| 单词 | line |
| 释义 | line (laɪn ) Word forms: lines , lining , lined 1. countable noun A2 A line is a long thin mark which is drawn or painted on a surface. Draw a line down that page's center. ...a dotted line. The ball had clearly crossed the line. Synonyms: stroke, mark, rule, score 2. countable noun [usually plural] A2 The lines on someone's skin, especially on their face, are long thin marks that appear there as they grow older. He has a large, generous face with deep lines. ...fine lines and wrinkles. Synonyms: wrinkle, mark, crease, furrow 3. countable noun B1 A line of people or things is a number of them arranged one behind the other or side by side. The sparse line of spectators noticed nothing unusual. [+ of] 4. countable noun B1 A line of people or vehicles is a number of them that are waiting one behind another, for example in order to buy something or to go in a particular direction. Children clutching empty bowls form a line. Synonyms: row, queue, rank, file 5. countable noun B1 A line of a piece of writing is one of the rows of words, numbers, or other symbols in it. The next line should read: Five days, 23.5 hours. Tina wouldn't have read more than three lines. 6. plural noun In school, if a child is given lines, he or she is punished by being made to write out a sentence many times or to write out a passage from a book. [British] 7. countable noun B1 A line of a poem, song, or play is a group of words that are spoken or sung together. If an actor learns his or her lines for a play or film, they learn what they have to say. ...a line from Shakespeare's Othello: 'one that loved not wisely but too well'. [+ from] Every time I sing that line, I have to compete with that bloody trombone! Learning lines is very easy. Acting is very difficult. Synonyms: script, part, words, dialogue 8. countable noun [with supplement] A particular type of line in a conversation is a remark that is intended to have a particular effect. 'In time perhaps you'll marry again'. 'That's a great line, coming from you!'. ...chat-up lines like 'You've got beautiful eyes'. 9. variable noun You can refer to a long piece of wire, string, or cable as a line when it is used for a particular purpose. She put her washing on the line. ...a piece of fishing-line. The winds downed power lines. Synonyms: string, cable, wire [old-fashioned], strand 10. countable noun [oft on the N] B2 A line is a connection which makes it possible for two people to speak to each other on the phone. The phone lines went dead. It's not a very good line. Shall we call you back Susan? She's on the line from her home in Boston. 11. countable noun [oft in names] B2 You can use line to refer to a phone number which you can ring in order to get information or advice. ...the 24-hours information line. ...details from Lesbian Line. 12. countable noun [usually plural] A line is a route, especially a dangerous or secret one, along which people move or send messages or supplies. The American continent's geography severely limited the lines of attack. Negotiators say they're keeping communication lines open. ...the guerrillas' main supply lines. 13. countable noun The line in which something or someone moves is the particular route that they take, especially when they keep moving straight ahead. Walk in a straight line. The wings were at right angles to the line of flight. [+ of] Synonyms: trajectory, way, course, track 14. countable noun [oft in names] B1+ A line is a particular route, involving the same stations, roads, or stops along which a train or bus service regularly operates. They've got to ride all the way to the end of the line. Fires halted service on two commuter lines for several hours. I would be able to stay on the Piccadilly Line and get off the tube at South Kensington. 15. countable noun B1+ A railway line consists of the pieces of metal and wood which form the track that the trains travel along. Leaves on the line are an expensive problem for the railways. 16. countable noun A shipping, air, or bus line is a company which provides services for transporting people or goods by sea, air, or bus. [business] The Foreign Office offered to pay the shipping line all the costs of diverting the ship to Bermuda. 17. countable noun [with supplement] You can use line to refer to the edge, outline, or shape of an object or a person's body. The garden has an informal feel to soften the architectural lines of the conservatory. ...a sculptured evening dress that follows the lines of the body. Synonyms: outline, shape, figure, style 18. countable noun [usually singular] A state or county line is a boundary between two states or counties. [US] ...the California state line. Synonyms: boundary, mark, limit, edge 19. countable noun You can use lines to refer to the set of physical defences or the soldiers that have been established along the boundary of an area occupied by an army. Their unit was shelling the German lines only seven miles away. ...the stupendous fortification they called the Maginot Line. Synonyms: formation, front, position, front line 20. countable noun [usually singular] The particular line that a person has towards a problem is the attitude that they have towards it. For example, if someone takes a hard line on something, they have a firm strict policy which they refuse to change. Forty members of the governing Conservative party rebelled, voting against the government line. Most members of Parliament took a hard line on this issue. 