Meaning of straight | Babel Free

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1. Something that is not crooked or bent such as a part of a road or track.
2. A surname.
3. straight (not crooked, curly, or bent; having a constant direction throughout its length)
4. A surname
5. Five cards in sequence.
6. honest, honorable, upright, righteous, just, fair
7. Served without ice, especially if chilled: whiskey straight up.
8. A heterosexual.
   colloquial
9. literal (exactly as stated; read or understood without interpretation)
10. straight up, served without ice: a martini straight up.
11. A normal person; someone in mainstream society.
    slang
12. right (of an angle, measuring 90 degrees)
13. the straight part of something, eg of a racecourse. He's in the final straight. been, vak الجُزْء المُسْتَقيم من طَريق السِّباق последна част пред финала reta rovinka die Gerade langside; opløb recta sirge مسير مستقيم مسابقه suora ligne droite קֶטָע יָשָר सीधा हिस्सा pravac, posljednji dio célegyenes lintasan lurus beinn kafli dirittura 直線コース (경주의) 직선 코스 tiesioji taisne terus recht stuk langsideprosta پخوانی مستقیم مسیر recta linie dreaptă финишная прямая rovinka ravnina prava linija raksträc...
    eg
14. rectum (the terminal part of the large intestine)
15. A cigarette, particularly one containing tobacco instead of marijuana.
    slang
16. to make or become straight. He straightened his tie; The road curved and then straightened. reguit word يَجْعَلُه مُسْتَقيما изправям endireitar narovnat (se) gerade machen/werden rette på; rette sig ud ισιώνωenderezar, poner derecho, arreglar, ordenar (sirgeks) kohendama, õgvendama درست كردن suoristaa mettre d'aplomb; devenir droit לְייַשֵר सीधा करना या होना izravnati, ispraviti kiegyenesít meluruskan rétta (af/úr) raddrizzare, raddrizzare まっすぐにする 곧게, 바르게 하다 išlyginti, ištiesinti, eiti tiesi...
17. A chiropractor who relies solely on spinal adjustment, with no other treatments.
18. reguitheid إسْتِقامَه почтеност retidão přímost; pořádek die Geradheit ærlighed ευθύτηταrectitud otseolek, sirgus راستي و درستي suoruus rectitudeיושר सीधापन, सफाई, सहीपन, गंभीरता, स्पष्टवादिता izravnost, otvorenost egyenesség, őszinteség keadaan lurus hreinskilni rettitudine; schiettezza まっすぐ 곧음, 바름 tiesumas taisnums kelurusan rechtheidærlighet prostolinijność, uczciwość رښتیا او سموالی direitura caracter direct прямизна priamosť neposrednost pravost direkthet, ärlighet ความถูกต้อง; ความตรง d...
19. A cat that has straight ears despite belonging to a breed that often has folded ears.
20. eerlik باسْتِقامَه، بِشَرَف откровено francamente upřímně einfach ligefremt ειλικρινά, απλάfrancamente lihtsalt, siiralt صراحتا mutkattomasti franchementביושר स्पष्टता से jednostavno, pošteno egyenesen, őszintén; egyszerűen dengan jujur hreinskilnislega francamente 率直に 쉽게, 솔직하게 tiesiai, atvirai godīgi; tieši; atklāti secara terus-terang oprechtgreit, liketilotwarcie واضحاُ francamente pe faţă; direct откровенно úprimne odkrito jednostavno enkelt, uppriktigt อย่างเปิดเผย dürüstçe, doğruca 直接了當...
21. eerlikheid إسْتِقامَه، نَزاهَه прямота franqueza přímost die Geradheit ligefremhed ειλικρίνεια, απλότηταfranqueza siirus صراحت mutkattomuus franchiseיושר स्पष्टवादिता, आर्जव, सीधापन jednostavnost egyenesség, őszinteség; egyszerűség kejujuran hreinskilni franchezza, schiettezza 率直さ 솔직함, 쉬움 tiesumas godīgums; tiešums; atklātība sifat yang berterus-terang oprechtheidoppriktighet, åpenhjertighet prostolinijność وضاحت franqueza sinceritate, fran­cheţe откровенность úprimnosť odkritost jednostavnos...
22. frank discussion. eerlike bespreking كلام صَريح откровен разговор conversa franca otevřený rozhovor ehrliches Gespräch ærlig snak; åbenhjertig diskussion ειλικρινής συζήτηση conversación franca avameelne arutelu صحبت رك puhua suoraan franc-parler שִׂיָחה גְלוּיָה सीधी सरल बातचीत या बोली otvorena rasprava, iskreni razgovor őszinte beszélgetés pembicaraan terus terang hreinskilnislegar samræður (il parlare chiaro) 率直な議論 확실(솔직)한 대화 atviras pokalbis atklāta/vaļsirdīga saruna perbincangan yang ter...
23. (of a former criminal) to lead an honest life. eerlik leef يَسير في الطَّريق الشَّريف водя порядъчен живот andar na linha vést poctivý život ein anständiges Leben führen føre et skikkeligt liv μπαίνω στον ίσιο δρόμο reformarse ausalt elama به راه راست هدايت شدن parantaa tapansa rester dans le droit chemin לַחֲזוֹר לַמוּטָב अपराधी जीवन को त्यागना živjeti pošteno, ostaviti se kriminala tisztességesen él hidup jujur vera löghlÿðinn (comportarsi bene) 更生する (출감 후) 착실하게 살다 pasukti į doros kelią dzī...
24. immediately. Do it straight away! dadelik حالا، فَوْرا веднага imediatamente ihned auf der Stelle straks αμέσωςen seguida otsekohe فورا välittömästi tout de suiteמיד तुरन्त odmah, smjesta azonnal langsung samstundis subito, immediatamente すぐに 바로 tučtuojau, nedelsiant tūlīt pat; nekavējoties dengan segera onmiddellijkmed én gang, øyeblikkelignatychmiast فوراُ imediatamente imediat тотчас ihneď pri priči odmah med detsamma ทันทีทันใด hemen, derhâl 立刻 відразу, негайно فوراً ngay lập tức 立刻

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“After four grueling laps, the race had come down to a sprint. Into the straight, although my legs were burning, I called on them for more, and they responded. On my inside the maroon singlet came with me, until it was just the two of us heading for the line.”

“Seppi started the engine, then shifted first gear and sped away into second, then third and fourth gear. Frank heard the roar of the Porsche's engine further down the straight and the back short straight. He held a stopwatch in his hand, waiting for him to come up into the straight from the hairpin curve.”

“My friends call straights "heteros".”

“You live with straights who tell you you was king / Jump when your momma tell you anything”

“Boys! Boys! You're scaring the straights, okay? Is there any way that we could do this tomorrow?”

“More importantly, Blows Against the Empire […] more than any other work revealed the split vision towards space exploration among many in the counter-culture: a romantic vision of the freedom offered by space that had been fostered by a lifetime of science fiction consumption, immersion in a technological society, the countercultural yearning for speed and “the road,” and, thanks to LSD and other hallucinogens, a unique preappreciation of space traveling not available to straights, versus the bland, oppressive vision of exploration offered by NASA, itself just one part of a larger destructive system that was devastating Earth and that could only offer further oppression in space, not liberation.”

“A straight = a straighter = a straight cut, une cigarette en tabac de Virginie.]”

“2021, B. J. Deming, 25 More Facts About House Cats A hopeful sign of compromise is the growing popularity of Scottish Fold "straights" (cats like Maru, without droopy ears).”

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