He read it quickly. Then he put it in his pocket and ran out of the room without saying a word.

VOA: special.2009.12.26

Some experts believe the word for chocolate came from the Aztec word "xocolatl" which in the Nahuatl language means "bitter water."

VOA: special.2010.02.17

He believed that Americans -- North and South -- would accept the decision as the final word in the dispute.

VOA: special.2009.05.21

In eighteen ninety-seven,the word came to mean the huge groups of people running or stampeding to Alaska and the Klondike.

VOA: special.2009.02.04

They are depressed. Word expert Charles Funk says people have been feeling down in the dumps for more than four-hundred years.

VOA: special.2011.08.07

But we'll let Jennifer Neiman, co-owner of Cupcakes Actually in Fairfax,Virginia, have the last word about the appeal of cupcakes.

VOA: special.2010.04.12

No trip to Los Angeles is complete without seeing the word "Hollywood" spelled out in huge letters on a hillside.

VOA: special.2010.01.03

But Steve Graham at Vanderbilt says word processing is rarely done in elementary school, especially in the early years.

VOA: special.2009.10.29

"This one is "Variations on K", because this is the word kiss in every language, including sign language.

VOA: special.2009.11.04

The word cabaret brings to mind images of singers in nightclubs, or maybe Liza Minnelli performing years ago in the movie "Cabaret."

VOA: special.2010.08.19

She never forgot these days. Later in life, she wrote: "No deaf child can ever forget the excitement of his first word.

VOA: special.2009.11.08

In eighteen seventy-two, a famous American word expert decided that the time had come to kill this word.

VOA: special.2010.08.08

Other experts say the word cheese in this expression was really an incorrect way of saying chief.

VOA: special.2011.05.08

For example, one word in the native language Carrier spoken in British Colombia means "he gives me an object like the fruit blueberries."

VOA: special.2009.12.02