In other words, a person who is suffering from the effects of severe cold may seem dead,but still be alive.

VOA: special.2009.12.30

Every week at this time, the Voice of America tells about popular words and expressions used in the United States.

VOA: special.2009.03.22

These are words that visitors use to describe Dolly Sods, a large wild area in the Potomac Highlands of West Virginia.

VOA: special.2009.07.20

Pete Seeger could be called the King of the Protest Song, in the words of folk musician Tony Trischka.

VOA: special.2009.07.27

A business plan,in the words of the Small Business Administration in Washington, is a tool with three basic purposes.

VOA: special.2009.06.26

That measure freed the slaves in the rebel states of the South, though Lincoln's words fell on deaf ears.

VOA: special.2009.10.15

This is Phil Murray with WORDS AND THEIR STORIES, a program in Special English on the Voice of America.

VOA: special.2010.03.07

The next day, the San Francisco Chronicle newspaper printed four words in French across the front of the paper.

VOA: special.2009.12.14

Listen again next week for another Words and Their Stories program in Special English on the Voice of America.

VOA: special.2009.11.15

Still,in the words of an old American saying, the person who keeps pulling the grapevine shakes down at least a few grapes.

VOA: special.2009.02.22

But he said the voting made it clear, in his words, "that the future of Iraq belongs to the people of Iraq."

VOA: special.2010.03.13

I'm Susan Clark with WORDS AND THEIR STORIES, a program in Special English on the Voice of America.

VOA: special.2010.05.16

American Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said this week that this was,in her words, "not an appropriate time to consider" the loan.

VOA: special.2009.05.16

We spent all day together. I formed words in her hand, the names of everything we touched.

VOA: special.2009.11.08