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15 January 2009 

Today at VOA:

News in 45 Languages
Words and Their Stories

Each Sunday, Special English presents a five-minute program about words and terms used in everyday American English.

Computer Terms: Ever Google Someone?  Audio Clip Available
On WORDS AND THEIR STORIES: English terms that are part of the Information Age.
  • Money: He Hit the Jackpot  Audio Clip Available
  • More Money: Money Can Make People Do Strange Things  Audio Clip Available
  • Money, Money, Money: Dinner Is on the House  Audio Clip Available
  • Get Your Act Together: Organization Is the Name of the Game  Audio Clip Available
  • Nicknames: America's 50 States (First of Four Parts)  Audio Clip Available
  • Nicknames: America's 50 States (Second of Four Parts)  Audio Clip Available
  • Nicknames: America's 50 States (Third of Four Parts)  Audio Clip Available
  • Nicknames: America's 50 States (Fourth of Four Parts)  Audio Clip Available
  • Hit: If a Student's Grades Hit Bottom, It Is Time to Hit the Books  Audio Clip Available
  • Money Talks: Everything Else Walks  Audio Clip Available
  • Chickenfeed: It Doesn't Add Up to Much  Audio Clip Available
  • Blizzard: Don't Let This Expression Snow You  Audio Clip Available
  • Hot: He Was a Hotheaded Hot Shot!  Audio Clip Available
  • Nuts and Bolts: The Mechanics of Any Organization  Audio Clip Available
  • Cold: She Felt the Cold Hard Reality of Life  Audio Clip Available
  • Chickenfeed: It Doesn't Add Up to Much  Audio Clip Available
  • Hands: She is Making Money Hand-Over-Fist  Audio Clip Available
  • Colors: I'm Feeling Very Blue Today  Audio Clip Available
  • Stock Market: The Business of Investing  Audio Clip Available
  • Touching All Bases: Baseball Rules!  Audio Clip Available
  • A Chip on Your Shoulder: What Are You Going to Do About it?  Audio Clip Available
  • Insect Expressions: I Don't Mean to Bug You  Audio Clip Available
  • Medical Terms: A Clean Bill of Health From the Doctor  Audio Clip Available
  • Back, Shoulders and Chest: A Pat on the Back for a Job Well Done  Audio Clip Available
  • Numbers: I, for One, Use These Expressions Often  Audio Clip Available
  • More Numbers: Two Heads Are Better Than One  Audio Clip Available
  • Farm: It's Not Worth a Hill of Beans  Audio Clip Available
  • Bird Words: Someone Who Eats Like a Bird Eats Very Little  Audio Clip Available
  • Fish Expressions: This All Sounds Very Fishy  Audio Clip Available
  • Bigwig: Such an Important Person!  Audio Clip Available
  • It Will Not Wash: Does It Work, or Not?  Audio Clip Available
  • Green: More Than Just a Color  Audio Clip Available
  • Eureka: The Word Just Burst Out!  Audio Clip Available
  • Pan: The Critic Panned My Work  Audio Clip Available
  • Mouth Expressions: The Experience Left a Bad Taste in My Mouth  Audio Clip Available
  • Let's Do Business: I Made a Sweetheart Deal Last Month  Audio Clip Available
  • What Does the Average Joe Think?  Audio Clip Available
  • Who Put Lipstick on That Pig?  Audio Clip Available
  • American Election Expressions  Audio Clip Available
  • Let's Get Down to Brass Tacks  Audio Clip Available
  • Fall Guy: He Took the Blame for Someone Else  Audio Clip Available
  • Doughboy: Military Expressions  Audio Clip Available