Par for the Course — VOA Learning English
Topics: суспільство
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And now, Words and Their Stories, from VOA Learning English.
In news reports, you can hear about surprising events. You can learn about new technologies, new plans, and big changes.
But in today’s Words and Their Stories, we consider how to talk about things that do not change — at least not very much.
The sun rises in the east and sets in the west. Babies cry when they are hungry. Water turns to ice when the temperature drops below freezing. These are things we expect. In fact, we are so sure about them that we can bank on them.
To bank on something means that you are not taking a chance by saying something is going to happen or that something is true. It is a stronger way of saying that you…
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