straighten out
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～ change for the better; "The lazy student promised to reform"; "the habitual cheater finally saw the light"
straighten
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～ put (things or places) in order; "Tidy up your room!"
straighten
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～ get up from a sitting or slouching position; "The students straightened when the teacher entered"
straighten out
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～ make free from confusion or ambiguity; make clear; "Could you clarify these remarks?"; "Clear up the question of who is at fault"
straighten
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～ make straight or straighter; "Straighten this post"; "straighten hair"
straighten out
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～ extricate from entanglement; "Can you disentangle the cord?"
strain
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～ cause to be tense and uneasy or nervous or anxious; "he got a phone call from his lawyer that tensed him up"
strain
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～ rub through a strainer or process in an electric blender; "puree the vegetables for the baby"
strain
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～ use to the utmost; exert vigorously or to full capacity; "He really extended himself when he climbed Kilimanjaro"; "Don't strain your mind too much"
strain
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～ to exert much effort or energy; "straining our ears to hear"
strain
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～ separate by passing through a sieve or other straining device to separate out coarser elements; "sift the flour"
strain
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～ alter the shape of (something) by stress; "His body was deformed by leprosy"
strain
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～ remove by passing through a filter; "filter out the impurities"
strain
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～ test the limits of; "You are trying my patience!"
strain
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～ become stretched or tense or taut; "the bodybuilder's neck muscles tensed"; "the rope strained when the weight was attached"