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 and expressions used in business and the stock market. Our…
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 language in the world has a saying that a person…
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 eat often. The word also has another meaning in English.…
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 will tell about expressions using other numbers. Some problems are…
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 us start with the number one. Numbers can be tricky.…
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 perfect order, very well organized. Nobody is sure…
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 own special expressions. Some of these expressions are easy to…
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 expression is to touch all bases. It comes from the…
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 words and expressions. Some of these are very old. Some…
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 Jefferson, the third president of the United States. Many years…
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 about her trip to the United States. The woman had…
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. People believed for a long time that the heart was…
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 expressions. Today’s expressions include a very important word – heart.…
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 expression fireworks gets its meaning from the fireworks that…
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 a rocket scientist.” Americans hear these words often. People say…