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1 straight
[streit] 1. adjective1) (not bent or curved: a straight line; straight (= not curly) hair; That line is not straight.) rovný2) ((of a person, his behaviour etc) honest, frank and direct: Give me a straight answer!) otevřený3) (properly or levelly positioned: Your tie isn't straight.) správně umístěný4) (correct and tidy: I'll never get this house straight!; Now let's get the facts straight!) v náležitém pořádku5) ((of drinks) not mixed: a straight gin.) čistý6) ((of a face, expression etc) not smiling or laughing: You should keep a straight face while you tell a joke.) nepohnutý7) ((of an actor) playing normal characters, or (of a play) of the ordinary type - not a musical or variety show.) charakterní, dramatický2. adverb1) (in a straight, not curved, line; directly: His route went straight across the desert; She can't steer straight; Keep straight on.) přímo, rovně2) (immediately, without any delay: He went straight home after the meeting.) rovnou3) (honestly or fairly: You're not playing (= behaving) straight.) poctivě3. noun(the straight part of something, eg of a racecourse: He's in the final straight.) rovinka- straightness
- straightforward
- straightforwardly
- straightforwardness
- straight talking
- go straight
- straight away
- straighten out/up
- a straight fight
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2 siphon
1. noun1) (a bent pipe or tube through which liquid can be drawn off from one container to another at a lower level: He used a siphon to get some petrol out of the car's tank.) násoska2) ((also soda-siphon) a glass bottle with such a tube, used for soda water.) sifon2. verb((with off, into etc) to draw (off) through a siphon: They siphoned the petrol into a can.) přečerpat* * *• trubice• sifon• odčerpat -
3 bend/fall over backwards
(to try very hard: He bent over backwards to get us tickets for the concert.) moci se přetrhnout, hodně se snažit
См. также в других словарях:
Get bent! — int Absolutely not! Play chicken with you? Are you kidding? Get bent, man! 1990s … Historical dictionary of American slang
get bent out of shape (about something) — get bent out of ˈshape (about/over sth) idiom (NAmE, informal) to become angry, anxious or upset • Don t get bent out of shape about it. It was just a mistake! Main entry: ↑bent … Useful english dictionary
get bent out of shape (over something) — get bent out of ˈshape (about/over sth) idiom (NAmE, informal) to become angry, anxious or upset • Don t get bent out of shape about it. It was just a mistake! Main entry: ↑bent … Useful english dictionary
get bent out of shape — American, informal to become very angry or upset. It s ok, don t worry about returning the books. I don t get bent out of shape about things like that … New idioms dictionary
Get bent — 1) get stoned on marijuana, etc.; 2) (used imperatively) go away; piss off … Dictionary of Australian slang
get bent — Australian Slang 1. get stoned on marijuana, etc.; 2. (used imperatively) go away; piss off … English dialects glossary
get bent out of shape — verb To take offense; to become angry, agitated or upset. They stopped inviting him to the gatherings, and he really got bent out of shape about it … Wiktionary
get bent — exclam. go away; drop dead (used to reject something or as a retort) … English slang
bent — 1. mod. alcohol or drug intoxicated. □ I’ve never seen two guys so bent. □ I can get bent on a glass of wine. 2. mod. dishonest; crooked. □ I’m afraid that Paul is a little bent. He cheats on his taxes. □ … Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions
bent out of shape — informal angry or agitated it was just a mistake, nothing to get bent out of shape about * * * bent out of shape US informal : very angry or unhappy Don t get all bent out of shape [=upset]. Nothing bad happened! • • • Main Entry: ↑bent bent out… … Useful english dictionary
bent — bent1 [ bent ] adjective 1. ) a bent object has a curved or twisted shape: bent railings 2. ) MAINLY BRITISH INFORMAL dishonest: a bent cop 3. ) MAINLY BRITISH an offensive word used to describe a gay person bent on (doing) something very… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
