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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
2021-12-18 ‘Omicron’ and ‘Eilish’ Among Most Mispronounced Words of 2021
Each year brings a new set of words that are widely used but difficult to pronounce. Among the terms making…
2021-12-11 Expressions to Help You Stay Healthy
And now, Words and Their Stories, from VOA Learning English. Today we talk about expressions that remind us to be…
2021-12-04 Vaccine or Vax for Word of the Year
The word “vaccine” can bring out emotions and discussions in ways it never did before the start of the pandemic.…
2021-11-27 It’s OK to ‘Take a Page from Someone Else’s Book’
And now, Words and Their Stories, from VOA Learning English. On today’s program, we talk about expressions related to books.…
2021-11-20 Dots and Spots
And now, Words and Their Stories, from VOA Learning English. Today we talk about dots and spots. Now, both “dot”…
2021-11-13 Let’s Talk About Our Shadow
And now, Words and Their Stories, from VOA Learning English. Let’s start today’s program with a riddle. What follows you…
2021-11-06 455 New Words Added to Dictionary
So, do you think learning all 1,500 words in the VOA Learning English Word Book is hard? We have got…
2021-10-31 Eek! Ghosts in our Expressions
And now, Words and Their Stories, from VOA Learning English. In the United States, October 31 is Halloween – the…
2021-10-24 It’s Nothing but Trouble to ‘Let The Genie out of the Bottle’
And now, Words and Their Stories, from VOA Learning English. The words we say are weightless sounds in the air.…
2021-10-17 Have Your ‘Chickens Come Home to Roost?’
And now, Words and Their Stories, from VOA Learning English. Like many languages, English loves to use animals in expressions.…