to be put straight

  • 121dress — [14] Dress originally meant literally ‘put right, put straight’. It comes via Old French dresser from Vulgar Latin *dīrectiāre, a derivative of Latin dīrectus ‘straight’ (from which English gets direct). Traces of this underlying sense survive in …

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  • 122Sonny & Cher Dolls — In 1976 Sonny and Cher appeared to promote the dolls based on the characters they portrayed on their TV show. The Sonny Cher Dolls were a 12 ¼ inch celebrity dolls, in the likeness of Pop rock duo Sonny Cher.[1] …

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  • 123ambulance — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ air, field, land ▪ He had to be flown by air ambulance to a Las Vegas hospital. ▪ emergency (esp. BrE) ▪ waiting …

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  • 124enlighten — Synonyms and related words: account for, acculturate, acquaint, advance, advertise, advertise of, advise, allegorize, ameliorate, amend, apprise, awaken, beacon, better, boost, break the spell, brief, brighten, brighten up, bring forward, bring… …

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  • 125straighten out — Synonyms and related words: accommodate, acculturate, adjust, admonish, advance, ameliorate, amend, arrange, better, boost, bring forward, bring to book, bring to terms, call to account, chastise, chide, civilize, close, close with, compose,… …

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  • 126direct — adj., adv., & v. adj. 1 extending or moving in a straight line or by the shortest route; not crooked or circuitous. 2 a straightforward; going straight to the point. b frank; not ambiguous. 3 without intermediaries or the intervention of other… …

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  • 127organize — verb 1) organizing and disseminating information Syn: (put in) order, arrange, sort (out), assemble, marshal, put straight, group, classify, collocate, categorize, catalog, codify, systematize, systemize; rare methodize 2) th …

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  • 128Junkers Jumo 004 — The Jumo 004 was the world s first turbojet engine in production and operational use, and the first successful axial compressor jet engine ever built. Some 8,000 units were manufactured by Junkers in Germany during late World War II and powered… …

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