If you tell about something that was supposed to be a secret, we say you let the cat out of the bag.

VOA: special.2009.09.27

It is something to be proud of. Most of the people I work with are early birds.

VOA: special.2010.06.13

That means to be nervous about having to do something, like speaking in front of a crowd.

VOA: special.2009.06.28

So I don't necessarily think that summer reading has to be something light, has to be something mindless" Two of Mark LaFramboise's suggested books involve animals.

VOA: special.2011.07.13

It occurs as a result of something underlying which can be potentially serious."

VOA: special.2009.09.02

"If we are going to build something -- how we build it, how we construct it, so that it would be accessible to people of all types of disabilities.

VOA: special.2010.07.28

At the funeral ceremony, former Texas Governor Ann Richards said: "There was simply something about her that made you proud to be part of the country that produced her."

VOA: special.2010.05.09

But hoarseness can also be a sign of something worse.

VOA: special.2009.09.02

"Clearly one of the major implications of something like this would be for use in developing countries: maybe for testing HIV, maybe for testing for tuberculosis, or perhaps even malaria."

VOA: special.2010.12.06

So based on some early indications, scientists are projecting that we're actually going to be seeing a tsunami of brain cancer unless we do something to educate people to lower their exposure to this kind of risk."

VOA: special.2011.06.06

"In England,like in the United States, bilingualism is seen as something special and unique and something to be commented on and perhaps work towards, whereas in many other parts of the world being bilingual is just seen as a natural part of life."

VOA: special.2011.03.09

It is a true bipartisan effort. Opposition Republican Lindsey Graham of South Carolina says something must be done.

VOA: standard.2010.03.23

"The strength of this relationship between obesity and inflammation is concerning, that something's happening that could be cumulative."

VOA: standard.2010.03.09

"Something had to be grown in rotation with corn." Scott Jackson, professor of plant genetics at Purdue University.

VOA: standard.2010.02.01