In the past,spices also helped to prevent the wasting away of dead bodies.

VOA: special.2009.05.19

The jester spoke to him, "Who knew what the moon was made of and how far away it was.

VOA: special.2009.03.28

Is it to be melted away by secession, as the snows of a mountain are melted away under the sun?

VOA: special.2009.04.02

The movement of businesses and people away from city centers led to the economic weakening of many downtown areas.

VOA: special.2010.01.11

A husband and wife may be divorced and go away from or out of the reach of each other.

VOA: special.2009.07.30

As he walked over the battlefield, he saw where rains had washed away the earth covering many of the fallen soldiers.

VOA: special.2009.11.12

They noted that some groups, as they move away from traditional ways of life, are developing diseases of modern living.

VOA: special.2009.07.20

Information that is used to draw attention away from the real facts of a situation is called a red herring.

VOA: special.2011.04.10

As a young man he made jewelry out of thrown away objects and sold it in local restaurants.

VOA: special.2010.04.14

Where the young may exult and the aged may rest, Away,far away, to the land of the west."

VOA: special.2010.05.13

I was very frightened. The sounds of the cave and the sight of my body forced me away.

VOA: special.2010.07.10

She seemed to want it so. She shut out the sunshine and put away many of the pictures.

VOA: special.2010.05.15

Also,throw away boxes of juice, milk or baby formula if they have come into contact with floodwater.

VOA: special.2010.07.19

The government built the Florida base shortly after the discovery of Soviet missiles about three hundred kilometers away, on the island of Cuba.

VOA: special.2009.06.30