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Each Sunday, Special English presents a five-minute program about words and terms used in everyday American English.

Kick: This Is an Idea Worth Kicking Around
Monkey: No Monkey Business Here
Losing It: It's Hard When You Lose Control
Water: She Is In Hot Water
Computer Terms: Ever Google Someone?
Money: He Hit the Jackpot
More Money: Money Can Make People Do Strange Things
Money, Money, Money: Dinner Is on the House
Get Your Act Together: Organization Is the Name of the Game
Nicknames: America's 50 States (First of Four Parts)
Nicknames: America's 50 States (Second of Four Parts)
Nicknames: America's 50 States (Third of Four Parts)
Nicknames: America's 50 States (Fourth of Four Parts)
Hit: If a Student's Grades Hit Bottom, It Is Time to Hit the Books
Money Talks: Everything Else Walks
Chickenfeed: It Doesn't Add Up to Much
Blizzard: Don't Let This Expression Snow You
Hot: He Was a Hotheaded Hot Shot!
Nuts and Bolts: The Mechanics of Any Organization
Cold: She Felt the Cold Hard Reality of Life
Chickenfeed: It Doesn't Add Up to Much
Hands: She is Making Money Hand-Over-Fist
Colors: I'm Feeling Very Blue Today
Stock Market: The Business of Investing
Touching All Bases: Baseball Rules!
A Chip on Your Shoulder: What Are You Going to Do About it?
Insect Expressions: I Don't Mean to Bug You
Medical Terms: A Clean Bill of Health From the Doctor
Back, Shoulders and Chest: A Pat on the Back for a Job Well Done
Numbers: I, for One, Use These Expressions Often
More Numbers: Two Heads Are Better Than One
Farm: It's Not Worth a Hill of Beans
Bird Words: Someone Who Eats Like a Bird Eats Very Little
Fish Expressions: This All Sounds Very Fishy
Bigwig: Such an Important Person!
It Will Not Wash: Does It Work, or Not?
Eureka: The Word Just Burst Out!
Doughboy: Military Expressions
Green: More Than Just a Color
Pan: The Critic Panned My Work