2016-09-18 Eureka! A Word of Discovery
Hello! This is the VOA Learning English program, Words and Their Stories. On this weekly program, we explore the origin…
2016-09-11 Table Tennis, Anyone?
Hello and welcome to Words and Their Stories from VOA Learning English! On this program, we explore the stories behind…
2016-09-04 Sometimes You Have to ‘Bite the Bullet’
Now, the weekly program Words and Their Stories from VOA Learning English. On this program, we explore the history and…
2016-08-28 Wheels: An Invention Worth Exploring
Now, the weekly program Words and Their Stories from VOA Learning English. On this program, we explore the history and…
2016-08-21 In English, Wolves Are Not to Be Trusted
Hello and welcome to Words and Their Stories from VOA Learning English. On this program we explore the history and…
2016-08-14 ‘Take’ Is a Building Block in English
Now, the weekly program Words and Their Stories from VOA Learning English. On this program, we explore the history and…
2016-07-31 Open a Window, It’s Smoky in Here!
Now, VOA Learning English program, Words and Their Stories. On this show, we are like word detectives. And like a…
2016-08-07 Tell Them You ‘Heard it Through the Grapevine’
Hello and welcome to another episodes of Words and Their Stories, a VOA Learning English program. Each week we explore…
2016-07-24 Thumbs Up or Thumbs Down?
Now the VOA Learning English program Words and Their Stories. Each week we explore the meaning and origin of American…
2016-07-17 ‘As American as Apple Pie’
Welcome back to Words and Their Stories from VOA Learning English! Each week we explore the roots and meaning of…
2016-07-10 Freudian Slip and Other Types of Psychobabble
Now, the VOA Learning English program Words and Their Stories! Each week, we tell about and explain sayings in American…
2016-07-03 American English vs. British English
Now the VOA Learning English program Words and Their Stories! The fourth of July is Independence Day in the United…
2016-06-26 The Real McCoy
Now, the VOA Learning English program Words and Their Stories. Each week, we tell the story of words and expressions…
2016-06-19 Make Sure You Are Not a Pain in the Neck
Now the VOA Learning English program Words and Their Stories. This program explores the origin and uses of popular words…
2016-06-12 Make a Splash!
Now, the VOA Learning English program Words and Their Stories. This is the show that explains the origin and usage…