Words And Their Stories (词汇掌故)

2022-02-26 Learn to Be Careful with the Alphabet

FILE - In this picture taken on Wednesday, March 12, 2014, a Syrian refugee boy Saleh el-Hussein, 5, looks on…

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2022-02-19 ‘Sugarcoat’ Pills and Bad News

drugs And now Words and Their Stories from VOA Learning English. Bad news can be hard to hear. It can…

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2022-02-12 Let Something ‘Pull at Your Heartstrings’

In this image taken from video, sheep form the shape of a heart in a field in Guyra, northern New…

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2022-02-05 Wordle: The Game that Quickly Became an Internet Hit

Wordle, the web-based word game is seen on a mobile phone in this picture taken February 1, 2022. (REUTERS/Andrew Boyers/Illustration)…

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2022-01-29 Do You Feel Stuck in ‘Groundhog Day’?

FILE - Groundhog Club handler A.J. Dereume holds Punxsutawney Phil, the weather predicting groundhog, during the 135th celebration of Groundhog…

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2022-01-22 Sometimes It Is Better ‘To Let Sleeping Dogs Lie’

In this March 31, 2021, Champ, President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden's dog, is seen on the South…

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2022-01-15 Is It Time to ‘Clean House’?

Workmen clean up outside the office of Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi the day after violent protesters loyal to…

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2022-01-08 Doctors and Nurses

And now, Words and Their Stories, from VOA Learning English. Whenever there is a health crisis, two groups of people can bring…

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2022-01-01 ‘Trash Talk’ and Other Trashy Expressions

And now, Words and Their Stories, from VOA Learning English. At the beginning of a new year, some people like to start…

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2021-12-25 Boxing Day and Box Expressions

And now, Words and Their Stories, from VOA Learning English. In some places around the world, the day after Christmas is called…

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