Words And Their Stories

2010-10-10 Words and Their Stories: In the Red

Now, WORDS AND THEIR STORIES, a VOA Special English program about American expressions. I'm Rich Kleinfeldt with some financial words…

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2010-10-03 Words and Their Stories: Chickenfeed

I'm Susan Clark with WORDS AND THEIR STORIES, a program in Special English on the Voice of America. Almost every…

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2010-09-26 Words and Their Stories: Baloney

Now, the VOA Special English program WORDS AND THEIR STORIES. (MUSIC) Baloney is a kind of sausage that many Americans…

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2010-09-19 Words and Their Stories: Numbers Part Two

Now, the VOA Special English program WORDS AND THEIR STORIES. Last week, I told about the number one. Today, I…

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2010-09-12 Words and Their Stories: Number One

Now, the VOA Special English program WORDS AND THEIR STORIES. (MUSIC) Today I will tell about expressions using numbers. Let…

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2010-09-05 Words and Their Stories: Apple Pie Order

Now, the VOA Special English program WORDS AND THEIR STORIES. Today we tell about the expression, "apple pie order." It means in…

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2010-08-29 Words and Their Stories: Easy As Falling Off a Log

Now, the VOA Special English program WORDS AND THEIR STORIES. Every people has its own way of saying things, its…

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2010-08-22 Words and Their Stories: Touch All Bases

Now, the VOA Special English program WORDS AND THEIR STORIES. (MUSIC) American English is full of colorful expressions. One such…

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2010-08-15 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…

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2010-08-08 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…

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2010-07-25 Words and Their Stories: Get Your Act Together

I'm Susan Clark with the Special English program WORDS AND THEIR STORIES. A woman from Japan was telling a friend…

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2010-07-18 Words and Their Stories: Put Your Heart at Rest

Now, the VOA Special English program, WORDS AND THEIR STORIES. I'm Rich Kleinfeldt with some expressions using the word heart.…

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2010-07-11 Words and Their Stories: Heart to Heart

Now, the VOA Special English program WORDS AND THEIR STORIES. Each week, this program explains the many meanings of English…

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2010-07-03 Words and Their Stories: Fireworks

Now the VOA Special English program WORDS AND THEIR STORIES. I'm Rich Kleinfeldt. Today we tell about the word fireworks. The…

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2010-06-27 Words and Their Stories: You Do Not Have to Be a Rocket Scientist

Hello. I'm Phil Murray with WORDS AND THEIR STORIES, a program in Special English. "You do not need to be…

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