单词:literal equation
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You Do the Math Hello and welcome to Words and Their Stories from VOA Learning English. On this program we explain how to use common expressions in American English. We also explore the origins of these expressions. Where do they come from? Today we
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I have some idioms for you today. Idioms are colourful ways of saying something. Often, when we use an idiom, we dont mean the words in a literal sense. We are using the words figuratively. Still confused? The best thing is to give you some examples.
For the last two weeks, our newspapers have been full of stories about the Big Freeze. Like many other places in Europe, the weather in Britain has been very cold. We have had lots of snow, and the roads are covered with ice. There are shortages of g
Today, we meet the English word worth, and a famous cosmetics company that tells us that we are worth it. Worth means simply the value that something has. Sometimes we use it in a literal way, to mean how much money would people pay? But often we use