straight road
collocation in Englishmeaningsofstraightandroad
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straight
adjective
adverb
uk/streɪt/us/streɪt/
continuing in one direction without bending ...
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road
noun[C or U]
uk/rəʊd/us/roʊd/
a long, hard surface built for vehicles to ...
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(Definition ofstraightandroadfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofstraight road
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Consider the phenomenon of perspective, as seen for example when standing on a longstraightroadthat stretches to the horizon in a straight line in opposite directions.
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At the end of two miles ofstraightroadthat is what you would get.
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There are even certain stretches of perfectlystraightroadwhere accidents happen.
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People wonder about the purpose of a speed camera on astraightroadwithout any congestion.
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We now have astraightroadand it is possible to overtake when traffic conditions allow.
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On astraightroadone might have a sporting chance of correcting it.
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A trial of the same system on astraightroadis now being planned.
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That is thestraightroadto world prosperity and to expanded trade.
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It stands skew-wise to a road, which itself is not astraightroad, going up a hill.
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There is nostraightroadto the national park, but it does very well and fights very hard.
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We would like very much if he would come on to a single road, astraightroad.
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This also was its franchise-record fifthstraightroadwin.
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I'm walking thestraightroadnow and won't turn back.
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You must see that the road is clear in front on astraightroadjust as much as on a road with bends and corners.
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I think he will hit it very much less often on the broad andstraightroadthan on the narrow and twisted road.
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Nevertheless, speaking generally, the broad andstraightroadis the road on which the good and careful driver can see what is coming.
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Riding a bicycle with no hands is very good if you are going along astraightroadtowards the sunny uplands.
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I do not think that it is possible to fix on a firmstraightroadwhich goes along passing certain mileposts on the way.
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In 1951, on astraightroadwhere there was a speed limit the number of accidents all over the country was 52,000.
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It would be a longstraightroadwhich would halve the time now taken for the journey and halve the cost.
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I come now to the case for the imposition of a speed restriction on this almost one mile ofstraightroad.
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His favourite quote was nobody ever gets lost on astraightroad.
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The prison was located alongside a longstraightroadand surrounded by high walls.
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When we reach that point it is classically a point at which heresy begins to develop, because there is no further to go on thestraightroad.
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I can set course north from there and travel more than 40 miles in a straight line, although there is hardly astraightroadon which to do so.
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