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

VOA: special.2009.10.16

He studied more than two hundred echidna shelters to understand where they like to hide and how often they change homes.

VOA: special.2009.07.07

"The ambiguity that's in those answers is very,very difficult for humans to understand, never mind a computer to understand.

VOA: special.2011.02.28

Prison spokesman Mark Vernarelli says most teens who visit come to understand what even one bad decision can mean.

VOA: special.2010.11.11

She shows how Darwin came to understand that these island animals had differences, developed over time, that helped them survive.

VOA: special.2009.02.27

MAGGIE: "Mom,you have to leave her alone." DAPHNE: "Fine,but I just want you girls to understand something about motherhood.

VOA: special.2009.05.04

Today,the solution to the problem is so common that it is difficult to understand that there was a problem at all.

VOA: special.2010.07.14

Miz Cheek says the health care and finance industries are known for using language that is hard to understand.

VOA: special.2010.04.30

The show's creators studied the children they were targeting very carefully to understand how to best keep them entertained -- and learning.

VOA: special.2009.11.27

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

And he continued to say them. Readers began to understand that America had a great new poetic voice.

VOA: special.2009.04.12

To understand the excitement it caused, you must understand the value of that much money at the time.

VOA: special.2009.02.04

After a number of experimental geodesic domes were built, industry began to understand the value of the design.

VOA: special.2010.05.30

"When they were born, especially my oldest, I thought I really want my kids to understand their heritage.

VOA: special.2010.06.28