home straight in the Oxford Spanish Dictionary

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I.straight <straighter straightest> [Am streɪt, Brit streɪt] ADJ

2. straight (in order) pred:

is my hair straight?
¿tengo bien el pelo?
I have to get or put my room straight
tengo que ordenar or arreglar mi cuarto
I need a few days to put or set or get my affairs straight
necesito unos días para poner mis asuntos en orden
if I pay for the coffees, we'll be straight
si pago los cafés quedamos or estamos en paz
if I pay for the coffees, we'll be straight
si pago los cafés quedamos or estamos a mano CSur
to get sth straight let's get this straight
a ver si nos entendemos
you have to make sure you've got your facts straight
tienes que asegurarte de que la información que tienes es correcta
I went to see the boss to set the record straight
fui a ver al jefe para aclarar las cosas
just to set the record straight, I never actually said that
que conste que yo nunca dije eso
to put or set sb straight about sth
aclararle algo a alguien
I soon put him straight
enseguida le aclaré las cosas

II.straight [Am streɪt, Brit streɪt] ADV

III.straight [Am streɪt, Brit streɪt] N

See also straightaway, straight angle, straight and narrow

I.straightaway ADV a. straight away

II.straightaway N [Am ˌstreɪdəˈweɪ, Brit ˌstreɪtəˈweɪ] Am

I.home [Am hoʊm, Brit həʊm] N

1.2. home (of person) U or C (in wider sense):

New York's been my home since I was 12
he vivido en Nueva York desde que tenía 12 años
they made their home in Germany
se establecieron en Alemania
they made their home in Germany
fijaron su residencia en Alemania form
my family's home is in California
mi familia vive en California
I still think of England as home
para mí Inglaterra sigue siendo mi patria
those little touches that make a house a home
esos pequeños detalles que convierten una casa en un hogar
home sweet home
hogar dulce hogar
there's no place like home
como en casa no se está en ningún sitio
to leave home
irse de casa
have you heard from home?
¿te han escrito de tu casa (or país etc.)?
he lived/worked away from home for a year
vivió/trabajó fuera un año
not only in the Third World, but also much closer to home
no solo en el Tercer Mundo sino también mucho más cerca de nosotros
those remarks were uncomfortably close to home
esos comentarios me (or le etc.) tocaban muy de cerca
a home away from home or Brit a home from home
una segunda casa
home is where the heart is
el verdadero hogar está donde uno tiene a los suyos
home is where he hangs his hat
no tiene raíces en ningún sitio

5.2. home SPORTS C (in baseball) → home plate

II.home [Am hoʊm, Brit həʊm] ADV

III.home [Am hoʊm, Brit həʊm] ADJ attr

See also strike home, home plate, drive home, at home

strike home VB [Am straɪk -, Brit strʌɪk -] (v + adv)

drive home VB [Am draɪv -, Brit drʌɪv -] (v + o + adv, v + adv + o)

home straight in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for home straight in the English»Spanish Dictionary

Translations for home straight in the English»Spanish Dictionary

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I.straight [streɪt] N (straight line)

II.home [həʊm, Am hoʊm] ADV

III.home [həʊm, Am hoʊm] ADJ

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The home straight of four furlongs is flat and galloping ensuring fair and competitive finishes to most races including the signature staying chases.
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The original course was a turfed oval shape, 1892 metres in circumference and 30 metres wide, with sweeping cambered turns and an uphill home straight of 407 metres.
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There is a second licensed bar underneath the home straight grandstand.
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The track has a 200m yd straight on the home straight next to the grandstand which extends past the regular start line although the extension has been fenced off.
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The run-in is not perfectly straight: an elbow requires jockeys to make a slight right before finding themselves truly on the home straight.
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If it is on the outside, then each of the seven laps is longer than the standard 400 m, and the starting point is on the home straight.
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The turf track is 28 metres wide, with a circumference of 2,027 metres and a home straight of 434 metres.
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Although he won the race by 6 lengths, he was outpaced entering the home straight and didn't look like the winner at the second last.
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The course is one and a half miles round with a home straight of three-and-a-half furlongs, left-handed with wide sweeping bends and an uphill finish from two furlongs out.
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The course continues with a downhill run around the far bend into the home straight.
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