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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.) tiesus2) ((of a person, his behaviour etc) honest, frank and direct: Give me a straight answer!) tiesus, sąžiningas3) (properly or levelly positioned: Your tie isn't straight.) tiesus4) (correct and tidy: I'll never get this house straight!; Now let's get the facts straight!) tvarkingas5) ((of drinks) not mixed: a straight gin.) grynas6) ((of a face, expression etc) not smiling or laughing: You should keep a straight face while you tell a joke.) rimtas7) ((of an actor) playing normal characters, or (of a play) of the ordinary type - not a musical or variety show.) įprastinis, tradicinis2. adverb1) (in a straight, not curved, line; directly: His route went straight across the desert; She can't steer straight; Keep straight on.) tiesiai2) (immediately, without any delay: He went straight home after the meeting.) tiesiai3) (honestly or fairly: You're not playing (= behaving) straight.) tiesiai, sąžiningai, dorai3. noun(the straight part of something, eg of a racecourse: He's in the final straight.) tiesioji- straightness
- straightforward
- straightforwardly
- straightforwardness
- straight talking
- go straight
- straight away
- straighten out/up
- a straight fight
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2 such
1. adjective1) (of the same kind as that already mentioned or being mentioned: Animals that gnaw, such as mice, rats, rabbits and weasels are called rodents; He came from Bradford or some such place; She asked to see Mr Johnson but was told there was no such person there; I've seen several such buildings; I've never done such a thing before; doctors, dentists and such people.) toks2) (of the great degree already mentioned or being mentioned: If you had telephoned her, she wouldn't have got into such a state of anxiety; She never used to get such bad headaches (as she does now).) toks3) (of the great degree, or the kind, to have a particular result: He shut the window with such force that the glass broke; She's such a good teacher that the headmaster asked her not to leave; Their problems are such as to make it impossible for them to live together any more.) toks4) (used for emphasis: This is such a shock! They have been such good friends to me!) toks2. pronoun(such a person or thing, or such persons or things: I have only a few photographs, but can show you such as I have; This isn't a good book as such (= as a book) but it has interesting pictures.) toks- suchlike- such-and-such
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3 the be-all and end-all
(the final aim apart from which nothing is of any real importance: This job isn't the be-all and end-all of existence.) pagrindinis ir vienintelis tikslas
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