the shirts only come in straight sizes, not in plus sizes; shopping at a straight-sized store
17. adj. (colloquial) Not using alcohol, drugs, etc.
18. adj. (colloquial) Heterosexual.
19. adj. (science) concerning the property allowing the parallel-transport of vectors along a course that keeps tangent vectors remain tangent vectors throughout that course (a course which is straight, a stra
20. adv. Of a direction relative to the subject, precisely; as if following a direct line.
The door will be straight ahead of you.
Go straight back.
21. adv. Directly; without pause, delay or detour.
On arriving at work, he went straight to his office.
22. adv. Continuously; without interruption or pause.
He claims he can hold his breath for three minutes straight.
23. n. Something that is not crooked or bent such as a part of a road or track.
24. n. (poker) Five cards in sequence.
25. n. (colloquial) A heterosexual.
My friends call straights "heteros".
26. n. (slang) A normal person; someone in mainstream society.
27. n. (slang) A cigarette, particularly one containing tobacco instead of marijuana. Also straighter.
28. v. To straighten.
Law
1. n. (Géographie) Village d'Écosse situé dans le district de South Lanarkshire.
2. n. Loi.
There was a law passed in 1893 that covers that.
Il y avait une loi adoptée en 1893 qui traite de cela.
Il y avait une loi adoptée en 1893 qui s'occupe de cela.
It's against the law to drive through a red light.
C'est contre la loi de griller un feu rouge.
3. n. (Mathématiques) Loi , théorème.
4. n. (Droit) Droit.
She's studying law to become a lawyer.
Elle étudie le droit pour devenir avocate.
« Cela n'est pas une excuse, » répondit M. Brownlow. « … ; car le droit suppose que votre épouse agisse sous votre direction. » — « Si le droit suppose cela, » dit M. Bumble, …, « le droit est un âne - un idiot. »
— Ce n'est pas une excuse, répliqua M. Brownlow. … La loi suppose que votre femme n'agit que d'après vos conseils. — Si la loi suppose cela, dit M. Bumble …, la loi n'est qu'un âne… une idiote. (traduction Wikisource)
1. n. The body of binding rules and regulations, customs and standards established in a community by its legislative and judicial authorities.
the courts interpret the law; entrapment is against the law
2. n. The body of such rules that pertain to a particular topic.
property law; commercial hunting and fishing law
3. n. Common law, as contrasted with equity.
4. n. A binding regulation or custom established in a community in this way.
There is a law against importing wallabies. A new law forbids driving on that road. The court ruled that the executive order was not law and nullified it.
5. n. (more generally) (A rule, such as:)
6. n. Any rule that must or should be obeyed, concerning behaviours and their consequences. (Compare mores).
"Do unto others as you wish them to do unto you" is a good law to follow. the law of self-preservation
7. n. A rule or principle regarding the construction of language or art.
the laws of playwriting and poetry
8. n. A statement (in physics, etc) of an (observed, established) order or sequence or relationship of phenomena which is invariable under certain conditions
the laws of thermodynamics
Newton's third law of motion states that to every action there is always an equal and opposite reaction. This is one of several laws derived from
9. n. (mathematics, logic) A statement (of relation) that is true under specified conditions; a mathematical or logical rule.
Mathematical laws can be proved purely through mathematics, without scientific experimentation.
10. n. Any statement of the relation of acts and conditions to their consequences.
the law of scarcity; the law of supply and demand
11. n. (cricket) One of the official rules of cricket as codified by the its (former) governing body, the MCC.
12. n. The control and order brought about by the observance of such rules.
They worked to maintain law and order. It was a territory without law, marked by violence.
13. n. (informal) A person or group that act(s) with authority to uphold such rules and order (for example, one or more police officers).
Here comes the law — run!
14. n. The profession that deals with such rules (as lawyers, judges, police officers, etc).
He is studying for a career in law. She has practiced law in New York for twenty years.
15. n. Jurisprudence, the field of knowledge which encompasses these rules.
She went to university to study law.
16. n. Litigation, legal action (as a means of maintaining or restoring order, redressing wrongs, etc).
They were quick to go to law.
17. n. (now uncommon) An allowance of distance or time (a head start) given to a weaker (human or animal) competitor in a race, to make the race more fair.
18. n. (fantasy) One of two metaphysical forces ruling the world in some fantasy settings, also called order, and opposed to chaos.
19. n. (legal, chiefly historical) An oath sworn before a court, especially disclaiming a debt. (Chiefly in the phrases "wager of law)", "(m", "perform one's law", "lose one's law".)
20. v. (obsolete) To work as a lawyer; to practice law.
21. v. (ambitransitive, chiefly dialectal) To prosecute or sue (someone), to litigate.
22. v. (nonstandard) To rule over (with a certain effect) by law; govern.
23. v. (informal) To enforce the law.
24. v. To subject to legal restrictions.
25. n. (obsolete) A tumulus of stones.
26. n. (Scottish, and Northern England, archaic) A hill.
27. interj. (dated) An exclamation of mild surprise; lawks.
1. n. The right to have something, whether actual or perceived.
2. n. Power, authority to do something.
3. n. Something that one is entitled to.
4. n. (politics) A legal obligation on a government to make payments to a person, business, or unit of government that meets the criteria set in law, such as social security in the US.
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