Mix eight grams of alum with seven grams of cream of tartar in a small amount of hot water.

VOA: special.2010.08.02

It is a very old expression. Hot water was used five hundred years ago to mean being in trouble.

VOA: special.2009.05.10

Hot weather also increases dangers for people who must take medicine for high blood pressure, poor blood flow, nervousness or depression.

VOA: special.2011.08.09

They searched for germplasms that could keep plants from weakening and wilting during hot, dry summers in the United States.

VOA: special.2009.01.20

Once the clay dries, the glassmaker dips the form in a container of hot liquid glass until it is covered.

VOA: special.2009.09.16

It is bigger even than the Princess Lenore's room and it is made of hot copper, nobody can touch it.

VOA: special.2009.03.28

In modern terms,the hot oven that the glassblower uses to quickly reheat the glass is called a "glory hole."

VOA: special.2009.09.16

"When solar panels supply both hot water and space heating, the goal of zero emissions begins to look achievable."

VOA: special.2009.03.25

The small hot tasting peppers found in many Mexican foods are called red hots for their color and their fiery taste.

VOA: special.2009.11.15

Hot weather also increases dangers for people who must take medicine for high blood pressure,poor blood flow, nervousness or depression.

VOA: special.2010.07.27

The next year she starred in a film version of the Tennessee Williams play, "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof."

VOA: special.2011.04.03

The Hawaiian Islands were created in the middle of the Pacific Ocean as the plate moved slowly over a hot spot.

VOA: special.2010.01.12

"So I believe I'd better give a hot Brazilian kiss. It would be better on the Day of the Couple."

VOA: special.2010.02.08

A boy can be in hot water with his mother, if he comes into the house with dirty,wet shoes.

VOA: special.2009.05.10