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 first expression is "in the red." It is another way…
As reports of the death toll rise in Nepal, countries and relief organizations around the world are rushing to send personnel and supplies to aid the search and rescue effort. Within hours after the earthquake struck Nepal on Saturday, April 25, Indi…
When English speakers talk about time and place, there are three little words that often come up: in, on, and at. These common words are prepositions that show a relationship between two words in a sentence. Some prepositions are rather easy for Engl…
Nepal has declared three days of mourning for the victims of Saturday's 7.8 magnitude earthquake that left nearly 5,000 dead and thousands more in desperate need of aid. In a televised news conference Tuesday, Nepalese Prime Minister Koirala thanked …
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potentially – adv. capable of becoming real, a possibility tackle – v. to deal with a difficult problem; in sports, to bring someone down to the ground gap – n., the space between two people or things; a space from which something is missing…
Words in This Story gerund - n. an English noun formed from a verb by adding -ing infinitive - n. the basic form of a verb; usually used with to except with modal verbs like should and could and certain other verbs like see and hear preposition - n.…