21. countable noun You can use line to refer to the way in which someone's thoughts or activities develop, particularly if it is logical. Our discussion in the previous chapter continues this line of thinking. What are some of the practical benefits likely to be of this line of research? [+ of] Synonyms: course, way, direction, tendency 22. plural noun If you say that something happens along particular lines, or on particular lines, you are giving a general summary or approximate account of what happens, which may not be correct in every detail. There followed praise along the lines of 'Hey, this coffee is fantastic!'. He'd said something along those lines already. Our forecast was on the right lines. The main lines of the plan were reduced expenditure and fewer government controls. 23. plural noun If something is organized on particular lines, or along particular lines, it is organized according to that method or principle. ...so-called autonomous republics based on ethnic lines. ...reorganising old factories to work along Japanese lines. 24. countable noun Your line of business or work is the kind of work that you do. [business] So what was your father's line of business? [+ of] In my line of work I often get home too late for dinner. [+ of] Synonyms: occupation, work, calling, interest 25. singular noun [poss NOUN] If someone says that something is your line, or that it is in your line, they mean that it is the sort of thing that you often do because you enjoy doing it. [informal] Wild guesses aren't much in my line. Perhaps doing voluntary work is more your line? 26. countable noun A line is a particular type of product that a company makes or sells. His best selling line is the cheapest lager at £1.99. Synonyms: brand, make, sort, kind 27. singular noun [the n N] You can use line to refer to something connected with a particular activity. For example, something in the sports line is connected with sports. Most kids can do something in the art line. 28. countable noun In a factory, a line is an arrangement of workers or machines where a product passes from one worker to another until it is finished. ...a production line capable of producing three different products. 29. countable noun [with supplement] You can use line to refer to all the generations of a family, especially when you are considering the social status or the physical characteristics that the various members inherit. ...the old Welsh royal line descended from Arthur and Uther Pendragon. This title will only pass down through the male line. 30. countable noun [usually singular] You can use line when you are referring to a number of people who are ranked according to status. Nicholas Paul Patrick was seventh in the line of succession to the throne. [+ of] The line of command went from head office in Chicago to a regional boss and then down to a country boss and finally to a local-office managing-partner. ...the man who stands next in line for the presidency. [+ for] Synonyms: clue, lead, hint, indication 31. countable noun [usually singular] A particular line of people or things is a series of them that has existed over a period of time, when they have all been similar in some way, or done similar things. We were part of a long line of artists. [+ of] It's the latest in a long line of tragedies. [+ of] Synonyms: lineage, family, breed, succession 32. verb If people or things line a road, room, or other place, they are present in large numbers along its edges or sides. Thousands of local people lined the streets and clapped as the procession went by. [VERB noun] ...a square lined with pubs and clubs. [VERB-ed] Synonyms: border, edge, bound, fringe -lined combining form ...a long tree-lined drive. 33. verb If you line a wall, container, or other object, you put a layer of something such as leaves or paper on the inside surface of it in order to make it stronger, warmer, or cleaner. Scoop the blanket weed out and use it to line hanging baskets. [VERB noun] Female bears tend to line their dens with leaves or grass. [VERB noun + with] Synonyms: fill, face, cover, reinforce -lined combining form ...a dark, suede-lined case. 34. verb If something lines a container or area, especially an area inside a person, animal, or plant, it forms a layer on the inside surface. ...the muscles that line the intestines. [VERB noun] 35. See also bottom line, branch line, dividing line, front line, lined, lining, party line, picket line, yellow line 36. along the line/down the line phrase If something happens somewhere along the line or down the line, it happens during the course of a situation or activity, often at a point that cannot be exactly identified. Somewhere along the line he picked up an engineering degree. It would depend how far down the line the relationship was. 37. down the line phrase [noun PHRASE, PHRASE after verb, oft adv PHR] If you say that something happens all down the line, or right down the line, you mean that it happens in every case. [informal] Excellent acting all down the line captures the sound and feeling of that semi-feudal age. Democrats and Republicans differed right down the line on what the proper responses were. 38. to draw the line phrase If you draw the line at a particular activity, you refuse to do it, because you disapprove of it or because it is more extreme than what you normally do. I will eat pretty much anything, but I draw the line at insects. [+ at] 39. draw a line phrase If you draw a line between two things, you make a distinction between them. It is, however, not possible to draw a distinct line between the two categories. 