Check this!
Check up, check for, checkmate! There are many delightful ways that this word can be used.
WHEN my siblings and I were very young, we were reminded to keep things all around us. It started with mum our dressing and fingernails, our hair and our behaviour.
Dad was tion results, boy/girl friends, and what cinema shows we went to (there was no TV during my schooldays).
From the time we became independent, we have been regularly
our bills or bank accounts and bargains. There are times when we might take extra trouble to on some things to ensure accuracy or safety.
We go for a at clinics or hospitals. We at hotels and
when leaving. We
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checking on checking checking up on
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checking for
check out
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our
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our emails or websites for information and for entertainment. We new words or to confirm definitions and usage.
When playing chess, you would want to be the one calling out “And I am among those who have a fondness for
or patterns in clothes or tablecloths. Among friends and relatives, we
each other on how the others are doing, in gatherings and reunions. We those not well or having a difficult time.
I am also constantly checking my calendar over appointments and making a of things to do, or things to bring along when travelling.
I wish that coffeeshops, restaurants and shopping complexes would regularly their toilets to ensure good service which goes beyond good food. I wish that local councils would also illegal parking which is seen all over town. Holes and broken pavements
check up on
Checkmate!
checked
check with
checkered
check in on
checklist
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left unchecked
can cause accidents. People who demand respect but are not respectful need a
Here is an interesting (chiastic) quotation from the Internet on Reality Check: When you need advice, everybody is ready to help you. When you need help, everybody only gives
check.
reality
you advice.
All through life, we have a role to play to see that things are working well. We should also be ourselves first before criticising others. There’s a story about a shop-owner who was telling his wife that the shop opposite
in checking
checking
looked dirty. His wife pointed out that he was looking through their own glass window which needed cleaning badly!
Don’t worry, be happy! But be careful while you continue
things and people around
ing on
you!
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