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12 an word="June">Junean> 2010
an word="Now">Nowan>, an word="the">thean> an word="VOA">VOAan> an word="Special">Specialan> an word="English">Englishan> an word="program">programan> an word="WORDS">WORDSan> an word="AND">ANDan> an word="THEIR">THEIRan> an word="STORIES">STORIESan>.
(an word="MUSIC">MUSICan>)
an word="Today">Todayan> an word="we">wean> an word="explain">explainan> an word="some">somean> an word="expressions">expressionsan> an word="about">aboutan> an word="birds">birdsan>. an word="For">Foran> an word="example">examplean>, an word="if">ifan> an word="something">somethingan> an word="is">isan>
an word="for">foran> an word="the">thean> an word="birds">birdsan>
, an word="it">itan> an word="is">isan> an word="worthless">worthlessan> an word="or">oran> an word="not">notan> an word="very">veryan> an word="interesting">interestingan>. an word="Someone">Someonean> an word="who">whoan>
an word="eats">eatsan> an word="like">likean> an word="a">aan> an word="bird">birdan>
an word="eats">eatsan> an word="very">veryan> an word="little">littlean>. an word="And">Andan> an word="a">aan>
an word="birds">birdsan>-an word="eye">eyean> an word="view">viewan>
an word="is">isan> an word="a">aan> an word="general">generalan> an word="look">lookan> an word="at">atan> an word="an">anan> an word="area">areaan> an word="from">froman> an word="above">abovean>.
an word="Did">Didan> an word="you">youan> an word="know">knowan> an word="that">thatan> an word="if">ifan> an word="you">youan> an word="tell">tellan> an word="a">aan> an word="young">youngan> an word="person">personan> an word="about">aboutan> an word="the">thean>
an word="birds">birdsan> an word="and">andan> an word="the">thean> an word="bees">beesan>
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an word="birds">birdsan> an word="of">ofan> an word="a">aan> an word="feather">featheran> an word="flock">flockan> an word="together">togetheran>
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a
bird in the hand is worth two in the bush
. This means you should not risk losing something you have by trying to get more of something you do not have.
Sometimes I can do two things by performing only one action. This is called
killing two birds with one stone
. But I would never really kill any birds. I love all kinds of animals. This is a real
feather in my cap
. It is something to be proud of.
Most of the people I work with are
early birds
. They believe that
the early bird catches the worm
. They think that a person who gets up early in the morning for work has the best chance of success. Everyone in my office works hard, but some people have had their