hello Lindsay how are you hello Aubrey I'm doing very well today uh today we're recording on a
Friday so I'm about ready for the weekend yes Fridays are the best you have the whole weekend
in front of you are you going to go to any fun restaurants this weekend any restaurants in Denver
you've been wanting to check out no I mean there's a few good restaurants in Denver but Denver is not
a big Food City I have to be honest so not really I'm going to the movies tonight I'm excited gotcha
we are there's um some family friends we have a soccer game tonight and the the other girls
on my daughter's soccer team were like let's all go out after the game and they recommended this
taco place kind of close to where the game is so we've never been I'm excited to check it out yeah
do you have good Mexican food in in Arizona yes but there's almost too many choices right there's
there's so many I don't know if I could ever go to all of them yeah for sure I've noticed that
Mexican food and Tacos particularly are so much better on the west side of the country than the
east side it's true bad when I lived in New York I had a a really difficult time finding good Mexican
food good tacos and they're like uh three on every corner here oh my gosh it's so good yes it's so
much better for sure but other kinds of food are better on the East Coast I guess yes that's true
right they have their their fancier restaurants over there I'm excited for this linday we had a
great question about phrasal verbs one of them we used a couple times in this opening I asked
what you want to check out and so let's read this question and let you know what we're getting into
and this came from YouTube by the way I mean you can catch hopefully soon these particular actually
allers English yes allers English episodes are on YouTube and we're hoping soon that business
English will also be over there so find us on YouTube here's the question grammar episodes are
really my favorite always exciting to listen to these great episodes and learn something new from
you guys so thank you oh that's amazing Aubrey how does that make you feel I know I'm glad because
the grammar episodes are a lot of work so I'm glad to hear you guys appreciate them I love it
yeah I love it I also have a grammar question okay I was wondering if you can break down the usage of
the phrasal verbs check out check in and check on they all sound very similar to me but I've
noticed native speakers use them in different ways so thanks again and this is from Ludy uh
on YouTube so yes you guys can leave questions like this in comments on our YouTube videos that's
awesome place for you to leave a question and all three of these phrasal verbs are used extremely
often and are all great for Connection in English right Lindsay yeah these are connection verbs for
sure just because they're used so much and we're making recommendations here we are telling people
to what to pay attention to right exactly that that fun conversation we had at the beginning
where I'm asking you are there any restaurants you want to check out and I'm telling you about
one like what a fun conversation absolutely it's fun right or if I'm visiting a city what should I
check out in terms of food love that yes exactly but the tricky thing is these each have multiple
meanings oh yeah so we're going to need to do an episode for each so guys hit follow for the next
installments of this three-part series because each of these phrasal verbs is going to be its
own episode oh I'm excited for that that's going to be coming out in the probably in the next month
or so Aubrey right more less yeah I love it I love it all right hit follow guys so today which one
are we focusing in on just zooming in on Che out talking about check out which has five different
meanings guys oh my gosh Aubrey are you are you serious imagine trying to do all three of these
phrasal verbs in one episode when just check out has five meanings never never we there's so much
out there to teach you guys we're going to take it bit by bit and make sure we focus on connection
not Perfection that's the key absolutely right so you guys when you hear these you'll understand
them and you can use them to connect in English that is the goal yes okay then where do we start
what is the first meaning yeah the first one is the one I used when I asked if you have any
restaurants you want to check out it means to find out information or to like make sure everything is
correct or satisfactory about something so from the opening check out a restaurant right really
means you're going to find out information about that restaurant or make sure that you would like
it yeah there's a lot there's a lot here there are a lot of ways that we would use it for this
particular meaning for example I need my mechanic to check out this car before I decide whether to
buy it weren't we talking about lemons in an episode a few weeks ago this is right this is
just wise life advice have a mechanic check out a used car before you purchase don't buy a lemon and
we said in that episode guys a lemon is a a used car that is just fall does but you bought it yes
exactly all right what would be another example so you could say wherever we go my dog always runs
