shows up in tons of different situations, check out.

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I'm sure you've heard and even used check out before,

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but at the same time, I can imagine you haven't

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used check out in these various ways. And believe it

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or not, there are at least seven different ways we

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use check out in English. Some are totally every day

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in basic, others a little slangy, and one well a

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bit dark. So let's get into it and I'll walk

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you through each one with natural examples along the way.

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Probably the first way you learned to use check out

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was related to officially leaving a hotel and paying the bill,

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Like when you pack your suitcase and maybe ate way

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too much at the breakfast buffet and now it's time

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to leave. We say things like what time do we

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need to check out tomorrow? Or I already checked out

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and left the key at the front desk, or this

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hotel lets you check out with an app on your phone.

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Of course, the opposite is check in. Next, we use

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check out to mean to look at or to investigate something,

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especially something you are interested in, And we often use

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this meaning of check out when we want to make

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a suggestion, like hey, check out this YouTube video it's

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it's hilarious, or you should check out that new Italian

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restaurant on Fourteenth Street. The pizza is amazing, and by

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the way, thank you for checking out this podcast today.

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In a similar way, we use check out to mean

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verify something or to make sure that something is true.

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Imagine your coworker says, you know what I heard the

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company is going to create a new management position, And

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you respond, really, I didn't know that I should check

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that out. Or maybe someone says, hey, I did some

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investigating in Jack's story. Checks out That means the facts

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seem true, everything makes sense. You'll hear this kind of

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use of check out a lot in news reports and

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police dramas on TV, and yeah, everyday conversations too. Next up,

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the check out that happens at the end of almost

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every shopping trip, checking out at the store. This one's

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about paying for your items. You shop, you browse, you

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fill up your cart, and then it's time to check out.

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In other words, it's time to pay the cashier. You

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can say things like are you ready to check out?

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Or oh my, the line to check out is so long, simple, right,

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but a very common use, especially like if you're at

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Costco and somehow bought five things you didn't plan to buy.

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We've all been there, right. We also use check out

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when we take books home from the library. In English,

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when you borrow a book, we say check the book

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out from the library. I wonder if a lot of

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people still do that, Like I checked out three books

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from the library this week, and at my local library,

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you can check out DVDs too, not just books. When

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was the last time you checked out a book at

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the library? All right? Time for a slightly different one,

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kind of playful, kind of flirty. To check someone out.

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This means you're looking at someone that you find attractive.

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You're noticing them. It's not always romantic. Sometimes it's just curiosity,

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but it's definitely more about appearance. Like maybe you're out

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at a club or a bar with a friend and

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they say, hey, did you see that guy over there

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checking you out? Or maybe you walk into a room

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and someone goes, WHOA, he was totally checking you out?

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Have you checked out anyone recently? And finally, here's the

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darkest version of checkout on the list. Checkout is a

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slang term which means to die. Now. I know that

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death is a sensitive topic and you may not expect

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there to be slang about it, but we used check

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out this way either when we don't have a close

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relationship with a person who died, or when the death

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took place a long time ago. Like I heard that

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my old neighbor mister Miller checked out last night. I

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didn't really know him well, I just knew he lived

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in the neighborhood, so I used checkout, or like my

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grandfather checked out in nineteen eighty three. Now, you may

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feel uncomfortable using checkout in this way, and that's totally understandable.

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Using checkout to mention that someone died comes under the

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category of good to know, but maybe not good or

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easy to use. Yeah, this one's a little heavy, but

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you'll hear it sometimes in movies or TV shows, so

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it's good to know and keep in mind. The best

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way to remember English like this and any other word

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or phrase in English, is to take that word or phrase,

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write it in a sentence that's true for you or

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true in your world, and then memorize your sentences and

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