To play this audio you need to enable JavaScript. Hello and welcome to The English We Speak, where we explain phrases used by fluent English speakers so that you can use them too. I'm Feifei ...

The word Hatikvah means “The Hope.” It is the first stanza of a poem written by Naphtali Herz Imber (1856-1909), a Jewish Hebrew-language poet from Złoczów, now called Zolochiv, Ukraine, then part of ...

But in some contexts, the term has evolved to mean something more sinister: to eliminate or kill. According to lexicologists, the term “86” began as diner shorthand in the early 20th century.

As a non-native English speaker, Gao says she's always on the lookout to expand her vocabulary. When she first heard the word “gnarly,” she didn't know the meaning, but she was “amused and ...

On Wednesday, cardinals began the papal conclave at the Vatican's Sistine Chapel to select a new pope following the death of Pope Francis on April 21. The smoke is a way to let the public know ...

The film hit theaters on May 2. The sneaky asterisk in the "Thunderbolts*" title officially has meaning. On Monday, Marvel unveiled the true name of the rag-tag group of superheroes as "The New ...

In this episode of Office English, Pippa and Phil talk about cold ... that might literally mean to call them or you might email them. We'll talk about both and how to stay polite and professional.

He views it as a "two-way sword," in that commercialization does take away from Cinco de Mayo, but there's a push to educate people on the holiday's meaning. It's fine to celebrate, as long as ...

President Donald Trump’s first 100 days in office have been a whirlwind of executive activity — as he has set in motion the firings of tens of thousands of federal workers, all but ended U.S ...

A look at the traditions and personal touches that marked the pope's farewell. Pope Francis was laid to rest Saturday in a historic funeral that drew more than 250,000 people, according to the ...