Mr.Czudek says the loss of a maize crop can mean the loss of a family's food supply for a year.

VOA: special.2010.07.27

Did those words mean that she must lose him now when they had just learned the lesson of life?

VOA: special.2009.11.14

Most western and southern congressmen opposed the tariff bill, because it would mean higher prices to the people of their states.

VOA: special.2010.06.03

The last hurrah also can mean the last acts of a politician, before his term in office ends.

VOA: special.2010.04.11

She showed that a brain injury did not mean the end of life or the end of joy.

VOA: special.2011.02.27

News of her success in Scandinavia did not mean much to concert hall owners in the United States.

VOA: special.2009.01.25

Still,this would only mean that there are community-level outbreaks in at least one other country in a different area of the world.

VOA: special.2009.05.06

"I mean,I travel all over the world and have dozens of people that I meet every month and I get business cards from them.

VOA: special.2009.09.14

Other populists feared that such a union would mean the end of the People's Party.

VOA: special.2010.07.01

But on Thursday, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke warned lawmakers that lack of action to raise the borrowing limit would mean a lower credit rating.

VOA: special.2011.07.15

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

VOA: special.2009.05.24

When people talk about lupus, they usually mean the systemic form of the disease.

VOA: special.2009.04.14

We mean the traditional building product made of soil and other materials.

VOA: special.2009.01.12

"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