What do you think, a million a piece is too high?" "Maybe I'm not the guy you should be talking to.

VOA: special.2009.06.12

The director says "Living in Emergency" is a story about how things are, not how you wish things were.

VOA: special.2010.07.26

A student who tells you his grades have hit bottom is saying he has not done well in school.

VOA: special.2009.09.20

Montclin did not move. "You know as well as I do that it is no use to tell Athnaise anything,"

VOA: special.2009.06.27

And when the pruning is done in August, the lambs -- well, you might not want to know this part.

VOA: special.2009.07.14

"You know, the judge sentenced me here, so my first thoughts were kinda, you know,uh,this is kinda, Shakespeare's not my thing.

VOA: special.2010.06.03

When you are out in nature it is important to speak softly so as not to frighten the animals away.

VOA: special.2009.08.19

Everything else is across the ground. In basketball you go up a little bit, but not anywhere near as cool.

VOA: special.2009.12.09

The expression meant that the person who cannot hold a candle to you is not fit even to be your servant.

VOA: special.2011.05.29

You could work at the bookstore, for example, but not for a construction company that is building something on campus.

VOA: special.2009.01.29

After all,it is not every day you can look out of your bedroom window and see a monkey or elephant standing outside.

VOA: special.2009.08.19

It is whispered into your ear with the understanding that you will not pass it on to others.

VOA: special.2009.02.22

If your home is very small, you might say there is not enough room to swing a cat.

VOA: special.2009.09.27

She often said: "You must never so much as think if you like it or not, if it is bearable or not.

VOA: special.2009.07.26