A wife might urge her husband to "go easy on" their son, because the boy did not mean to wreck the car.

VOA: special.2009.06.07

Now,people use the expression to mean to prepare for dealing with any kind of trouble.

VOA: special.2009.05.24

I was terribly hungry,and said I was, although I did not mean to do so.

VOA: special.2010.08.01

What does it mean to him? "Nothing,and I'm not even sure when it is.

VOA: special.2010.02.08

And what does Valentine's Day mean to their children in school?

VOA: special.2010.02.08

"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

And,for some reason, it could mean to organize,or clean.

VOA: special.2010.03.07

What does Valentine's Day mean to her?

VOA: special.2010.02.08

The words mean to fall suddenly.

VOA: special.2009.10.25

"Now that does not mean to say that he gives up on the fact that he is innocent.

VOA: standard.2009.09.19

"Well now we're starting to get out of Iraq, what does it mean to get Afghanistan right?

VOA: standard.2009.03.17

So what does it mean to be French today? President Nicolas Sarkozy has tapped another French staple the love of debate to launch a three-month, national conversation on the subject.

VOA: standard.2009.12.30

In eighteen ninety-seven,the word came to mean the huge groups of people running or stampeding to Alaska and the Klondike.

VOA: special.2009.02.04

New profits and freedom from the pay limits tied to federal aid mean bankers can again receive big bonuses.

VOA: special.2009.12.18