straight man in the Oxford-Paravia Italian Dictionary

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I.straight [Brit streɪt, Am streɪt] N

II.straight [Brit streɪt, Am streɪt] ADJ

III.straight [Brit streɪt, Am streɪt] ADV

1. straight (not obliquely or crookedly):

straight walk, stand up, grow, fly, steer, hang, cut, throw, hit
dritto, diritto
straight shoot
diritto, bene
stand up straight!
stai dritto!
sit up straight!
siedi con la schiena dritta!
she held her arm out straight
teneva il braccio dritto or steso
she was stretched straight out on the floor
era stesa dritta sul pavimento
to go straight ahead
andare (sempre) dritto
to look straight ahead
guardare dritto davanti a sé
to look sb straight in the eye or face
guardare qn dritto negli occhi
can you see straight?
vedi (bene)?
he headed straight for the bar
si è diretto verso il bar or è andato direttamente verso il bar
he went straight for me
è venuto dritto verso di me
he walked straight across the road
ha attraversato la strada senza fermarsi
the car was coming straight at or towards me
la macchina veniva dritto verso di me
she was looking straight at me
guardava dritto verso di me
straight above our heads
proprio sopra le nostre teste
straight down into the ground
dritto nel terreno
straight up in the air
dritto in aria
the bullet went straight through his body
il proiettile gli attraversò il corpo (da parte a parte)
we went straight through the book
abbiamo letto il libro dall'inizio alla fine
he fired straight into or through the crowd
ha sparato in pieno nella folla
they drove straight through the red light
sono passati con il rosso
they drove straight past me
sono passati in macchina senza fermarsi
she drove straight into a tree
è finita dritta contro un albero
keep straight on, it's on the left
vai sempre dritto, è sulla sinistra
his poems speak straight to our hearts
le sue poesie parlano direttamente ai nostri cuori

2. straight (without delay):

straight
direttamente, difilato, dritto
to go straight home
andare direttamente a casa
to go straight to bed
andare direttamente a letto
she went straight back to Paris
è ritornata direttamente a Parigi
shall we go straight there?
ci andiamo subito?
she wrote straight back
ha risposto subito
to come straight to the point
venire dritto al punto
he went straight to the heart of the matter
è arrivato direttamente al cuore del problema
straight after
subito dopo
I went out straight after phoning you
sono uscito subito dopo averti telefonato
straight away, straight off
subito, immediatamente
I saw straight away or off that it was impossible
ho immediatamente capito che era impossibile
he sat down and read, played it straight off
si è seduto e l'ha letto, suonato subito
I can tell you the dates, prices straight off
posso dirvi le date, i prezzi subito or su due piedi
it seemed like something straight out of a horror film, the Middle Ages
sembrava venire direttamente da un film dell'orrore, dal Medioevo

IV.straight [Brit streɪt, Am streɪt]

I.man <pl men> [Brit man, Am mæn] N

1. man (adult male):

man
uomo m
middle-aged man
uomo di mezza età
married man
uomo sposato
as one man to another
da uomo a uomo
he's not a man to do
non è uomo or tipo da fare
a blind man
un cieco
an old man
un vecchio
a single man
uno scapolo
a ladies' man
un gran conquistatore
a beer, whisky man
un gran bevitore di birra, whisky
a leg, bum man inf
= uno cui piacciono le belle gambe, i bei sederi
a man of God, the people
un uomo di chiesa, del popolo
a man of iron, steel
un uomo di ferro, d'acciaio
they've arrested the right man
hanno arrestato l'uomo giusto
he's your man
è l'uomo che fa per te
he has worked for the party, man and boy Brit
ha lavorato per il partito fin da ragazzo
man of the match
l'uomo partita
good man! (well done)
bravo!
my good man!
vecchio mio!
my little man (to a child) inf
il mio ometto

III.man [Brit man, Am mæn] INTERJ

IV.man <forma in -ing manning, pt, pp manned> [Brit man, Am mæn] VB trans

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straight man in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for straight man in the Italian»English Dictionary

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III.straight [streɪt] N (straight line)

II.man <-nn-> [mæn] VB trans (operate)

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Being straight man to one of the greatest entertainers of our time was not all that easy.
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A straight man is the unfunny half of a comedy duo who sets up the jokes for the comic to deliver the punch lines.
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In character, he is very much the sharp straight man of a comedy duo, speaking veritable storms of malicious insults.
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He functions as the straight man for much of the game.
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He began working in vaudeville in 1922 as the straight man for his older brother's jokes.
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She is generally the straight man in the face of all the absurdities going on around her.
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This is a seeming contradiction in terms: by definition, a straight man is the counterpart to a more loony comedic partner.
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Wise was commonly regarded as the straight man of the partnership, although his role gradually and subtly changed over the years.
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Under the expectations of the time, he would be considered the straight man in comedy routines.
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The term feed comes from the way a straight man is wont to set up jokes and feed them to his partner.
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