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  1. Oct 24, 2023 · Chinese. Oct 24, 2023. #1. Hi. I have searched the word 'tape' in the Oxford Dictionary and got the answer: "It derived from Old English tæppe, tæppa; and Greek tapes." But how did a narrow piece of material used for tying things get the name tape (tæppe, tæppe, or tapes)?

  2. Feb 6, 2020 · South East England. English - England. Feb 6, 2020. #9. You'd use a measuring tape for exactly the same jobs as a tape measure - to measure things. Some people evidently call them measuring tapes, others (the majority?) call them tape measures.

  3. 一个注定会衰落的app。. tape最大的卖点在于它解决了人与人之间想要交流的需求、以及碍于社交禁忌无法坦诚沟通的张力。. 但这种卖点是有代价的,它打破了朋友圈中原有的结构洞形态,将提问者与回答者的优劣势关系完全调转过来了。. 原本的提问者占据结构 ...

  4. Apr 11, 2007 · Red tape is real and still in use. Red tape is used to tie up bundles of legal documents and Governmental Regulations and Acts of Parliament. These documents are full of nitpicking rules and strict protocol must be followed when accessing any document bound in red tape. This is where the flavour of the term derives..,,

  5. May 25, 2011 · My dictionary calls duct tape " cinta ancha adhesiva plateada ". I use gaffer's tape, also known as stage tape to keep the audio cables at our church's stage from tripping the musicians. It looks like duct tape, but it comes in colors to match the flooring and it is removable, like painter's masking (blue or green) tape.

  6. Jan 18, 2013 · The language's transtion to digital has been varied. Dialled continues to grow, recorded is down a bit and videoed is making a small showing Woodward refers to a tape recorder in the transcripts, and he's probably seen a tape or two in his career. Whether he still actually uses tape or just calls the digital audio device a tape recorder, I don ...

  7. Dec 28, 2012 · Dec 20, 2012. #4. Bureaucracy means you like it, or at least tolerate it. Red tape means you dislike it. To a British barrister, red tape is a dark pink cotton ribbon about 1cm wide that was used to hold legal documents together, in an age before ring binders and staplers.

  8. Jun 14, 2007 · Hi Battletards: I've heard Diurex in the central and south areas of México. It is (or was?) a brand name, just like Scotch tape.

  9. May 30, 2020 · Chinese - Mandarin. May 30, 2020. #1. Nick Miller: Hey, Louise, it's really good to see you. Louise: I bet it is. Tape it down, Miller. Nick Miller: Tape it? This conversation is from the 19th episode of the fourth season of New Girl. Nick and his good friend Schmidt are greeting Schmidt's mother Lousie, who is "pushy, overbearing, controlling ...

  10. Apr 8, 2017 · New Member. English - Canada. Apr 8, 2017. #1. Is there an English equivalent for the word "tape-cul" (also spelled "tapecul" and "tapecu"), in the context of wheeled vehicles? It is a pejorative term, denoting a crude, two-wheeled carriage that gave a very rough, uncomfortable ride. Literally, I think it could be translated as, "bottom-whacker."

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