"a direct route"; "a direct flight"; "a direct hit"
"a direct question"; "a direct response"; "a direct approach"
"a term is in direct proportion to another term if it increases (or decreases) as the other increases (or decreases)"
"direct current"
"a direct result of the accident"
"the direct opposite"
"lineal ancestors"; "lineal heirs"; "a direct descendant of the king"; "direct heredity"
"in direct sunlight"; "in direct contact with the voters"; "direct exposure to the disease"; "a direct link"; "the direct cause of the accident"; "direct vote"
"a direct quotation"; "repeated their dialog verbatim"
"the path leads directly to the lake"; "went direct to the office"
"He directed the children to do their homework"
"I directed them towards the town hall"
"Please don't aim at your little brother!"; "He trained his gun on the burglar"; "Don't train your camera on the women"; "Take a swipe at one's opponent"
"conduct an orchestra; Barenboim conducted the Chicago symphony for years"
"We lead him to our chief"; "can you take me to the main entrance?"; "He conducted us to the palace"
"he masterminded the robbery"
"The explosion sent the car flying in the air"; "She sent her children to camp"; "He directed all his energies into his dissertation"
"He aimed his fists towards his opponent's face"; "criticism directed at her superior"; "direct your anger towards others, not towards yourself"
"the article was a very good read"
"read the advertisement"; "Have you read Salman Rushdie?"
"The King will read the proclamation at noon"
"She read the sky and predicted rain"; "I can't read his strange behavior"; "The fortune teller read his fate in the crystal ball"
"He is auditioning for `Julius Caesar' at Stratford this year"
"I read you loud and clear!"
"She is reading for the bar exam"
"The thermometer showed thirteen degrees below zero"; "The gauge read `empty'"
"The passage reads as follows"; "What does the law say?"
"This dictionary can be read by the computer"
"I read this address as a satire"; "How should I take this message?"