1. directly
As a rule, I prefer people who deal with matters of this kind directly with those involved.
You're not going to get electrocuted just by directly touching a 1.5V battery.
The Narita Express will take you directly to Tokyo Station in approximately 90 minutes.
Can I call directly?
The police officer pointed his pistol at the criminal, who, in turn, held his pistol directly pointed at the officer. Neither had the advantage, the position was a stalemate.
The new trendy way to drink vodka is to pour it directly into your eye socket. However, doing so could seriously damage your vision.
Everyone has the right to take part in the government of his country, directly or through freely chosen representatives.
If you ask her too directly whether she has a friend, she will become suspicious and answer: "Why did you ask me that?".
You speak pretty highly of him but you're directly involved. I think my less charitable view might be more accurate since I can look at things objectively.
In America 'rebate' is widely recognized, generally as an incentive where makers give back directly to consumers.
He will be here directly (very soon). The new regulations will affect us directly. He saw Susan directly ahead (straight ahead).
Women are directly adapted to act as the nurses and educators of our early childhood, for the simple reason that they themselves are childish, foolish, and short-sighted.
Kindly address yourself to the chairman, not directly to other representatives at this meeting.
If you want to do eye-grabbing work you have to put out something punchy at the outset. Say what you mean directly.
The dining hall is directly adjacent to the lobby, or rather, from where you are, it's just three steps away?
Anglais mot "direkt"(directly) se produit dans des ensembles:
Adjectives and adverbs 200 - 250 - Adjektiven an A...2. direct
Direct marketing is a means of allowing people to shop from home.
Sorry to be so direct, but how much did you pay for this?
I think sometimes the English need to say what they think, to be more direct.
direct train
Japan's foreign direct investment reached $10 billion last year.
The committee would like me to have someone to whom I can direct questions or go to for guidance about the city and its resources; I believe, therefore, that you would be a very good match.
It should be added that his remarks had no direct influence on the constituency.
In countries with electoral colleges, citizens vote for representatives to pick heads of state for them, adding an extra layer to what would otherwise be a direct election.
49 is the smallest natural number with the property that it and its two direct neighbours are not square-free.
It will soon be possible for us to go direct to New York by air.
We want natural-sounding translations, not word-for-word direct translations.
Direct flights between New York and Tokyo commenced recently.
When we want to be informal, we are often more direct.
Which of the films James Cameron has directed has been more profitable: "Titanic" or "Avatar"?
Can you name the situations in which a supervisor should use a direct order?
Anglais mot "direkt"(direct) se produit dans des ensembles:
Adjectives and adverbs 250 - 300 - Adjektiven an A...3. immediately
I'll return immediately.
Police immediately sealed off the streets around the hotel as they searched for the bomb.
Immediately after the bell rang the teacher came into the classroom.
They used math to calculate the shape of the universe immediately before and after the Big Bang.
If you notice a thief in our shop, please inform your supervisor immediately.
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.
If an oversight is the reason why you have not paid, please send us the amount due, and let us solve the problem immediately.
When we stepped off the bus we were immediately surrounded by a throng of children from the village.
To avoid spoiling, fish caught far out at sea are immediately cooled or even frozen.
I go into the store, and who do I see? An American friend, who immediately begins to tell me what has been going on with him since we last met.
The fork made its way to Western tables several hundred years later, but it was not immediately accepted.
3. If you do phone then hang up immediately, without following any instructions given.
Yesterday, I found a tiny piece of land for sale in a quiet residential area and I immediately decided to buy it.
OK, but if we stopped putting gases into the air now, global warming would stop immediately, right?
Your work has been causing a lot of complaints from customers; I'm ordering you to leave immediately. "Oh, up yours! I didn't want to work here in the first place."