2020-12-01 Dictionaries Choose ‘Pandemic’ as 2020 Word of the Year
Two major dictionary publishers have chosen pandemic as the 2020 word of the year. Merriam-Webster and Dictionary.com both declared their…
2020-11-29 Three Words to Describe COVID-19
In today’s Words and Their Stories, we will talk about words from the health crisis that affects all of us…
2020-11-22 ‘Let’s Eat!’ Thanksgiving Dinner Idioms
Now, Words and Their Stories, from VOA Learning English. Thanksgiving is a holiday in the United States that involves family,…
2020-11-15 ‘No Smoke Without Fire’
And now, Words and Their Stories, from VOA Learning English. On this program we explore words and sayings in American…
2020-11-08 Want to Know a Secret? Maybe You’ll ‘Get Wind of It’
Now, Words and Their Stories, from VOA Learning English. Wind is a powerful force in nature. High wind speeds from…
2020-11-01 ‘Once in a Blue Moon’
And now, Words and Their Stories, from VOA Learning English. On this program we take an English word or expression…
2020-10-25 Jack-o’-Lantern: Why Is It Named ‘Jack’?
And now, Words and Their Stories from VOA Learning English. One of the most well-known signs of Halloween is the…
2020-10-18 Hard Nuts to Crack
Now, Words and Their Stories from VOA Learning English. During autumn in many parts of the United States, you can…
2020-10-11 Sometimes ‘It Takes Two to Tango’
And now, Words and Their Stories, from VOA Learning English. The tango is a South American dance that is passionate…
2020-10-04 It’s Not the End of the World
And now, Words and Their Stories from VOA Learning English. Each week on this program, we explain expressions often used…
2020-09-27 Do You Have a Sprinter or Marathon Mentality?
And now, Words and Their Stories, from VOA Learning English. Running is a popular form of exercise. It is something…
2020-09-20 Why Do We ‘Pay Through the Nose’ for Costly Things?
And now, Words and Their Stories from VOA Learning English. On this program we teach common words and expressions in…
2020-09-13 Deer Caught in Headlights
And now, Words and Their Stories, from VOA Learning English. On this program we teach common words and expressions in…
2020-09-06 Go Ahead: ‘Steal My Thunder’
And now, Words and Their Stories, from VOA Learning English. On this program we teach common English expressions and how…
2020-08-30 Test Your World With Two Science Terms
And now, Words and Their Stories, from VOA Learning English. Today we go back to school. We will talk about…