You may give a cold shoulder to a friend who has not kept a promise he made to you.

VOA: special.2009.12.13

A student who tells you his grades have hit bottom is saying he has not done well in school.

VOA: special.2009.09.20

He told the president, "You do not know the dishonest purposes of those men as well as I do."

VOA: special.2009.08.13

And when someone tells you that the cards are stacked against you, he is saying you do not have a chance to succeed.

VOA: special.2009.11.22

You could not get anything for him to risk money on but he would match you.

VOA: special.2009.08.29

He said:"There are things which you have said to me that I do not like.

VOA: special.2010.04.01

When I tell you," said Joseph Taylor, "that he is not as fit to be president as I am, you will see how foolish this idea is."

VOA: special.2009.03.05

Gentlemen of the South," he said, "you mistake us.We will not do it!"

VOA: special.2009.07.09

To look at the dog, you would think he was not worth anything but to sit around and look mean and look for a chance to steal something.

VOA: special.2009.08.29

"You shall not." he said, "crucify mankind upon a cross of gold."

VOA: special.2010.07.01

"I knew you would not find it," he said.

VOA: special.2009.12.26

There is not a subject you can raise that he does not respond and know what he wants to express.

VOA: standard.2009.10.14

"That's not the only thing you've outgrown." Worst of all,to his beloved Fiona, he is a complete stranger.

VOA: standard.2010.05.27

"And he said I will teach girls, you're a traveler,not a tourist and approach your trip as a young child might approach a mud puddle.

VOA: standard.2010.06.19