-
1 straight
[streɪt] 1. adjline, back, hair prosty; answer jasny; choice, fight bezpośredni; ( THEAT) part, play dramatyczny; whisky etc czysty; ( inf) ( heterosexual) normalny2. adv 3. nto put/get sth straight — ( make clear) wyjaśniać (wyjaśnić perf) coś; ( make tidy) doprowadzać (doprowadzić perf) coś do porządku
to go straight home — iść (pójść perf) prosto do domu
to tell sb straight out — powiedzieć ( perf) komuś prosto z mostu
straight away, straight off — od razu
* * *[streit] 1. adjective1) (not bent or curved: a straight line; straight (= not curly) hair; That line is not straight.) prosty2) ((of a person, his behaviour etc) honest, frank and direct: Give me a straight answer!) rzetelny3) (properly or levelly positioned: Your tie isn't straight.) prosty4) (correct and tidy: I'll never get this house straight!; Now let's get the facts straight!) w należytym, porządku5) ((of drinks) not mixed: a straight gin.) czysty6) ((of a face, expression etc) not smiling or laughing: You should keep a straight face while you tell a joke.) poważny7) ((of an actor) playing normal characters, or (of a play) of the ordinary type - not a musical or variety show.) dramatyczny2. adverb1) (in a straight, not curved, line; directly: His route went straight across the desert; She can't steer straight; Keep straight on.) prosto2) (immediately, without any delay: He went straight home after the meeting.) od razu3) (honestly or fairly: You're not playing (= behaving) straight.) uczciwie3. noun(the straight part of something, eg of a racecourse: He's in the final straight.) prosta- straightness
- straightforward
- straightforwardly
- straightforwardness
- straight talking
- go straight
- straight away
- straighten out/up
- a straight fight
- straight off
См. также в других словарях:
without further ado — without further/more/ado phrase without any delay Without further ado, let’s begin the show. Thesaurus: happening or done quickly, suddenly or immediatelysynonym Main entry … Useful english dictionary
Delay — De*lay , n.; pl. {Delays}. [F. d[ e]lai, fr. OF. deleer to delay, or fr. L. dilatum, which, though really from a different root, is used in Latin only as a p. p. neut. of differre to carry apart, defer, delay. See {Tolerate}, and cf. {Differ},… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
without more ado — without further/more/ado phrase without any delay Without further ado, let’s begin the show. Thesaurus: happening or done quickly, suddenly or immediatelysynonym Main entry … Useful english dictionary
without further ado — without further/more ado without any delay. And so, without further ado, let me introduce you to tonight s speaker … New idioms dictionary
without more ado — without further/more ado without any delay. And so, without further ado, let me introduce you to tonight s speaker … New idioms dictionary
Delay box — is a common slang term used in drag racing to describe an on board timer which is a Transmission Brake Delay Timer. A transbrake forces the race car to remain stationary at the starting line, in gear, regardless of how much engine power is… … Wikipedia
without further (or more) ado — without any fuss or delay; immediately. → ado … English new terms dictionary
delay — de|lay1 [ dı leı ] verb ** 1. ) intransitive or transitive to do something later than is planned or expected: They agreed to delay the decision for as long as possible. I have delayed my return home because of the weather. Don t delay if you want … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
delay */*/ — I UK [dɪˈleɪ] / US noun Word forms delay : singular delay plural delays 1) a) [countable/uncountable] a situation in which something happens later or more slowly than you expected Why the delay? delay in: Try to find the reason for any delay in… … English dictionary
Delay of game (ice hockey) — Delay of game is a penalty in ice hockey. It results in the offending player spending two minutes in the penalty box. Delay of game is usually called under six circumstances[1]: A player or goaltender intentionally shoots or throws the puck out… … Wikipedia
delay — de|lay1 W3S2 [dıˈleı] n 1.) [C ] when someone or something has to wait, or the length of the waiting time ▪ Sorry for the delay, Mr Weaver. delay in ▪ Why was there a delay in warning the public? delay of ▪ a delay of about an hour… … Dictionary of contemporary English