Red Tape

This is an awesome phrase in spoken English. If there is a lot of  “red tape” it means there is a lot of annoying rules or “paperwork” to do.  When governments have a lot of rules and regulations, we say there is a lot of  “red tape“. The government always wants to make things safe for people, but sometimes in the process of trying to make things safe and fair, they simply make too many rules

A mania for learning English.

Let's talk about manias. Let's start with Beatle mania: hysterical teenagers, crying, screaming, pandemonium. Sports mania: deafening crowds, all for one idea -- get the ball in the net. Okay, religious mania: there's rapture, there's weeping, there's visions. Manias can be good. Manias can be alarming. Or manias can be deadly. The world has a new mania. A mania for learning English.

Strike while the iron is hot!

Meaning: Seize a good opportunity as quickly as possible. Make the most of the chance while it is there!

Note: This proverb comes from metal work. If you are making something from a metal such as iron, you need to hit, or strike, the metal while it is hot if you want to change its shape.

redbrick

redbrick   (adjective)

1. built of red brick

2.often capitalized: of, relating to, or being the British universities founded in the 19th or early 20th century.

Examples:

The round-table forum brought four distinguished Redbrick professors to face off against four renowned scholars from Oxford and Cambridge.

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Culture Studies

For questions 1-10, read the text below and decide which realia best fits each gap.

Like humans some countries and their people have their distinctive nicknames and each of them deserve some attention. Thus, _____1____ is the oldest known name of the island of Great Britain. Today, it is still sometimes used poetically

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