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The_Star Posted 21 years ago
Vocabulary
What do these mean?
I was watching a film. And someone who is in the film said 'red tape'. What is a red tape? I can't find it in my dictionary. I also ask about the word 'crush on'. I heard the word many times in the films that I watch. e.g I will crush on you.
Thank you for the answers
Thank you for the answers
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red tape n. The collection or sequence of forms and procedures required to gain bureaucratic approval for something, especially when oppressively complex and time-consuming. ] and from Urban Dictionary: crush a painful experience, very common among middle schoolers (and high schooler's and even adults to a lesser degree) that involves being obsessed with a member of the opposite *** (or the same ***, if you prefer), being attracted to someone physically (most common), or emotionally- also called 'puppy love' also: the object of this affection Verb: crushing He has a huge crush on her.
- red tape n.
- The collection or sequence of forms and procedures required to gain bureaucratic approval for something, especially when oppressively complex and time-consuming.
- ] and from Urban Dictionary: crush a painful experience, very common among middle schoolers (and high schooler's and even adults to a lesser degree) that involves being obsessed with a member of the opposite *** (or the same ***, if you prefer), being attracted to someone physically (most common), or emotionally- also called 'puppy love' also: the object of this affection Verb: crushing He has a huge crush on her.
- Her crush is hot, but unworthy of her affections.
- I'm totally crushing on him.
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red tape
n.
The collection or sequence of forms and procedures required to gain bureaucratic approval for something, especially when oppressively complex and time-consuming.
[From its former use in ty
n.
The collection or sequence of forms and procedures required to gain bureaucratic approval for something, especially when oppressively complex and time-consuming.
[From its former use in ty
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Thank you for the answers davkett, but can you give me examples for the word 'red tape'? I'm still rather confused with the explanation.
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Hello, The Star!
If you google "red tape", you'll find many instances of its use.
"Knowing some influential persons will save you from going through the administrative red tape" (this one's from me!)
If you google "red tape", you'll find many instances of its use.
"Knowing some influential persons will save you from going through the administrative red tape" (this one's from me!)
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From more than 1.7 million google entries:
One of France's richest men is on the brink of ditching plans to build a spectacular contemporary art museum outside Paris because he is fed up with the red tape and inertia of the local authorities.
Legal and political red tape are holding up UK fraud investigations in Europe says departing economic crime police chi
One of France's richest men is on the brink of ditching plans to build a spectacular contemporary art museum outside Paris because he is fed up with the red tape and inertia of the local authorities.
Legal and political red tape are holding up UK fraud investigations in Europe says departing economic crime police chi
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Hi The_Star,
Let me have a go at your questions:
"Red Tape" usually refers to "bureaucratic controls" of a government or an institutional set up. It also means, then, that those controls are in the way of a more efficient completion of the work. An example: "The government red tape ensured, that, the approval for the construction project was delayed"
"Crush on" - means h
Let me have a go at your questions:
"Red Tape" usually refers to "bureaucratic controls" of a government or an institutional set up. It also means, then, that those controls are in the way of a more efficient completion of the work. An example: "The government red tape ensured, that, the approval for the construction project was delayed"
"Crush on" - means h
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Yes; with 'to have a crush on', the feeling of intense interest is not necessarily reciprocated.
Sometimes 'to have a crush on' is used when a schoolgirl has an obsession (not necessarily sexual) with a female teacher.
'I will crush on you' seems a slightly unusual formation, though. We don't usually state our intent to have a crush on someone. It tends to be more spontaneous.
Sometimes 'to have a crush on' is used when a schoolgirl has an obsession (not necessarily sexual) with a female teacher.
'I will crush on you' seems a slightly unusual formation, though. We don't usually state our intent to have a crush on someone. It tends to be more spontaneous.
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