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Now, the VOA Special English program, vocabulary and their stories. Today we tell two words with similar meanings. One is to Buffalo. The other is pushing the earth. Both win by deceiving or intimidating someone.

This is the VOA Special English program-Words and Stories. The two words we said today have similar meanings. One is a buffalo, and the other is a bulldozer. Both describe winning by deception or intimidation.

Long before the first Europeans arrived in the New World, a strange-looking animal lived on the fertile grassland in the western plain. He looks like some kind of buffalo. But he has a big hump like a camel on his back. His hair is like a lion. He was later called a bison.

A long time ago, before the first Europeans arrived in the New World, there lived a special-shaped animal on the fertile grassland in the western plain. He looks like some kind of buffalo. But he has a big hump like a camel on his back. His fur is like a lion. Later, people called it a bison.

In 1850, it is estimated that 20 million buffaloes lived in the open plains of the west. They are powerful creatures that run very fast. American Indians hunted them for food and clothing. As the white colonists moved to the west, they began to hunt this animal for fur and sell it in the eastern market.

It is estimated that 1850 has about 20 million heads on the vast plains in the west. They run very fast. American Indians caught them for food and clothes. After white people immigrated to the west, they caught animals and then sold their fur to the east.

American buffalo can run at almost 75 kilometers per hour. It's hard to get close to them to shoot.

Bison/kloc-0 can run nearly 75 kilometers per hour. It is not easy to shoot them at close range.

Sometimes hunters can't kill any animal at all. They are "confused" by these powerful and fast creatures that are difficult to control. The expression "to buffalo" soon became a part of the western languages of the United States. This means leaving some people helpless and deceiving them. In the early 20th century, a story about attacking white settlers who entered Indian territory explained, "The Sioux surrounded the motorcade and the soldiers were buffered."

Sometimes, hunters fail and don't kill one. They were fooled by these strong, running and uncontrollable animals, and the sentence "to buffalo" soon became a brave word in the western United States. It means to put a person in a dilemma and play a person. At the beginning of the 20th century, there was a story about white immigrants invading Indian territory, and the explanation was that "the Sioux made the westward motorcade surrender and fooled their soldiers.

The meaning is almost the same today. When someone cheats you, he is cheating or fooling you.

That means roughly the same as it does now. Someone plays you, he plays you.

The expression "flattening" also means making someone helpless, usually by using power or threatening to use violence. This expression was first used in the southern United States to describe the use of force to win elections. Bulldozer is an unloved person, a person who threatens others.

The phrase "to bully" also means that someone is helpless, usually by force or intimidation. This phrase was first used in the southern United States to describe winning elections by force. . Intimidators are unwelcome people who like to intimidate others.

Today, this word is most commonly used to describe a powerful machine used to clear trees and other large objects. Bulldozers move slowly but forcefully across the land. Nothing can stop it.

This term is now commonly used to describe machines used to clean trees or large objects. Bulldozers run slowly, but they run across the ground powerfully. Almost nothing can stop it.

Americans still use the expression "flattening", but mainly in political situations. It is sometimes used to describe political actions that lead to unexpected victories. For example, a newspaper may comment that an unpopular bill was passed in Congress because supporters intimidated the opposition. The strength of supporters' arguments, or perhaps some legislative skills, confused opponents.

Americans still use bulldozers, but mainly in politics. Sometimes it also refers to a political movement that won unexpectedly. For example, a newspaper may comment that the bill passed by Congress is unpopular because supporters threaten the opposition. Supporters' arguments may use some legislative tricks to intimidate opponents.

You have been listening to VOA Special English programs, vocabulary and their stories. I'm Warren Schell.

You are listening to the VOA Special English program, Word Stories. I'm Warren Schell.