around to check the place out oh that's so cute yeah that's what we do they say that if you take
your dog somewhere like an Airbnb or a hotel room or a home you should let them kind of walk around
on the leash and sniff it all out so they get comfortable to check it out absolutely makes sense
right so yeah you can see already we're talking about checking out restaurants having a mechanic
check out the car the dog's checking out the plate it's all the same meaning of like finding out
information about a place or making sure that everything is on the up and up everything is
correct and satisfactory and I don't think we can overemphasize how common this phrasal verb is in
this usage is it it's used probably at least once per conversation if not like once per sentence in
every conversation like all the time okay quite a lot quite a lot then in other words all right
fair enough um what about another you another meaning another usage yes the other way we use
check out is it means look at or notice something so for example oh you should check out that video
on YouTube so it means like just go watch it go look at it something we think you should notice
yes or that guy is totally checking you out so you might hear teenagers saying this right um exactly
right if someone is noticing someone else we use this phrasal verb check out they're checking them
out yeah and the dating world that kind of thing super common in that way too yeah okay Third Way
Aubrey what is it yeah so this means to prove something true or correct so for example her
claim didn't check out once we looked into it so it means you have like proven something false if
it doesn't check out yes or we'll see if that checks out this one's a little more uh rare but
I actually like it I do too it's an interesting way cuz if you're going to say to someone like
um I don't know I'll see if what you're telling me is true that can almost seem kind of offensive um
that you're making this assumption that it might not be this is a little less um maybe blunt and
potentially offensive just to be like okay we'll see if that checks out right right right and it
makes me think of a bonus for today which is add up right don't add up the numbers don't add up it
doesn't make any sense exact same meaning right to say something checks out or something adds up
that's interesting that could be another episode where we take that off on that tangent around not
trusting what someone has said your gut is telling you something's wrong that could be a great
putting two and two together is another idiom yeah stay tuned For an upcoming episode there's
a lot of interesting phrases for that all right good stuff so next one okay so this is settling
um someone's hotel bill we say checkout like we need to check out before 4 this is a little bit
more of a specific meaning we always say check out for this action yep also but very different right
very different from the other ones and then I'll go check us out and I'll meet you at the car yeah
right and it has a specific meaning of settling your bill at a hotel yeah but yeah it's so bizarre
how checkout can mean all of these different things and of course the opposite of checkout
is to a hotel is checkin right early check-in that kind of thing so just as we're learning checkout
let's just learn checkin as well nice yeah smart I we just recently got an early check-in when we
went to Rocky Point because we left really early and we got there at like and normal check-in was 4
but we emailed the owner cuz it was like uh Airbnb we were so happy to be able to like unload all of
our stuff and go and have a beach day yeah we asked for that a lot actually it was probably
kind of annoying but sometimes we'll get in early and we just asked for an early check in usually
with Airbnb they can make it happen yeah if they can just send like the cleaning crew early G
it's such a bonus or if the place has already been cleaned honestly and it's just for whatever reason
it's an arbitrary 300 p.m. check-in time sometimes you can ask for an early check-in yeah yeah like
here's the code go on in it's amazing love it all right this is our last meaning and it means
to pay or borrow so for example I need to check out some books at the library and here check out
means to borrow these items Aubrey do you go to the do you still check out books from the library
do you go to library sometimes and get books all the time all the time I think this is partially
a mom thing because my kids fly through books right they read like a book a day especially if
it's like those graphic novels that you can read really really fast so they'll go and get a stack
of books I think our library lets you check out like 35 books at a time and we get close to that
sometimes because they each get a and the next week they're ready for a new stock of books right
that is impressive whoa I have to catch up to that level of reading very important in fact it's
really smart our library tallies for you how much you've saved by going to the library every time
you check out it's like you have saved $30,000 by checking books out at the library instead
of buying them new I'm like I love that it makes sense because what do you do you donate use books
it it just makes total sense to go to the library to find your books 100% well Aubrey before we get
