Adjectives / Adverbs | |||||||
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| straight adj. | gerade | ||||||
| direct adj. | gerade | ||||||
| pair adj. French | gerade | ||||||
| even adj. [MATH.] | gerade - Zahl | ||||||
| square - straight, even adj. | gerade | ||||||
| forthright adj. | gerade | ||||||
| upright adj. adv. | gerade | ||||||
| straightforward adj. | gerade | ||||||
| even adj. | gerade [Card Games] | ||||||
| directly adv. | in gerader Richtung | ||||||
| just about | gerade mal - knapp | ||||||
| in the nick of time | gerade recht | ||||||
| even now | gerade jetzt | ||||||
| just now | gerade jetzt | ||||||
Phrases / Collocations | |||||||
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| You of all people! | Gerade du! | ||||||
| as the crow flies | in gerader Linie | ||||||
| just enough to live | gerade genug um zu leben | ||||||
| that's just the point | darum geht's doch gerade | ||||||
| as the case may be | wie es gerade kommt | ||||||
Nouns | |||||||
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| right circular cone | gerader Kreiskegel | ||||||
| straight track [TECH.] | gerader Strang | ||||||
| edge-to-edge bite [MED.] | gerader Biss [Dentistry] | ||||||
| end-to-end bite [MED.] | gerader Biss [Dentistry] | ||||||
| flat arch [ARCH.] | gerader Bogen | ||||||
| flat double-ended ring spanner [TECH.] | gerader Doppelringspanner | ||||||
| straight flange [TECH.] | gerader Flansch [Abrasive Engineering] | ||||||
| square bar [TECH.] | gerader Riegel | ||||||
| straight pull [TECH.] | gerader Zug [Hoisting Technology] | ||||||
| right cone | gerader Kegel | ||||||
| straight bit - a flat or ordinary chisel for boring [TECH.] | gerader Bohrmeißel | ||||||
| straight bit - a flat or ordinary chisel for boring [TECH.] | gerader Meißel | ||||||
| straight line | gerade Linie | ||||||
| flyer or: flier | gerade Stufe | ||||||
Verbs | |||||||
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| to straighten sth. | straightened, straightened | | etw.acc. gerade ausrichten | richtete aus, ausgerichtet | | ||||||
| to straighten sth. | straightened, straightened | | etw.acc. gerade rücken | rückte, gerückt | | ||||||
| to straighten sth. ⇔ up - e. g. picture | etw.acc. gerade hinhängen | hängte hin, hingehängt | | ||||||
| to dodge a bullet | dodged, dodged | | gerade nochmal davonkommen | kam davon, davongekommen | | ||||||
| to come to so. at the right time | jmdm. gerade recht kommen | kam, gekommen | | ||||||
| to be the flavorAE of the month [fig.] to be the flavourBE of the month [fig.] | gerade total angesagt sein | ||||||
| to be on a roll | was, been | [coll.] | gerade sehr erfolgreich sein | war, gewesen | | ||||||
| to signal an even number | eine gerade Anzahl markieren | markierte, markiert | [Card Games] | ||||||
| to take potluck (or: pot luck) | took, taken | | nehmen, was es gerade gibt | ||||||
Examples | |||||||
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| at your leisure | wenn es Ihnen gerade passt | ||||||
| just when it suits you | wenn es Ihnen gerade passt | ||||||
| when it suits you | wenn es Ihnen gerade passt | ||||||
| Two is an even number. | Zwei ist eine gerade Zahl. | ||||||
| I was just about to call you. | Ich wollte dich gerade anrufen. | ||||||
| His name escapes me. | Sein Name fällt mir gerade nicht ein. | ||||||
| It's not exactly brilliant. | Das ist nicht gerade das Gelbe vom Ei. | ||||||
| The gateway through which you have just walked is 800 years old. | Das Tor, durch das Sie gerade gegangen sind, ist 800 Jahre alt. | ||||||
| Where are you now? | Wo bist du jetzt gerade? | ||||||
| I just managed it. | Ich habe es gerade geschafft. | ||||||
| His name escapes me. | Sein Name ist mir gerade entfallen. | ||||||
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