40. to drop someone a line phrase [VERB inflects] If you drop someone a line, you write to them or email them. [informal] My phone doesn't work, so drop me a line. 41. in the line of duty phrase If you do something or if it happens to you in the line of duty, you do it or it happens as part of your regular work or as a result of it. More than 3,000 police officers were wounded in the line of duty last year. 42. the first line of phrase If you refer to a method as the first line of, for example, defence or treatment, you mean that it is the first or most important method to be used in dealing with a problem. Passport checks will remain the first line of defence against terrorists. The first line of treatment is to help the affected skin by moisturising it regularly. 43. in line phrase If you are in line for something, it is likely to happen to you or you are likely to obtain it. If something is in line to happen, it is likely to happen. He must be in line for a place in the Guinness Book of Records. [+ for] Public sector pay is also in line to be hit hard. 44. in/into line phrase If one object is in line with others, or moves into line with others, they are arranged in a line. You can also say that a number of objects are in line or move into line. The device itself was right under the vehicle, almost in line with the gear lever. [+ with] Venus, the Sun and Earth all moved into line. 45. in/into line phrase If one thing is in line with another, or is brought into line with it, the first thing is, or becomes, similar to the second, especially in a way that has been planned or expected. The structure of our schools is now broadly in line with the major countries of the world. [+ with] This brings the law into line with most medical opinion. [+ with] ...the economic discipline required to bring currencies into line. 46. stand/wait in line phrase B2 When people stand in line or wait in line, they stand one behind the other in a line, waiting their turn for something. [US] I had been standing in line for three hours. 47. in line/into line phrase If you keep someone in line or bring them into line, you make them obey you, or you make them behave in the way you want them to. All this was just designed to frighten me and keep me in line. ...if the Prime Minister fails to bring rebellious Tories into line. 48. on line phrase If a machine or piece of equipment comes on line, it starts operating. If it is off line, it is not operating. The Energy Secretary hopes to bring on line a safer new tritium production reactor. The new machine will go on line in June. Every second her equipment was off line cost the company money. 49. on line phrase A2 If you do something on line, you do it using a computer or a computer network. They can order their requirements on line. ...on-line transaction processing. 50. on the line phrase If something such as your job, career, or reputation is on the line, you may lose or harm it as a result of what you are doing or of the situation you are in. [informal] He wouldn't put his career on the line to help a friend. Synonyms: at risk, in danger, in an endangered position, in jeopardy 51. out of line phrase [PHRASE after verb, verb-link PHRASE] In a row or group of objects, if one of them is out of line, it is not in its correct position. You can see that her nose has been drawn slightly out of line. 52. out of line phrase If one thing is out of line with another, the first thing is different from the second in a way that was not agreed, planned, or expected. ...if one set of figures is sharply out of line with a trend. [+ with] 53. out of line phrase If someone steps out of line, they disobey someone or behave in an unacceptable way. Any one of my players who steps out of line will be in trouble with me as well. How dare you do that! You're out of line. 54. to read between the lines phrase If you read between the lines, you understand what someone really means, or what is really happening in a situation, even though it is not said openly. Reading between the lines, it seems neither player will be going to Japan. 55. the battle lines are drawn phrase [VERB inflects] If you say that the battle lines are drawn between opposing groups or people, you mean that they are ready to start fighting or arguing, and that it has become clear what the main points of conflict or disagreement will be. The battle lines were drawn after the government refused to budge from its final offer. 56. to sign on the dotted line phrase If you sign on the dotted line, you formally agree to something by signing an official document. Once you sign on the dotted line you are committed to that property. 57. to line your pockets phrase If you say that someone is lining their own or someone else's pockets, you disapprove of them because they are making money dishonestly or unfairly. [disapproval] It is estimated that 5,000 bank staff could be lining their own pockets from customer accounts. ...a government that ignores the needs of the majority in order to line the pockets of the favoured few. 58. the line of least resistance phrase If you take the line of least resistance in a situation, you do what is easiest, even though you think that it may not be the right thing to do. In American English, you usually talk about the path of least resistance. They would rather take the line of least resistance than become involved in arguments. 