This means you should not risk losing something you have by trying to get more of something you do not have.

VOA: special.2010.06.13

Anders Wilhelmson says people can get back ten times what they paid by using the resulting fertilizer to grow vegetable gardens.

VOA: special.2010.03.15

In exchange for this, the owner would get a large share of the crop raised by the tenant farmer.

VOA: special.2010.02.04

Once he sets eyes on her, or sees her, she might try to get him interested in her by acting playful.

VOA: special.2009.09.06

That will make it easier for students to get financial aid, and to have their education recognized by employers and other schools.

VOA: special.2010.08.05

I was not old enough to get the official document that would permit me to drive by myself.

VOA: special.2010.01.30

Drug-maker Bristol-Myers Squibb hopes to get permission to sell ipilimumab by the end of the year.

VOA: special.2010.07.06

We could get into a situation here of a moral hazard by rewarding bad behavior.

VOA: special.2009.08.08

And you can sign up to get a verb phrase of the day by SMS.

VOA: special.2010.03.22

You can get parsley to grow faster by pouring warm water over the seeds.

VOA: special.2009.06.02

People get chikungunya fever when they are bitten by mosquitoes infected with the disease.

VOA: special.2009.04.13

The report says the changes could explain why persons born by Caesarean section are more likely to get diseases like diabetes and asthma later in life.

VOA: special.2009.11.24

He said a person does not get anywhere in life by making enemies.

VOA: special.2010.02.07

They did not get much education. And they rarely traveled far by themselves.

VOA: special.2010.03.08