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straight

 
 
/streɪt/ adverb

Translation

DIRECTION in a straight line
dosdoğru, dümdüz, düz
It's straight ahead. He was looking straight at me.13931939
IMMEDIATELY immediately
doğruca, hemen, derhal, dosdoğru
I went straight back to sleep.1582
sit up/stand up straight to sit or stand with your body vertical
dik oturmak, dik durmak
1943
not think straight If you cannot think straight, you are not thinking clearly about something.
mantıklı düşünememek, açık seçik bir düşünce ortaya koyamamak
I was so tired, I couldn't think straight.1074
tell sb straight (out) to tell someone the truth in a clear way
doğrudan/dobra dobra/yüzüne söylemek,
I told him straight that he wasn't getting a pay increase.10471042
straight away immediately
derhal, hemen, hiç vakit kaybetmeden
Go there straight away.1582
(Definition of straight adverb from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish © Cambridge University Press)

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