Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Italian term or phrase:
richiedere la tessera
English translation:
to apply for membership
Added to glossary by
Jane Griffiths (X)
Oct 14, 2004 09:37
19 yrs ago
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Italian term
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richiedere la tessera
Italian to English
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Government / Politics
... di un partito politico.
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Proposed translations
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| 4 +3 | to apply for membership |
Jane Griffiths (X)
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| 4 +1 | apply to become a card-carrying member |
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to apply for membership
e.g. Mr Smith applied for membership of the Labour Party.
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Note added at 14 mins (2004-10-14 09:51:28 GMT)
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We don\'t refer to the membership card in this context.
We do however refer to the card itself when someone is leaving a political party (or a trade union), e.g. \"it took Scargill 10 years before he tore up his membership card \" http://www.cpgb.org.uk/worker/227/sharvey.html This may be used only by the left - I\'m not certain if it\'s used with reference to the Conservatives.
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Note added at 14 mins (2004-10-14 09:51:28 GMT)
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We don\'t refer to the membership card in this context.
We do however refer to the card itself when someone is leaving a political party (or a trade union), e.g. \"it took Scargill 10 years before he tore up his membership card \" http://www.cpgb.org.uk/worker/227/sharvey.html This may be used only by the left - I\'m not certain if it\'s used with reference to the Conservatives.
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apply to become a card-carrying member
has been used before
Peer comment(s):
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Jane Griffiths (X)
: Hmm, but you don't specifically apply to be a "card-carrying member" (which just means a very enthusiastic one, usually left wing). Parties don't give some people a special sort of membership so that they can carry their cards around with them ;-)
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it can be used figuratively BUT it does have leftish connotations in some people's minds
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Jean Martin
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