2013-01-06 Words and Their Stories: Belittle
Now, the VOA Special English program WORDS AND THEIR STORIES. Today’s word is belittle. It was first used by Thomas…
2012-12-16 Words and Their Stories: Santa Claus
Now, the Special English program WORDS AND THEIR STORIES. Santa Claus is someone who will remain in the hearts of…
2012-12-09 Words and Their Stories: State Nicknames, Part 4
Now, the VOA Special English program WORDS AND THEIR STORIES. Today, we finish telling about the interesting nicknames that have…
2012-12-02 Words and Their Stories: State Nicknames, Part 3
Now, the VOA Special English program, WORDS AND THEIR STORIES. (MUSIC) Today, we tell about more interesting nicknames of American…
2012-11-18 Words and Their Stories: State Nicknames, Part 1
Now, the VOA Special English program WORDS AND THEIR STORIES. A nickname is a shortened form of a person’s name.…
2012-11-04 Words and Their Stories: Down to Earth
Now, the VOA Special English program WORDS AND THEIR STORIES. Every week at this time, we tell about popular American…
2007-05-13 Numbers: I, for One, Use These Expressions Often
(MUSIC) Now, the VOA Special English program Words and Their Stories. Today I will tell about expressions using numbers. Let…
2007-05-06 Medical Terms: A Clean Bill of Health From the Doctor
Now, the VOA Special English program, Words and Their Stories. (MUSIC) Many professions have their own words and expressions. This…
2007-04-08 Chip on Your Shoulder: What Are You Going to Do About It?
Now, the VOA Special English program, Words and Their Stories. (MUSIC) Every week at this time we tell the story…
2007-04-01 Colors: I’m Feeling Very Blue Today
Now, the VOA Special English program, Words and Their Stories. (MUSIC) Every people has its own way of saying things,…
2007-02-25 Heard It on the Grapevine: What? Who Told You That?
Now, the VOA Special English program, Words and Their Stories. (MUSIC) Some of the most exciting information comes by way…
2007-02-18 Baloney: It’s Just Not True
Now, the VOA Special English program, Words and Their Stories. (MUSIC) Baloney is a kind of sausage that many Americans…
2007-02-11 Doughboy: Military Expressions
This is Phil Murray with WORDS AND THEIR STORIES, a program in Special English on the Voice of America. We…
2007-02-04 Feel The Pinch: The Pains of Economic Trouble
I’m Susan Clark with the Special English program WORDS AND THEIR STORIES. (MUSIC) In the nineteen thirties, a song, “Brother,…
2007-01-21 In the Red: Better to Be in the Black
Now, Words and Their Stories, a VOA Special English program about American expressions. I’m Rich Kleinfeldt with some financial words…