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that just makes my day it's so nice I know I know I know I love it too it's so good um all right do
we have a role play yes so I'm gonna share about a book actually I'll start us out here ready yes hey
check out this book I found at the library looks interesting yes I checked it out yesterday and I'm
almost finished nice I actually left a library book in my hotel last week weekend oh no yeah
I went to check out and left it in the lobby can they send it to you yeah they're mailing it I had
checked out reviews before our trip and saw good feedback about their customer service and now I
know it totally checks out oo creative use of that check right must to really figure out how to get
that in there I know because we do use that one a little less right it's a little less common to
say something checks out meaning it's true you've proven it true right we I was able to squeeze all
five of these phrasal into this little role play and it didn't even feel like it felt like we would
use all of these we just Ed this word so often yeah we do and so the first one the most common
way right hey check out this book I found it at the library yeah it means like look at it look at
this book I found check out this book I actually would say this check out way more often than I
would say look at this that almost feels weird look at this book yeah check out yeah look at
this book check out feels so much more casual more natural more native for our listeners totally yes
and then I said checked it out yesterday meaning borrow from the library okay yeah and you could
also actually be saying I looked at it yesterday too that's true right if somebody else had it and
I checked it out or maybe I see it at the library like I checked it out at the library and then I
checked it out at the library exactly that's why means things is everywhere it's everywhere
that's why I'm so happy we're showing this to our listeners today then I said yeah I want to check
out sorry I went to check out and I left it in the lobby now this is the hotel right yeah so you
went to settle your hotel bill and you had your book with you and you probably like set it on the
counter this is totally something I would do or my sunglasses or my wallet just leave it there when
I check out of the hotel I'm really terrible about that ah interesting okay and then you really snuck
in that checked out how did we do that yeah so first you said I had checked out reviews for this
hotel before our trip meaning I wanted to find out information right I checked out the reviews and
then the very last one what did you say I know it I said I looked at the feedback and their customer
service and now I know that that feedback totally checks out so I I know it's true I know that
exactly right so you had read these great reviews and then when they said absolutely we can mail you
this book back no problem you're like okay that feedback checks out like it's been proven true
to me yeah I think we'll come back to that whole topic of maybe on maybe on business English maybe
on allers English we don't know but the idea of does something check out does it add up can we
trust our gut here is our gut telling us something different right really interesting absolutely yeah
make sure to follow both shows cuz that happens a lot we'll have an idea like this and then you
never know if I decide it's better on business English or allers English so you have to follow
both shows guys and might as well be on is energy too while you're at it if you're taking exam right
good point all right Aubrey what's our takeaway what do we need to know as a final thought for
check you guys know phrasal verbs can be tricky there's five meanings just for checkout right they
each have very different meanings this breakdown of checkout will definitely help you understand
how to use it and understand when you hear it and you should be using phrasal verbs right it's a
much more native natural way to communicate rather than often the much more formal verbs that would
replace these phrasal verbs yes phrasal verbs are the way to connection so don't ignore them phase
them into your English and if you need to take away one use of this phrasal verb today take the
first one to find out information wouldn't you agree would that's such a great ask people to
or you've cheed out TV movies books restaurants just such a great way to to spark a conversation
I me I might actually edit that and just say take the first slse second one because they are similar
right the first one is having your mechanic check out your car examine and number two is look at
that I would actually take the second one look hey check out my new book check out what's on
TV tonight you know check out this new restaurant I think that one is the more common do you think
so yeah that's true we use them both a lot so I would say pull both of those we can't choose
just one right we use these both all the time and and yeah so the first two prioritize the first two
prioritize the first two and always well above all prioritize connection right Aubrey yes absolutely
all right good stuff I'll talk to you soon have a good day awesome thanks lindsy byebye [Music] bye