He wanted to make English easier to understand by listeners of VOA broadcasts whose native language was not English.

VOA: special.2009.10.16

The slower speed is combined with an extra effort to make the writing easy to understand.

VOA: special.2009.04.06

Something was ready to explode inside of her because she could not make people understand her.

VOA: special.2009.11.08

He felt he had to make citizens understand why such laws were necessary.

VOA: special.2009.10.29

They should make sure they understand how and when to take their medicines.

VOA: special.2009.07.28

Teachers need to make sure students understand the uses and rules of language.

VOA: special.2010.01.28

She says she does not understand why weeks of meetings are needed in order for the U.S.government to make a decision.

VOA: standard.2009.11.09

So make sure you understand what is the worst that can happen to your eyes and you can live with the worst."

VOA: standard.2010.03.03

"We have to make all South Africans understand that people living with HIV have not committed any crime."

VOA: standard.2010.04.26

(Recording) Bah says Guinea's ruling council should understand that women make up 52 percent of the population.

VOA: standard.2009.10.28

Eldar says Mitchell's job is to make sure Israeli officials understand that message.

VOA: standard.2009.06.09

You can't make life worse for clinicians. And you also have to understand the local needs and capabilities, which I think we see with m-health and emerging technologies there."

VOA: standard.2010.02.24

We have two central imperatives: restore growth and create jobs, but make sure people understand we are going to have to bring those fiscal deficits down as growth recovers.

VOA: standard.2009.11.01

I completely failed to understand the depth of the kind of cultural transformation that we were going to have to make it we were ever going to deal with climate change."

VOA: standard.2010.04.21