Words and Their Stories - VOA Learning English
258 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 17 hours ago - ★★★★ - 24 ratingsWords and Their Stories programs explain idioms and expressions that many learners of American English find difficult to understand.
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Episodes
What Are Your ‘True Colors’? - March 28, 2024
March 28, 2024 19:55 - 5 minutes - 4.69 MBWhen Is Something 'Ancient History'? - March 21, 2024
March 21, 2024 12:11 - 4 minutes - 4.06 MBWhen Do You 'Go Against the Grain'? - March 15, 2024
March 15, 2024 13:35 - 4 minutes - 4.06 MB'Dip Your Toes' or 'Take the Plunge'? - March 08, 2024
March 08, 2024 13:46 - 4 minutes - 3.91 MBRead the Riot Act - February 29, 2024
February 29, 2024 18:17 - 3 minutes - 3.72 MBInfluence Others from a 'Bully Pulpit' - February 22, 2024
February 22, 2024 13:36 - 4 minutes - 4.52 MBUS Presidents Like to Make Up Words, Expressions - February 15, 2024
February 15, 2024 20:21 - 7 minutes - 7.17 MBWhy Do Married Couples 'Tie the Knot'? - February 08, 2024
February 08, 2024 23:28 - 4 minutes - 4.33 MBDo You Have a 'Doppelgänger'? - February 01, 2024
February 01, 2024 21:20 - 4 minutes - 4.16 MBSnow Day? Don't Be 'Left Out in the Cold' - January 24, 2024
January 24, 2024 18:45 - 6 minutes - 6.23 MBMarathon or Sprint? - January 17, 2024
January 17, 2024 22:12 - 4 minutes - 4.41 MBWalk Before You Can Run - January 10, 2024
January 10, 2024 23:28 - 4 minutes - 4.03 MBDo You Color Inside or Outside the Lines? - January 05, 2024
January 05, 2024 13:14 - 4 minutes - 4.25 MBGoal! Do You Have One for 2024? - December 28, 2023
December 28, 2023 13:23 - 4 minutes - 4.13 MBThe World in Other Words in 2023 - December 27, 2023
December 27, 2023 20:38 - 7 minutes - 6.95 MB'Tis the Season! - December 20, 2023
December 20, 2023 21:25 - 6 minutes - 5.84 MBWhen Does a Problem 'Snowball'? - December 14, 2023
December 14, 2023 23:34 - 4 minutes - 4.41 MBAI, Hallucinate, Authentic or Rizz for Word of the Year - December 05, 2023
December 05, 2023 23:33 - 5 minutes - 5.58 MBIt's Time to 'See the Light' - November 30, 2023
November 30, 2023 13:43 - 5 minutes - 5.5 MBMerriam-Webster Chooses ‘Authentic’ as Word of the Year - November 27, 2023
November 27, 2023 20:25 - 5 minutes - 4.86 MB'State-of-the-Art' Is the Best of Its Time - November 17, 2023
November 17, 2023 15:26 - 4 minutes - 4.19 MBAre You 'Sitting Pretty'? - November 09, 2023
November 09, 2023 16:31 - 3 minutes - 3.63 MB'Straight From the Horse's Mouth' - October 31, 2023
October 31, 2023 21:45 - 4 minutes - 4.19 MB'Birds of a Feather...' - October 27, 2023
October 27, 2023 15:58 - 3 minutes - 3.69 MBHow Do You Define Success? - October 20, 2023
October 20, 2023 12:17 - 5 minutes - 4.77 MBThe Bad Side of Roses - October 13, 2023
October 13, 2023 12:32 - 5 minutes - 4.75 MBHow Do You Stay 'In Shape'? - October 05, 2023
October 05, 2023 14:15 - 5 minutes - 4.84 MB'Boilerplate' Language Is All Business - September 28, 2023
September 28, 2023 20:43 - 4 minutes - 3.91 MBSome writing is unusual and creative, but that is not boilerplate. Find out what this word means on this week’s Words and Their Stories.