For example,a greenhorn is someone who has no expereince, who is new to a situation.

VOA: special.2010.05.23

Finally, when a situation changes completely, we say that is a whole new ballgame.

VOA: special.2009.04.12

You want our resources,'" The analysts say only time will tell if the new plan is capable of improving the situation in the region.

VOA: standard.2009.12.06

And like millions of people across Spain, she will be back again in the morning looking for a new job and wondering how the situation can improve.

VOA: standard.2010.06.24

And he also says the dire assessment of the security situation by General Stanley McChrystal, the new U.S.and NATO commander in Afghanistan, has presented senior officials with an issue they did not expect.

VOA: standard.2009.10.16

The so-called Global Political Agreement was an interim set of rules to normalize the tense political situation, and to set the country back on the road to normality through a revised constitution and eventually new elections.

VOA: standard.2009.09.15

"In order to reverse the situation and to give themselves a little bit more leverage, they are turning towards new kinds of ideas or at least ideas that they are pushing forward and making more prominent than they were before."

VOA: standard.2010.05.03

"Jacob definitely matures quite a bit because he has been dealing with his new self now, he has come to know his new self and the situation he has been put in - romantic-wise and a lot of stuff."

VOA: standard.2010.07.07