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Vocabulary

Crush

Question1) "to deal with the crush of problems....."

crush of problems= intractable problems?

Question2: "Crush" could be used as a noun or a verb, but I used google to search "crush", I found "Have a crush problem" in the result, does that mean crush could be a adj. ?

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" crush of problems= intractable problems? No, it usully means that there are a lot of problems coming at the same time. o Question2: "Crush" could be used as a noun or a verb, but I used google to search "crush", I found "Have a crush problem" in the result, does that mean crush could be a adj.

— Clive

  • " crush of problems= intractable problems?
  • No, it usully means that there are a lot of problems coming at the same time.
  • o Question2: "Crush" could be used as a noun or a verb, but I used google to search "crush", I found "Have a crush problem" in the result, does that mean crush could be a adj.
  • No, the adjective form would be 'crushing', eg 'a crushing weight', 'a crushing problem'.
  • 'A crush' is slang for 'a romantic infatuation'.
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Hi,
Question1) "to deal with the crush of problems.."

crush of problems= intractable problems? No, it usully means that there are a lot of problems coming at the same time.

A more physical example is 'there was a crush of shoppers at the entrance to the store', meaning a lot of people were trying to get into the store at the same time.o

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