A nickname can also be a descriptive name for a person, place or thing.

VOA: special.2010.01.03

A nickname also can be a descriptive name for a person,place or thing.

VOA: special.2009.12.27

A nickname also can describe a person,place or thing.

VOA: special.2010.01.10

If a drafted man could not do either thing, then he must join the army or be shot as a deserter.

VOA: special.2009.10.29

Mister Bandelier saw the ruins of the ancient pueblo or village and said "This is the grandest thing I ever saw."

VOA: special.2010.07.05

But counterfeit drugs may contain too much, too little or none of the active ingredients of the real thing.

VOA: special.2010.02.22

"I thought that sooner or later one thing was sure to happen: The first real test once he was through school would ruin him.

VOA: special.2009.01.03

I looked hard at him. I could not have been more surprised if he has said the same thing about Nepoleon, or Socrates,or Solomon.

VOA: special.2010.03.27

I thought that sooner or later one thing was sure to happen: The first real test once he was through school would ruin him.

VOA: special.2010.03.27

I looked hard at my friend. I could not have been more surprised if he has said the same thing about Nepoleon,or Socrates,or Solomon.

VOA: special.2011.03.26

The day will come when the politicians will do the right thing for our people out of political necessity and not out of charity or idealism."

VOA: special.2009.09.06

They did the same thing to whites who tried to organize or help blacks.

VOA: special.2010.02.18

To hear an oriole sing May be a common thing Or only a divine It is not the bird Who sings the same unheard, As unto crowd.

VOA: special.2010.07.18

Brian knows a thing or two about the power of the human spirit.

VOA: special.2010.03.01