"Keep people straight" nghĩa là gì?

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"Keep people straight" = Cứ thẳng thắn, thật thà, trung thực -> Phân biệt chính xác giữa người này với người kia hoặc với nhóm người nào đó.

Ví dụ
"With so many people here from so many places, that's the only way to keep people straight. So I'm the Canadian guy. The hockey guy.

Plenty of people who hike (đi bộ đường dài) the Appalachian Trail give themselves a nickname to make it easier to keep people straight on the trail (đường mòn).

"In America, they don't bother controlling money in their elections (cuộc bầu cử), they've lost that battle," she revealed. "But we do. This is the way we keep people straight. It's absolutely the bedrock (nền đá gốc, nền tảng) of everything.

It feels like there are duplicate (giống hệt, bản sao) names every season on The Bachelor and The Bachelorette. Considering the amount of people who apply every year, you'd think that could be avoided. But of the 30 women on Nick Viall's season, there are two Elizabeths, two Jasmines, and two Danielles. It can be tough to keep people straight when there are so many contestants (người chơi, dự thi) and so many names, but if you get to know Danielle M. and Danielle L. on The Bachelor, you'll see that they actually have a couple of things in common besides their first name.

Bin Kuan

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