For example, the word circus is used to describe any noisy place with a lot of activities going on.

VOA: special.2009.01.11

"Normally in Korea, well the girls take the opportunity to give out chocolates to guys that they have a crush on."

VOA: special.2010.02.08

A large number of the telegraph lines were going in all directions, as crooked as the vines that grapes grow on.

VOA: special.2009.02.22

A TV was on. My eyes were elsewhere, but my ear was caught by the unmistakable voice of Walter Cronkite.

VOA: special.2009.08.16

Agriculture Minister Christopher Toe urged other countries to help save Liberia's crops and other vegetation that the caterpillars feed on.

VOA: special.2009.01.27

I live on a shoestring. I have a very small budget and little money to spend on clothes.

VOA: special.2010.05.09

But salinity is actually an important parameter that gives us an indication of what might be going on."

VOA: special.2011.06.22

We asked Egyptians and others to comment on Mr.Mubarak's resignation on the VOA Learning English page on Facebook.

VOA: special.2011.02.12

While many plays by other writers of his time have been forgotten, Shakespeare and his art live on.

VOA: special.2010.01.13

Yet his influence lives on. While teaching at the University of Pennsylvania, he trained many future builders.

VOA: special.2009.12.13

To Rudolf, he seemed like the island strong as the rock the light house was built on.

VOA: special.2010.05.08

Career and technical education is different from traditional school because it is much more "hands on."

VOA: special.2010.07.16

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

VOA: special.2010.06.27

"I don't think President Obama and the Democrats were expecting to have to spend so much time on health care because it is dragging on.

VOA: special.2010.01.23