59. toe the line phrase If you toe the line, you behave in the way that people in authority expect you to. ...attempts to persuade the rebel members to toe the line. He's one of the politicians that wouldn't toe the party line. Synonyms: conform, agree, yield, comply Phrasal verbs: line up 1. phrasal verb B2 If people line up or if you line them up, they move so that they are standing in a line. The senior leaders lined up behind him in orderly rows. [VERB PARTICLE] The gym teachers lined us up against the cement walls. [VERB noun PARTICLE] When he came back the sergeant had lined up the suspects. [VERB PARTICLE noun] 2. phrasal verb B2 If you line things up, you move them into a straight row. I would line up my toys on this windowsill and play. [VERB PARTICLE noun] He finished polishing the cocktail glasses and lined them up behind the bar. [VERB noun PARTICLE] 3. phrasal verb If you line one thing up with another, or one thing lines up with another, the first thing is moved into its correct position in relation to the second. You can also say that two things line up, or are lined up. You have to line the car up with the ones beside you. [VERB noun PARTICLE + with] Gas cookers are adjustable in height to line up with your kitchen work top. [VERB PARTICLE + with] Mahoney had lined up two of the crates. [VERB PARTICLE noun] When the images line up exactly, the projectors should be fixed in place. [VERB PARTICLE] All we have to do is to get the two pieces lined up properly. [VERB-ed PARTICLE] 4. phrasal verb If you line up an event or activity, you arrange for it to happen. If you line someone up for an event or activity, you arrange for them to be available for that event or activity. She lined up executives, politicians and educators to serve on the board of directors. [V P n to-inf] The band is lining up a two-week U.K. tour for the New Year. [VERB PARTICLE noun] 5. phrasal verb If you line up with, behind, or alongside a person or group, you support them. If you line up against a person or group, you oppose them. Some surprising names have lined up behind the idea. [VERB PARTICLE preposition] We Spaniards have lined up against each other all too often. [VERB-ed PARTICLE] 6. See also line-up Idioms: in the front line or on the front line with a very important part to play in achieving or defending something Financial advisers are in the front line of educating the public and ensuring they buy the right products. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers in the line of fire in a position where you are likely to be criticized or attacked All very well to say that, when you're not in the line of fire like me. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers on line [mainly US] operating fully. The usual British expression is on stream. We expect to be on line as export numbers build up with a capacity to produce tens of thousands of tonnes of feed. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers put something on the line or lay something on the line to do something which causes you to risk losing something such as your reputation or your job He had put his career on the line and I wasn't prepared to allow what he had done to be diminished in significance. to speak truthfully and directly about your feelings You have to put your emotions on the line with love, but he cannot do this. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers shoot a line [British] to say something that is exaggerated, untrue, or difficult to believe He'd been looking for new blood for his office in Vienna. That was the line he shot, though knowing him, I'm sure he had an ulterior motive. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers sign on the dotted line to formally agree to something by signing an official document. This expression is often used to mean simply that you make a firm commitment about something. Once you sign on the dotted line you are committed to that property. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers step out of line to do something that you should not do or to behave in an unacceptable way Values and traditions were accepted and agreed by everyone. If you stepped out of line, you knew what to expect. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers toe the line to behave in the way that people in authority expect you to behave Journalists who refuse to toe the line will have to be sacked. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers line your pockets to make a lot of money in a dishonest or unfair way He has been lining his pockets for 27 years while his country has festered in poverty. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers all the way down the line at every stage of a situation or activity, or including all the people or things involved in a situation or activity It is the British government that has fought for reform all the way down the line. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers along the line or down the line during the course of a situation or activity, often at a point that cannot be exactly identified And then somewhere along the line I looked at what was really happening. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers be out of line [spoken] to be completely wrong to say or do a particular thing Addressing a fellow officer like that is out of line, and I won't stand for it, hear me? Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers the bottom line the most important and basic part of what you are discussing The bottom line is that the great majority of our kids are physically unfit. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers cross the line to start behaving in an unacceptable way, for example by getting involved in something extreme or anti-social The show's pretty outrageous, but I don't think it crosses the line. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers down the line at a later date Whether that happens further down the line we cannot say. if something happens a particular number of years or months down the line, it happens after that amount of time So 25 years down the line, you look back and there's a sense that it was all better back then. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers draw the line to know at what point an activity or situation stops being reasonable and starts to be unacceptable It is difficult for charities to know where to draw the line between acceptable and unacceptable sources of finance. to not do a particular activity, because you disapprove of it or because it is so extreme I'll do virtually anything – although I think I'd draw the line at running naked across the set! Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers draw a line in the sand to put a stop to or a limit on something It was time to draw a line in the sand, forget the past, and work together. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers draw a line under something to enable a bad situation to be considered as over, so that people can start again or continue with things more productively He said the document draws a line under the painful chapters of our past and clears the way for a new beginning. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers a fine line a point at which it is difficult to distinguish between two different activities or situations, especially when one is acceptable, and the other is not There is a fine line between being nicely looked after and being fussed over too much – so don't overdo it. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers get a line on someone [mainly US] to get some information about someone We've been trying to get a line on you, and the more we try, the less we find. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers in the firing line in a position where you are likely to be criticized or attacked There comes a time in their lives when your children begin to test the influence they have over others and, as parents, you are first in the firing line. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers put your neck on the line to do something although it is risky and you may lose your reputation or money as a result Gere put his neck on the line to make Sommersby. It was a gamble, both in terms of his public image and his wallet. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers Collocations: line a pan Line the pan with the pastry and neatly cut off the excess pastry. Times, Sunday Times Line the pan with the pastry, pressing it into the fluted edges of the pan and neatly cutting off the excess pastry. Times, Sunday Times Sprinkle the sugar evenly on top and then line the pan with the apple pieces, standing them up vertically and packing them in tightly. Times, Sunday Times Place on a sheet pan lined with baking parchment. Times, Sunday Times Scrape into a 9 x 9-inch pan lined with oiled plastic wrap and spread evenly. Globe and Mail Stalls selling local crafts and food line the road and beach, with tantalising cooking smells coming from the charcoal grills. Times, Sunday Times On a sunny day, dandelions bob their heads on the verges and small villages dot the fields behind the hedges and trees that line the road. Times, Sunday Times As you approach it, and a pale sun comes out, the poplars line the road ten deep against the sand. Times, Sunday Times Orchards line the road, their branches laden with cherries. Times, Sunday Times Thousands line the road with his flags. Times, Sunday Times People would not line the route, waving miniature flags. Times, Sunday Times Millions line the route every year to cheer on the riders. The Sun Half a million people are expected to line the route as 8,000 performers file past. Times, Sunday Times Supporters plan to line the route and applaud the club bus as it makes the short journey from the academy campus to the stadium. The Sun About 15 million people line the route each year. Times, Sunday Times Canine statuettes line the shelf above it. Times, Sunday Times Memoirs, manuals and novels on womanhood, motherhood and sisterhood line the shelves. Times,Sunday Times Lining the shelves of the shop are hundreds of bottles. Times, Sunday Times Lining the shelves are endless moulds for his hats. Times, Sunday Times Winter pouts can get sore - and with so many products lining the shelves, it's hard to know how to treat them. The Sun As the hours pass, dozens of cars line the street as fans jump out and pose by the street sign. The Sun You can linger for two hours over a morning macchiato then stock up with local oranges, lemons, lavender and squid from the stalls that line the street. Times, Sunday Times Balloonists and their craft line the street for a night burn. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Most of the mansions in this area are gone; multiple residential courts and condominiums line the street. