in
ɪn
Step inside and you are one of them
The picture Something outside crosses the line and is now held inside the frame. In crosses the edge inward; out crosses it outward.
Where the picture shows up in in
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the body goes inside
Please come in and take a seat.
pliːz kʌm ɪn ənd teɪk ə siːt
Come in and take a seat.
A foot crosses the doorway into the room
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into the other person's hands
Hand in your report by Friday.
hænd ɪn jʊər rɪˈpɔːrt baɪ ˈfraɪdeɪ
Turn in your report by Friday.
The report leaves your hands and lands inside the other person's open hands
Hand in means putting it inside the other person's hands.
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into the blank box
Fill in your name and phone number.
fɪl ɪn jʊər neɪm ənd foʊn ˈnʌmbər
Write your name and phone number here.
Letters drop one by one into the empty boxes
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inside, at her desk
She's not in right now.
ʃiːz nɑːt ɪn raɪt naʊ
She's away from her desk right now.
The square of her desk is empty — she is not inside it right now
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inside the list
Count me in.
kaʊnt miː ɪn
I'm joining too.
My name steps inside the list and the list grows by one line
All of it in one picture
In is one step inside a frame. A body goes in and you have come in; a report goes into someone's hands and it is handed in; letters go into the boxes and the form is filled in; you are inside the square of your desk and you are in; a name goes into the list and you are counted in. The moment you are inside, you belong to it — that is the feeling under every in.