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

VOA: special.2009.10.16

But Miz Goodall believed that to understand animal behavior, the observer had to see the animals as individuals, not as interchangeable objects.

VOA: special.2009.11.18

I knew he did not understand, but like me,he took it to mean that I meant no harm.

VOA: special.2010.07.17

I did not understand. "But,Dupin," I said, "why did you go to the trouble of replacing the letter?

VOA: special.2009.12.26

If your friend does not seem to understand how painful your broken heart is, you may ask her to have a heart.

VOA: special.2010.07.18

"Germont and his policemen could not find the letter, because they did not try to understand the mind of the man who stole it.

VOA: special.2009.12.26

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

VOA: special.2009.11.08

"Come on." she says. "You do not need to be a rocket scientist to understand this."

VOA: special.2010.06.27

She could not understand why he killed the birds he seemed to like so much.

VOA: special.2010.04.03

They say that you do not need to be extremely intelligent to understand something.

VOA: special.2010.06.27

So they feel young people will not understand what he was attempting to do.

VOA: special.2010.03.21

Robert E.Lee could not understand why the Union force had returned to Chancellorsville.

VOA: special.2009.10.15

"When I was reared in the British West Indies my grandmother used to always tell me, you may not be loved by certain forces in a society and you have to understand why.

VOA: special.2011.03.20

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