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Words and Their Stories - VOA Learning English — 49 episodes
What Does It Mean 'To Mushroom'? - March 13, 2025
'Watching the Grass Grow' Is Not Fun - March 11, 2025
Green Means Spring and Other Things - March 07, 2025
How to 'Dish Up' Something Good - February 27, 2025
The Importance of Being ‘Dialed In’ - February 20, 2025
Don't Miss a Thing With 'Eagle Eyes' - February 13, 2025
What Does It Take to Be a 'Power Couple'? - February 05, 2025
‘Kitchen-Table’ Is a Type of Politics - January 30, 2025
Sometimes We 'Spread Ourself Too Thin' - January 20, 2025
Knee Jerk and Gut Reactions: When We Are Not in Control - January 16, 2025
The Story of Jack Frost - January 10, 2025
'Kicking Off' a New Year - January 02, 2025
Expressions for New Year's Resolution - December 23, 2024
Expressions That ‘Stop You Cold’ - December 11, 2024
For Words of the Year: Brat, Brain Rot, Polarization - December 10, 2024
'Show Your Hand', other Card Idioms - December 05, 2024
What Does ‘Like Gangbusters’ Mean? - November 27, 2024
Learn 'Rub Elbows,' Other 'Rub' Expressions - November 20, 2024
What Does It Mean to 'Hit Pay Dirt' - November 14, 2024
Have You Ever Felt the ‘Long Arm of the Law?’ - November 07, 2024
For When You Do Something Wrong: Mea Culpa - October 31, 2024
Exploring the 'Butterfly Effect' - October 24, 2024
Expressions Using Our Head and Shoulders - October 17, 2024
When in Rome … - October 10, 2024
Is ‘Pie in the Sky’ Just a Dream? - October 03, 2024
Keep Your Nose to the Grindstone - September 26, 2024
How to Use "Swimming" to Deal with Life's Situations - September 19, 2024
What Is Your 'North Star'? - September 13, 2024
‘Dead Giveaway’ Is Not as Dark as It Sounds - September 05, 2024
An Eye for an Eye - August 29, 2024
Reaching the 'Tipping Point' - August 22, 2024
Sometimes Help Is Just 'A Phone Call Away' - August 16, 2024
One Person's Trash Is Another Person's Treasure - August 08, 2024
When Is Two Too Many? When It's a 'Double Whammy'! - August 01, 2024
Let's Talk about 'Going South' - July 25, 2024
Be Careful What You 'Bank On' - July 18, 2024
What Gives You 'Food for Thought'? - July 11, 2024
Partners in Crime - July 05, 2024
Learn Some 'Wave' Expressions - June 27, 2024
It’s Showtime! - June 20, 2024
Being 'Put Through the Wringer' Is Not Fun - June 13, 2024
Are You Strong 'Out of the Gate'? - June 07, 2024
Be Bold. 'Break the Mold'! - May 31, 2024
Many Handy 'Hand' Expressions - May 22, 2024
Ways to 'Divide and Conquer' - May 17, 2024
It's Time to 'Separate the Wheat from the Chaff' - May 10, 2024
What Good Comes from 'Casting a Wide Net'? - May 03, 2024
To Pull or Not to Pull Punches - April 25, 2024
Are You the Windshield or the Bug? - April 19, 2024