2018.01.05
“Keep (something) in check”の意味と使い方 Bizmates初級ビジネス英会話 Point 226
Keep (something) in check ってどういう意味？
Keep (something) in check は「管理する」という意味になります。感情や体調など、気をつけなければ手に負えなくなってしまうようなものに対して使います。
Keep (something) in check ってどういう場面で使うの？
たとえば、冬休み明けに職場での同僚との会話の中で：
Justin: I ate too much over the holidays! I gained at least 5 pounds!
You: Me too! We must keep our weight in check.
Justin: 休み中に食べ過ぎました！2キロは太ってしまいました。
You: 私もです！体重を管理しないとですね。
Keep (something) in check の自然な使い方を動画で学ぶ
こちらの動画で、発音や、会話の中での自然な使い方を、Bizmatesのプレゼンター Justinが解説します。
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Hello everyone, Justin here and welcome
to this year's very first Bizmates for
Beginners video lesson. I hope you all
had a wonderful New Year's vacation and
welcome back. So today everyone, let's get
started with the expression
"keep something in check." So let's find out how
to use it and what it means in our video
lesson today, but first let's do a quick
review of last week's class.
OK everyone so imagine I asked you:
What will you do for winter vacation?
And you cannot decide between going to
the hot springs or just staying at home and
relaxing. So how do you say that in a
more natural way using the expression
from last week? I'll give you five
seconds to think about it, okay? You ready?
All right go.
And time is up .If you said:
It's a toss-up between going to the hot
springs or just relaxing at home, then
you got it. Nice job and thank you for
remembering the expression. All right
everyone let's move on to "keep something
in check." Now this is what I sometimes
hear... alright so I just got back from
winter vacation and I'm talking to my
colleague, Taro, and I say: Taro, I ate too
much over the holidays! I gained at least
five pounds! Getting fat. And, Taro says:
Me too! We must control our weight. All right,
yes I agree, I agree. Now, okay, although
this expression is fine: "control our
weight" you might hear someone from a
native English-speaking country say
something like this: Me too! We must keep
our weight in check. OK, so when you
"keep something in check" it means to
control something. So for example, we have
to keep our emotions in check when
doing business, right? We have to control
our emotions when we are having our
meetings or negotiations, for example.
Okay? But in this case, we have to keep
our weight in check, we ate too much. For
our health, we need to control it, so we
need to control our eating habits. We
need to keep our eating habits in check.
Okay? All right so pronunciation, it's
very simple, as you see it here. Keep our
weight in check. OK so please repeat
after me: Keep our weight in check.
Your turn.
All right good, okay now after my
sentences here: I ate too much over the
holidays! I gained at least 5 pounds!
Your turn.
Alright, me too. We must keep our weight in check. OK so please remember this
expression for next time. All right so
our bonus question, is another way to say:
"talk about work" If you know what the
answer is, you can leave it in the
comments below; if you don't, you can find
it in one of our previous Bizmates for
Beginners video lessons. Alright everyone,
so that is it for me this week, thank you
so much for watching. I hope you have a
great start to 2018 and we'll see you in
many more videos to come.
Thank you very much.
to this year's very first Bizmates for
Beginners video lesson. I hope you all
had a wonderful New Year's vacation and
welcome back. So today everyone, let's get
started with the expression
"keep something in check." So let's find out how
to use it and what it means in our video
lesson today, but first let's do a quick
review of last week's class.
OK everyone so imagine I asked you:
What will you do for winter vacation?
And you cannot decide between going to
the hot springs or just staying at home and
relaxing. So how do you say that in a
more natural way using the expression
from last week? I'll give you five
seconds to think about it, okay? You ready?
All right go.
And time is up .If you said:
It's a toss-up between going to the hot
springs or just relaxing at home, then
you got it. Nice job and thank you for
remembering the expression. All right
everyone let's move on to "keep something
in check." Now this is what I sometimes
hear... alright so I just got back from
winter vacation and I'm talking to my
colleague, Taro, and I say: Taro, I ate too
much over the holidays! I gained at least
five pounds! Getting fat. And, Taro says:
Me too! We must control our weight. All right,
yes I agree, I agree. Now, okay, although
this expression is fine: "control our
weight" you might hear someone from a
native English-speaking country say
something like this: Me too! We must keep
our weight in check. OK, so when you
"keep something in check" it means to
control something. So for example, we have
to keep our emotions in check when
doing business, right? We have to control
our emotions when we are having our
meetings or negotiations, for example.
Okay? But in this case, we have to keep
our weight in check, we ate too much. For
our health, we need to control it, so we
need to control our eating habits. We
need to keep our eating habits in check.
Okay? All right so pronunciation, it's
very simple, as you see it here. Keep our
weight in check. OK so please repeat
after me: Keep our weight in check.
Your turn.
All right good, okay now after my
sentences here: I ate too much over the
holidays! I gained at least 5 pounds!
Your turn.
Alright, me too. We must keep our weight in check. OK so please remember this
expression for next time. All right so
our bonus question, is another way to say:
"talk about work" If you know what the
answer is, you can leave it in the
comments below; if you don't, you can find
it in one of our previous Bizmates for
Beginners video lessons. Alright everyone,
so that is it for me this week, thank you
so much for watching. I hope you have a
great start to 2018 and we'll see you in
many more videos to come.
Thank you very much.
