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  • 21straight*/*/ — [streɪt] adj I 1) without bends or curves a straight line/road[/ex] She has long straight hair (= no curls or waves).[/ex] 2) in the correct position, not leaning to one side or the other The picture on that wall isn t straight.[/ex] Make sure… …

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  • 22straight — {{11}}straight (adj.1) mid 14c., direct, undeviating, not crooked, properly that which is stretched, adj. use of O.E. streht (altered, by analogy with streccan, from earlier streaht), pp. of streccan to stretch (see STRETCH (Cf. stretch) (v.)).… …

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  • 23Course Landaise — Although young cows are used instead of bulls the course Landaise is in Gascony a major spectator sport [ This article is largely based on the [http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Course landaise Course landaise article in the French Wikipedia ] . ]… …

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  • 24straight — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. unbent (see straightness); upright, honorable; honest, straightforward; regular, undiluted, unmodified; consecutive, seriatim; proper, correct; informal, heterosexual. See probity, purity, sequence …

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  • 25Course Setting Bomb Sight — The CSBS Mk. IX mounted in a Fairey Battle. The bomb aimer is sighting through the white ring shaped backsights to the pin shaped foresights (just visible against the armoured cable) and holding the bomb release switch in his right hand. The… …

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  • 26course — i. The intended direction of flight. The aircraft heading as measured in the horizontal plane in degrees clockwise from the north. The course is indicated by a single arrow in the air plot. ii. The ILS (instrument landing system) localizer signal …

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  • 27straight from the horse’s mouth — mod. directly from the source. (As if a racehorse were giving racing tips.) □ Of course it’s true. I got it straight from the horse’s mouth. □ This came straight from the horse’s mouth. It’s Zeerocks Copy in the sixth race …

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  • 28straight-run — ˈ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ adjective 1. : involving or produced in the course of petroleum refining by fractionation essentially without cracking or other pyrolytic change straight run distillation straight run gasoline 2. of chicks : sold as hatched;… …

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  • 29Straight Life Annuity — An insurance product that makes periodic payments to the annuitant until his or her death, at which point the payments stop completely. These products do not allow annuitants to designate a beneficiary. Straight life annuities may be bought over… …

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  • 30straight-in landing — A landing made on a runway aligned within 30° of the final approach course following completion of an instrument approach …

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