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Craft vendors and food vendors line the street and city park. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Vats of mayo, each destined for a different supermarket's sandwiches, line the wall on one side, bags of pre-boiled eggs on the other. Times, Sunday Times And if you're really cashed up, why not line a wall or two? Times, Sunday Times Stone jars and baskets of grapes line the wall. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 In six months, she lined the walls with wool fibre, installed a wood-burning stove, state-of-the-art double-glazing, a rainwater-harvesting system and solar panels. Times, Sunday Times Filing cabinets line the walls - neatly labelled, they contain thousands of negatives. Times, Sunday Times But that line of reasoning leads to despair. Christianity Today I'm sure the fans were hugely reassured by that line of reasoning. The Sun Once you get one line of reasoning right, other clues fall into place. Times, Sunday Times Still, relatively few bought into this line of reasoning. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 This pervasive line of reasoning creates a culture of shame that engulfs many of us. Christianity Today The press greeted the news of a second son as further assurance that the royal line of succession was secured in that generation. Times, Sunday Times Some players are fixtures at every stage of the process, part of a regal line of succession. Times, Sunday Times So we are talking here about a line of succession. Times, Sunday Times She was a fairly minor royal, only third in line of succession and never expected to ascend the throne. Times, Sunday Times Other royal watchers believe this year's framed photographs have been carefully chosen to represent the direct line of succession. Times,Sunday Times The first few words of a line of verse suggest an appropriately formed ten-letter word whose symmetrical appearance in the completed grid must be highlighted. Times, Sunday Times The ideal line of verse follows the landscape's contours and obeys the rhythm of the tides. The Times Literary Supplement Eight of the thirty-nine crooks captured over the course of the game each provided a single line of verse. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 However, in fandangos and fandango-derived styles, fourths and sixths can often be found, especially at the beginning of each line of verse. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Here, some of the permitted sorts of parallelisms are added not only within a single line of verse, but also between lines. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 A long line of exploration projects have come up empty over the decades. Houston Chronicle The three cricketers may be the first in a long line of sporting convicts. Times, Sunday Times Locks comes from a long line of family members in the military. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 So we stood in a long line, about forty of us. Christianity Today He gave back his money, but to his dismay, there was a long line of delegates waiting for their envelopes. Times, Sunday Times He embellishes the melodic line exquisitely, giving the lyrical interludes in the bravura outer movements a singing cantabile and limpid tone. Times,Sunday Times The obstacles are technical, yes; but they also appear in the presence of overarticulated words and vowels that can at times sound near-grotesque, making the melodic line bend and bulge. Times, Sunday Times Stone has, rightly, opted not to replicate this, but in so doing he has sacrificed melodic line. The Times Literary Supplement Only the first strain of the trio exists, and that as a mere unadorned, unharmonized single melodic line. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 A song would repeat a single melodic line, generally centred on one note, falling away at the end of the last line. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The back three are such a threat because, unlike the other 12, they are not part of the offensive line. Times, Sunday Times He would be playing behind a veteran offensive line, running on grass. Globe and Mail They settled on a starting offensive line and abandoned their pass-happy ways. Houston Chronicle Keep an eye on the offensive line tonight, specifically right guard. Houston Chronicle The offensive line was tremendous. Houston Chronicle Write me the opening line of a play. Times, Sunday Times This isn't the opening line of a crude joke, but a question that faced 19th-century police — and it wasn't answered very well. Times, Sunday Times That's the opening line of the very first diet book ever written. Times, Sunday Times It also gave him an opening line as he went into a house full of strangers. Christianity Today Well, the percussive shock wave of the opening line long ago weakened to a ripple. Times, Sunday Times A dark and heavy parallel line of ice, steel, smoke, particles, debris, glass, are boiling and swirling over my head. Christianity Today He also believed that there was only one parallel line through that point and that any other line you drew would eventually intersect the first line. Times, Sunday Times The enhanced taxiway center line marking consists of a parallel line of yellow dashes on either side of the taxiway centerline. