For example, the word circus is used to describe any noisy place with a lot of activities going on.

VOA: special.2009.01.11

"In a case where we do not have a lot of rainfall, it means we are going to lose all the crops.

VOA: special.2010.05.11

"There's a lot of sketching that goes on,and a lot of times I don't know where things are going to fit in the texture.

VOA: special.2010.07.12

"I'm walking for a lot of people so I feel like I have to keep going."

VOA: special.2009.11.02

"Actually,there were a lot of Chinese going back to the People's Republic of China at that time, ninety-thousand in one year from Fukien Province alone.

VOA: special.2011.06.10

"A lot of young people are going to move back with their parents, a lot of elderly parents will move in with their grown children, a lot of people will have roommates that don't have them today.

VOA: special.2011.01.24

"So I don't think we're going to see a lot of deployment in a region or continent like Africa.

VOA: standard.2010.06.25

A lot of damage was caused by this crisis. It is going to take some time for us to grow out of this.

VOA: standard.2009.11.01

"We are going to put a lot of aid resources, a lot of troops in there."

VOA: standard.2010.05.28

"That requires a lot of strategic patience and this is not going to happen overnight.

VOA: standard.2009.10.27

"There is a lot of corruption going on. The unemployment rate is too high.

VOA: standard.2009.11.27

And therefore talking to the tribes is not going to yield a whole lot."

VOA: standard.2009.03.11

Things are real bad and it is going to get a lot worse.

VOA: standard.2009.08.17

"I know there has been a lot of attention paid to some of the town hall meetings that are going on around the country, especially when tempers flare.

VOA: standard.2009.08.17