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0:00And now, words and their stories from VOA Learning English. Springtime is a time of renewal and growth. Many plants end their long winter sleep and form new buds and shoots. Beautiful flowers will soon be showing their bright colors and the grass will grow thicker and greener again. Some flowers bloom in a very noticeable way, but that is not the case with grass. Imagine you are sitting in a grassy field and you have only one job to watch the grass grow. That does not sound very interesting. In fact, it sounds really boring. That idea is what gives us the expression like watching grass grow we use this expression to After the politician won his campaign, he gave a two-hour long acceptance speech.
1:44Two hours? It was as much fun as watching grass grow. Now, grass grows on the ground all the time, and usually we don't give it much thought. If you stand in one place for a long time, the grass will continue to grow under your feet. For people who are always active, always moving, always on-the-go, we can say they don't let the grass grow beneath your feet. Get back to work. She certainly doesn't let grass grow under her feet. She's been traveling non-stop for over a year. And that's all the time we have for this Words and Their Stories. Until next time, I'm Ana Mateo.
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