'All Over the Map' Can Be Good and Bad And now Words and Their Stories, from VOA Learning English. The world is filled with many interesting places. A map helps us find them. Any place you need to find -- a street address, business, famous landmark o...
The Best Way Is 'Tried-and-True' And now, Words and Their Stories, from VOA Learning English. On this program, we explore words and expressions in the English language. We give examples and notes on usage. Today we talk about things that are dependab...
And now, Words and Their Stories, from VOA Learning English. On this program we explore words and expressions in the English language. We give definitions, notes on usage, and examples. Today we talk about innovation. Innovation is an improved way of...
Who Would 'Bring Sand to the Beach'? And now, Words and Their Stories, from VOA Learning English. On this program we talk about common expressions in the English language. We give examples. And we talk about when and how to use them. Today we talk ab...
Where Is the 'Wrong Side of the Tracks'? And now, Words and Their Stories, from VOA Learning English. On this program, we explore words and expressions in the English language. We give examples and notes on usage. And sometimes we tell you how the ex...
Blaming Others With a Goat: A 'Scapegoat' And now, Words and Their Stories from VOA Learning English. Many of our English expressions come from our interactions with or observations of animals. Today we talk about an animal that gets blamed for a lot...
'The Road to Hell Is Paved With Good Intentions' And now, Words and Their Stories, from VOA Learning English. Roads are paved with different kinds of materials, such as concrete or asphalt. Older roads were paved with cobblestones. Some streets in Wa...
搜索 复制 Problems Happen When You Are 'Asleep at the Wheel' And now, Words and Their Stories, from VOA Learning English. On this program, we explore words and expressions in the English language. We give examples and notes on usage. The United S...
搜索 复制 And now, Words and Their Stories, from VOA Learning English. As humans, we have emotional states, also called moods. Sometimes we feel happy and sometimes sad. Other times we may feel angry or anxious or excited. Well, moods are not jus...
搜索 复制 Stay on Time with Clock, Watch Expressions And now, Words and Their Stories, from VOA Learning English. On this program we explore words and expressions in the English language. We give you examples and sometimes notes on usage. Today w...
搜索 复制 Let the 'Doors of Opportunity' Open Wide! And now, Words and Their Stories, from VOA Learning English. We walk through doors many, many times a day. If we want to enter any building, we must go through a door. And that building could be...
搜索 复制 Solving Problems with Sleep Expressions And now, Words and Their Stories, from VOA Learning English. A couple of years ago, we wrote a story titled Ways We Sleep. We taught expressions such as catch a few z's, get some shuteye, nod off,...
搜索 复制 Got Something to Hide? Try 'Sweeping It Under the Rug' And now, Words and Their Stories, from VOA Learning English. On today's show, we go into the home! We talk about a common object that gives us some useful expressions. That object i...
搜索 复制 Use a Sledgehammer to Crack a Nut And now, Words and Their Stories, from VOA Learning English. There are many kinds of nuts. There are walnuts, almonds, hazelnuts, cashews, and pistachios just to name a few. Nuts are good for you. And t...
搜索 复制 Englishs Mile Expressions Are a Mile Long And now, Words and Their Stories from VOA Learning English. In the United States, many people use the English system for measuring. While some people use the metric system, our idioms and expres...
