Mr.Czudek says the loss of a maize crop can mean the loss of a family's food supply for a year.

VOA: special.2010.07.27

The last hurrah also can mean the last acts of a politician, before his term in office ends.

VOA: special.2010.04.11

She showed that a brain injury did not mean the end of life or the end of joy.

VOA: special.2011.02.27

Still,this would only mean that there are community-level outbreaks in at least one other country in a different area of the world.

VOA: special.2009.05.06

I mean there's a lot of agencies out there that specialize in third-world country brides, that are coming from poverty,uneducated, that kind of thing."

VOA: special.2011.02.14

You might even want to get a cup of Joe, I mean,a cup of coffee.

VOA: special.2010.02.07

They mean a kind of news reporting that uses an emotional style and personal opinion.

VOA: special.2009.08.28

Other populists feared that such a union would mean the end of the People's Party.

VOA: special.2010.07.01

But on Thursday, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke warned lawmakers that lack of action to raise the borrowing limit would mean a lower credit rating.

VOA: special.2011.07.15

"The stirring of this intense debate has to do with what does it mean to be a successful parent and what does it mean to be a successful child?"

VOA: special.2011.02.17

I mean,this reports shows that thirteen million babies are born every year preterm, and that over a million of those babies die as a result of being born too early."

VOA: special.2009.10.19

"It was pretty much of a shock when I got here. I mean,if you're going to talk to some of your friends about some of the stuff you saw -- and you can't describe the smells, the feeling of the heat on your body and the sweat running down your back.

VOA: special.2010.07.26

When a rider charges out of the chute atop a mean and agitated bucking bull, he can easily get into deadly trouble.

VOA: standard.2010.01.25

"Picking your child up out of a crib who's passed away, I mean,she was lifeless, and heavy,and limp.

VOA: standard.2010.02.08