Walk Before You Can Run — VOA Learning English
Topics: суспільство

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And now, Words and Their Stories, from VOA Learning English.
On this program, we explore words and expressions in the English language. We give definitions, examples, notes on usage, and sometimes we use them in short conversations.
Today we talk about the process of learning to do something.
For example, if you want to play a musical instrument, you need to learn how. You must take small steps. You learn how to hold or sit at the instrument. You learn how to read notes and how to play basic chords. Then you progress to short, easy songs.
In other words, you need to take baby steps.
Babies can look funny when they are learning to walk. Their steps are unsure; their knees do not quite bend fully.…
Tap any word for its translation at once; the word goes into your deck together with its sentence.