搜索 复制 'Full Steam Ahead!' And now, Words and Their Stories, from VOA Learning English. On this program, we explore words and expressions in the English language. Today we talk about steam. Steam is water heated to the boiling point. Above 100...
'Full Steam Ahead!' And now, Words and Their Stories, from VOA Learning English. On this program, we explore words and expressions in the English language. Today we talk about steam. Steam is water heated to the boiling point. Above 100 degrees Celsi...
搜索 复制 And now, Words and Their Stories from VOA Learning English. On this program, we explore words and expressions in the English language. Today we talk about the ocean. Oceans are amazingly large, deep bodies of water. When talking about s...
搜索 复制 Describing Things That Happen Very Fast And now, Words and Their Stories, from VOA Learning English. The English language has several expressions that describe things that happen very fast. Today we will talk about several. Some involve...
Do Your Best with This Car Expression And now, Words and Their Stories, from VOA Learning English. This program explores words and phrases in the English language. And today we talk about an expression that comes from the world of vehicles and the en...
'Airbrush' Your Way to Perfection And now Words and Their Stories from VOA Learning English. On this program, we explore words and expressions in the English language. Today we talk about the pursuit of perfection. Or at least the things we do to try...
You 'Hit the Jackpot!' And now Words and Their Stories from VOA Learning English. On this program we explore words and expressions in the English language. And today we talk about being lucky or having a great success -- or both! There are times in o...
Let's Get to the 'Root of the Problem' And now, Words and Their Stories from VOA Learning English. On this program we explore words and expressions in the English language. Today we talk about an important part of every plant the roots. The roots of...
And now Words and Their Stories from VOA Learning English! On this program we explore the meaning of words and expressions in the English language. Today we talk about a saying that comes from the world of carpentry. Two of the most basic tools for b...
And now Words and Their Stories from VOA Learning English. This program takes a deeper look at words and expressions in the English language. Sometimes we take one word and see where it leads us. Today, we look at the word fence. One definition of fe...
What Does It Mean to Get the 'Greenlight?' And now Words and Their Stories from VOA Learning English. In many parts of the world, the flow of traffic is controlled in part by traffic lights. Typically, they have three colors: green, yellow, and red....
And now, Words and Their Stories from VOA Learning English. Rain can be annoying. It can stop you from doing activities outside. So, it is easy to complain about rain. Of course, rain is important, especially for plants. Although rain might seem anno...
'Fresh As a Daisy,' Other Daisy Expressions And now, Words and Their Stories from VOA Learning English. On this program we explore words and expressions in the English language. The natural world gives us many of our expressions -- from weather to an...
搜索 复制 And now, Words and Their Stories from VOA Learning English. Spring has come to many places around the world. Here in the Northern Hemisphere, we celebrate the first day of spring on the vernal equinox. In 2022, spring began on March 20....
Are You a Big Fish in a Small Pond?' And now Words and Their Stories from VOA Learning English. On today's show we talk about an idiom involving fish and a pond. A pond is a small body of water. It is usually smaller than a lake. And our idiom today...