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 On each parallel line we mark the midpoint of the line segment joining these two intersection points. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The forewings are whitish to pale ochreous with a fuscous median fascia and a parallel line. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 They hold their wings very flat when gliding, and when flying away look like no more than a pencil line in the sky. Times, Sunday Times He said after repair the damage would 'probably only look like a pencil line, if that'. The Sun The intention was to create sturdy pencil line art which was dark enough to be reproduced with early photographic technology. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 These unintentional signatures add a significant, if barely visible, element of human imperfection to the spare orthogonal grids drawn out in precise pencil lines. The Times Literary Supplement You can almost see pencil lines being drawn in the margin by earnest book-group readers. Times, Sunday Times A cannonade of harrumphs arrives down the phone line. Times,Sunday Times This means that a hacker would have to tap a phone line to steal a fax as it was being transmitted. Times, Sunday Times The pair star as strangers who are forced to share the same phone line, and learn to loathe each other as their calls overlap. The Sun The police were endlessly called on the 'secret' phone line even when the alarm wasn't on. Times, Sunday Times Many of the industry's specialists barely have a phone line, let alone a web presence. Times, Sunday Times The construction of tram-train links would be a fraction of the price of installing a new heavy rail line. Times, Sunday Times The link will include two four-lane motorways and a high-speed rail line. Times, Sunday Times The market takes place on a busy street with the rail line just overhead. Times, Sunday Times Last week it emerged the government has already offered almost 20m in compensation to homeowners who may be affected by the new rail line. Times, Sunday Times He was hit by a 75mph train as he stood on a rail line. The Sun Here, the mechanics remain as good as ever, managing to straddle the line between difficulty and reward. The Sun There are saints and sinners aplenty in the canon — and those that straddle the line. Times, Sunday Times Billboard said that it continues to straddle the line between street credibility and mainstream success. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Ground effect vehicles, which straddle the line between aircraft and ship, have also been proposed for the role in the past. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The more elaborate conversion vans straddle the line between cars and recreational vehicles. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 On a street under which a subway line runs, do the sidewalks have to be so narrow? Globe and Mail She stopped the extension of a subway line on discovering that the budget and contractual irregularities were spectacular even by local standards. Times, Sunday Times The lotus pond was restored in 1949, although much of it was again accidentally drained in 1968 during work on a new subway line. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 It was later used for the construction of the capitals first subway line. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 As a result, a subway line was planned to interface with the existing rail network. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 A valuable off-break bowler who pushed the ball through, he was always more than capable of bowling a tight line. Times, Sunday Times She once took a particularly tight line to a 5ft 4in wall to clinch a class. Times,Sunday Times The plan for the bowlers will be to err on the full side and keep a tight line. Times, Sunday Times Also, as the graphic shows, the ball comes straight at the batsman from his tight line, leaving the batsmen caught in several minds over whether to sway or duck. Times, Sunday Times There was not much sign of restraint on the 17th either, a tight line across the hotel balconies being followed by a neat pitchand-run to set up another textbook par. Times, Sunday Times I can still trace a line along the scars running up the front and the back of my head. Times, Sunday Times Take a pen and a piece of paper and trace a line from left to right. Times, Sunday Times Some compasses can be used to scribe circles, bisect angles and in this case to trace a line. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Yet you are not mocking the original so much as tracing a line between then and now. Times, Sunday Times Take a pen and start tracing a line along the length of the shape without taking the pen off the paper. Times, Sunday Times Cordon types grow in a single vertical line to 1.8m, like cordon apples. Times,Sunday Times So the app brings up one word at a time on a phonesized screen, with one letter highlighted in red and a vertical line. Times, Sunday Times Right hip, shoulder and knee should all be on the same vertical line, and your left knee should be above your left ankle. Times, Sunday Times Divers rely on their own bodies, assisted only by a weight and, in some events, a tail-like monofin or vertical line of rope. Times, Sunday Times Then glue four flowers in a vertical line as shown. The Sun Translations: Chinese: 直线 Japanese: 線 |
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