"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

One of these is deep-six. It means to hide something or put it where it will not be found.

VOA: special.2009.05.24

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

Faulkner resisted. He said,if you grow a vegetable, you can cut it to look like something else, but it will be dead.

VOA: special.2010.01.03

So this type of product is just, they're a treat, they're something very,very special to be savored."

VOA: special.2010.04.12

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

VOA: special.2009.06.28

This is the idea that a patentshould be given to a machine or something that creates a material change, like a chemical process.

VOA: special.2010.07.16

"This is something any man would be glad to do for him it is an emergency.

VOA: special.2011.02.19

In his later years, he wanted to write something that he knew would be remembered always.

VOA: special.2009.08.02

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

They say that you do not need to be extremely intelligent to understand something.

VOA: special.2010.06.27

It is used when someone tells something that was supposed to be secret.

VOA: special.2009.01.25

And that's something that you have to be willing to put up with."

VOA: special.2009.05.18

Barbara Jordan,however, explained later that she wanted to be something unusual.

VOA: special.2010.05.09