2011-05-22 Words and Their Stories: Bag Expressions
Now, the VOA Special English program WORDS AND THEIR STORIES. Different people have different ways of saying things – their…
2011-05-15 Words and Their Stories: Brass Tacks
Now, the VOA Special English program WORDS AND THEIR STORIES. Our expression today is “getting down to brass tacks.” It…
2011-05-08 Words and Their Stories: Top Brass
I’m Susan Clark with the Special English program WORDS AND THEIR STORIES. The Italians have an old saying, “Il dolce…
2011-05-01 Words and Their Stories: Water Expressions
Now, the VOA Special English program WORDS AND THEIR STORIES. Expressions about water are almost as common as water itself.…
2011-04-24 Words and Their Stories: When the Cat’s Away
Now, the VOA Special English program WORDS AND THEIR STORIES. Cats are the most popular pets among Americans. So it…
2011-04-17 Words and Their Stories: Hobson’s Choice
Now, the VOA Special English program WORDS AND THEIR STORIES. Making choices is necessary, but not always easy. Many of…
2011-04-10 Words and Their Stories: Fish Expressions
Now, the VOA Special English program WORDS AND THEIR STORIES. (MUSIC) Americans use many expressions about fish and fishing. For…
2011-03-27 Words and Their Stories: Proverbs About How to Live
Now, the VOA Special English program, WORDS AND THEIR STORIES. Today we explain more popular proverbs. A proverb is a…
2011-03-20 Words and Their Stories: Hold Your Horses
Now, the VOA Special English program WORDS AND THEIR STORIES. Today, we tell about “horse” expressions. In the past, many…
2011-03-13 Words and Their Stories: Monkey Expressions
Now, the VOA Special English program WORDS AND THEIR STORIES. monkeys are very similar to us in many ways. Most…
2011-03-06 Words and Their Stories: Deep Six
Now, the VOA Special English program WORDS AND THEIR STORIES. Sailors seem — to those of us on land —…
2011-02-27 Words and Their Stories: Food Expressions, Part Three
Now, the VOA Special English program WORDS AND THEIR STORIES. We present more expressions about food. They are from Elenir…
2011-02-20 Words and Their Stories: Food Expressions, Part Two
Now, the VOA Special English program WORDS AND THEIR STORIES. We received a list of expressions about food from Elenir…
2011-02-13 Words and Their Stories: Food Expressions, Part One
Now, the VOA Special English program WORDS AND THEIR STORIES. A listener from Brazil, Elenir Scardueli, sent us a list…
2011-02-06 Words and Their Stories: Ace in the Hole
Now, WORDS AND THEIR STORIES, a program in Special English by the Voice of America. It is surprising how many…