gerade in English:

straight hair

She was born with underdeveloped lungs, but eventually a few steroid shots set her straight.

With a high, closed collar, figure-hugging cut, and large slits at either side of a straight skirt, the qipao is unique in its ability to communicate both modesty and sensuousness.

It is characteristic of the fork ball, one of baseball's change-ups, that a ball that flew straight will drop suddenly just before the batter.

Ronpari is a word that designates those whose eyes don't look straight, but in different directions to the left and right, as if they were looking at Paris and London.

Taking into account the time I'd just spent napping, I'm really picking up the sense that this time's exam really won't be straight forward.

In a time-bound society time is seen as linear- in other words as a straight line extending from the past, through the present, to the future.

I was flabbergasted to hear that she died of a drug overdose. She always seemed like such a straight arrow to me.

Go straight, then take the second street to the left and turn immediately again to the right. That will be Karlova Street and then you should keep going straight across Charles Bridge to Mostecka Street and on to Malostranské Square.

Ah, y-yes ... Sorry, Coz. "Hey! You might be my relative but here I'm your senior and a doctor. Keep things straight while you're in the hospital!"

I didn't know what was what. The inside of my head had gone to panic mode and I couldn't get things straight.

Tim produced a perfect alveolar trill for a straight minute. The rest of the Spanish class envied and despised this vulgar display of power.

Just how tiresome was it to argue straight against the phrase "Don't blindly follow America's lead!"

He just left.

If you don't want to put on sunscreen, that's your problem. Just don't come complaining to me when you get a sunburn.

Rather than putting off this meeting, why don't we just call it off?

A really perceptive person can figure out a whole situation with just a few clues. That's the kind of person I want you to become.

Being a good conversationalist does not just mean being a good speaker of English.

The question is whether Tom was planning to meet Mary or just met her by chance.

He just naturally avoids everything that is intense, difficult or strenuous.

Just when I was getting the hang of things, I was in a traffic accident and had to stay two months in the hospital.

Tom would often make mistakes purposely just so the teacher would notice him.

Considering all I've eaten all day is just one slice of bread, I'm not really all that hungry.

I don't need to sound like a native speaker, I just want to be able to speak fluently.

I have a hard time seeing the logic of this latest decision of his. He just isn't as sharp as he used to be.

He puts on a show of being impartial and unbiased, but I think he's just a guy with no opinion of his own.

I've been thinking about marriage a lot, and I think we should just do it.

If you raise an eyebrow, it can mean "I want to have sex with you", but also "I find that what you just said is completely idiotic."

I’m busy at the moment.

I`m doing my homework at the moment.

Betty is cooking at the moment.

There's too much going on at the moment.

I can't speak to you at the moment.

We are very sorry, but the book is not available at the moment. You could come back next week. Chances are we will have it.

I wonder what they are doing at the moment.

What are you reading at the moment?

I've got a lot of work at the moment.

She can't go to the cinema with us, because she is busy at the moment.