Straight : 똑바로, 일직선으로, (곧거나 휘지않고)곧은, 똑바른, 곧장, 곧바로, 솔직한, 정직한, 솔직하게, 정직하게, 내리, 잇달아 계속하여, (선택이)양단간의, (비뚤지 않고) 바른, 고지식한, 올곧은, 동성애가 아닌, 이성애의, (술이) 아무것도 타지 않은,스트레이트의, (경주로도로의) 직선 구간
Get something Straight : (상황에 대한 오해가 없도록) ~을 분명히 하다, ~을 이해하다, ~을 분명히 밝히다
Go Straight : (범죄 생활을 접고) 똑바로살다, 착하게 살다
Keep a straight face : 웃지 않고 있다, 진지한 표정을 하다, 무표정한 얼굴을 하다
Set the Record Straight : 오해를 바로잡다
Straight can be both an adjective and an adverb
1)
a straight line, something that continue in the same direction
it doesn't twist, it doesn't bend, it just goes directly
walk in a straight line
continue straight down this street, undeviating, direct
go straight, a straight line
walk straight
2)
something that is not curly
you could have straight hair or curly hair
it went straight on the floor, directly from one place to another
ball hitting straight in the eye
he looked at me straight
directly, in a direct line
3)
if you go straight to a place, you go immediately do it straight away
immediately, promptly, inistantly
I went straight home after work, directly, without change
I walked straight to my friend's house, I didn't deviate from the path
go straight home
go straight to the shop
4)
you could give somebody a straight answer, you answer them clearly directly honestly
give it to me straight not with any curves, just give me the quickest honest frankest explanation
tell me straight what's going to happen
5)
straight, can also mean one thing after the other
I worked for eight hours straight, one after the next after the next
successive, consecutive, continuous
I lost threee rounds of poker straight, on after the other
in a row
I worked for 24 hours straight
6)
a straight choice, is between two things
a straight fight, is between two people
it's a straight choice between yes or no
he can beat anybody in a straight fight
it was a straight contest between two contenders
7)
something can be straight, can be normal, can be conventioal
this guy is really straight, it means he is rather boring conventional orthodox traditional
he has a very straight attitude towards this type of things
somebody could be straight-laced, they don't lkie things that are not conventional
a comedian has a straight man
8)
you can also use straight to mean that somebody is heterosexual
the opposite of gay is straight
straight, heterosexual
9)
you could have a straight drink
give me a straight whisky
give me a straight vodka with no mixer, just the alcoholic drink in itself
give me a straight whiskey with ice
he drank the mixture straight without diluting it
10)
on a track for example, a runner normally tracks a curve and they have a bend and then a straight and that is the straight bit
he was on the last straight and he was in the lead
we've come to the final straight. the last bit of something
it's a straight section of track
the cars go very fast down the straights
there was a long straight going across the city
the home straight, the last piece
11)
to get something straight, to understand it or to organize
let me get this straight, let me understand this correctly
12)
a criminal could go straight, be honest and stop committing crime
you could on the striaght and narrow, you do the right thing and you do what is morally correct
it's often difficult to follow the straight and narrow
to do the right thing the moral thing
13)
to keep a straight face, not to laugh
it was so funny but it was really difficult to keep a straight face
14)
I would like to set the record straight
I would like to give you the correct version because people think that something that is not true
I would really like to give you the correct one because I do know what happend let me set the record straight
15)
you can have a straight in card
six seven eight nine ten in poker
ten jack, queen, king, ace, this is a straight
Formality : 4.5 - 5 for most of usages of straight
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