One council diplomat said Lebanon could prove to be something of a wild card on Middle East issues particularly Iran's nuclear ambitions.

VOA: standard.2009.10.15

Hello. I'm afraid your hunting activitieshave caused something of a mess for us.

VOA: standard.other

"I think,in very general terms, in the last year or two, that the strident public criticism and denunciation rom the outside has also been a factor and has in my view has been something of a mistake,"

VOA: standard.2009.11.17

So when I had a handful of these cases, it seemed to me then there was likely something worth investigating.

VOA: special.2010.02.24

He says big coffee sellers like Starbucks help his business by building a base of customers who want something better.

VOA: special.2011.02.11

But beans are used to describe something of very little value in the expression, not worth a hill of beans.

VOA: special.2010.01.31

But someone who hit a home run or hit it out of the park did something extremely well.

VOA: special.2009.04.12

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

Edgar Allan Poe did something unusual for writers of his time: he used a narrator in a story to describe what was happening.

VOA: special.2009.02.02

"Those two earthquakes really opened up a lot of new research on something called soil liquefaction,in particular.

VOA: special.2011.03.28

Something about the way he moved made me think of a hungry dog looking for a bone.

VOA: special.2009.01.17

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

So it's a different class of resource not as easy to develop, and not even recognized as something worth pursuing, say,twenty years ago."

VOA: special.2009.10.23