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line

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line1 /laɪn/ S1 W1 noun

1 on paper/on the ground 在紙上/在地上 [countableC]LINE a long thin mark on a piece of paper, the ground, or another surface 線，線條

Draw a straight line across the top of the page.

在這一頁的上方畫一條直線。

Sign your name on the dotted line (=line made up of a series of dots).

在虛線上簽名。

The edges of the pitch are marked by white lines.

球場的四邊畫着白線。

The goalkeeper just managed to stop the ball going over the line.

守門員剛好把球截住，沒有讓它越過球門線。

He raced towards the finishing line.

他朝終點線沖刺。

2 between two areas 在兩個區域之間 [countableC]LINE an imaginary line on the surface of the Earth, for example showing where one country or area of land stops and another begins 〔地球上邊界線等設想的〕線

county/state line American EnglishAmE

He was born in a small town just across the state line.

他的出生地正好位於州界線另一頭的一個小鎮。

line of latitude/longitude

They were still travelling along the same line of longitude.

他們依舊在同一條經線上飛行。

► see thesaurus at border → International Date Line

3 of people/things 人/物的 [countableC]

a) LINEa row of people or things next to each other 排，列，行

line of

There was a line of fir trees on either side of the road.

道路兩旁枞樹林立。

The four men were standing in a line on the other side of the table.

那四個男人在桌子的另一邊站成一排。

A couple of the posts were out of line (=not in a straight row).

有幾根柱子沒有排成一條直線。

b) LINE especially American EnglishAmE a row of people, cars etc that are waiting one behind the other 〔人、汽車等在等候時排的〕隊，隊伍 SYN British English queue

I looked in despair at the long line in front of the ticket office.

我絕望地看着售票處前面的長隊。

line of

I joined the line of vehicles waiting to get into the car park.

我排進車輛的隊伍，等着進停車場。

stand/wait in line

Customers stood in line for 20 minutes at the cash register.

顧客在收銀機前排了20分鐘的隊。

He tried to cut in line (=go in front of other people who are waiting).

他試圖插隊。

The woman next in line began to mutter to herself.

排在後面的那個女人開始嘀嘀咕咕地自言自語。

4 direction 方向 [countableC]DIRECTION the direction or imaginary line along which something travels between two places 行進的方向；路線

Light travels in a straight line.

光沿直線傳播。

A boat came into my line of vision (=the direction I was looking in).

一艘船進入了我的視線。

line of fire/attack/movement etc (=the direction in which someone shoots, attacks, moves etc) 射擊/攻擊/行動等的方向

I was directly in the animal’s line of attack.

我正好處於那動物的攻擊方向。

They knew they needed to block their enemy’s supply lines (=the direction used for carrying supplies of food etc).

他們知道必須封鎖敵人的補給線。

5 on your face 在臉上 [countableC]LINE a line on the skin of someone’s face 皺紋 → wrinkle

She frowned, and deep lines appeared between her eyebrows.

她皺起眉頭，眉心出現深深的皺紋。

There were fine lines around her eyes.

她眼睛周圍有細紋。

No one can avoid lines and wrinkles as they get older.

人年紀大了免不了長皺紋。

6 phone 電話 [countableC]TCT a telephone wire or connection 電話線(路)

I’m sorry, the line is busy (=someone is already using it).

對不起，電話佔線。

There seems to be a fault on the line.

電話線路好像出故障了。

There was a click, then the line went dead (=suddenly stopped working completely).

嗒一聲，線路斷了。

Henry is on the line (=on the phone) from New York.

亨利從紐約打來電話。

I got on the line to (=phoned) the hospital as soon as I heard about the accident.

我一聽說這起事故就打電話去醫院。

I wished he would just get off the line.

我真希望他把電話挂了。

I’m sorry, it’s a bad line and I can’t hear you.

對不起，線路不好，我聽不見你說話。

Hold the line (=wait on the phone), please, and I’ll put you through to our sales department.

請别挂電話，我給你接我們的銷售部。

Do you have a separate line for your modem?

你的調制解調器有獨立的電話線嗎？

7 for trains 供火車使用 [countableC]TTT a track that a train travels along 鐵路線，鐵道，鐵軌

We were delayed because of a problem further along the line.

我們因爲前方路軌故障晚點了。

When you get to central London, take the Victoria Line to Finsbury Park.

你到了倫敦市中心以後，乘維多利亞線到芬斯伯裏公園。

railway line British EnglishBrE, railroad line American EnglishAmE

The trail follows a disused railroad line along the edge of the valley.

這條小路沿着山谷邊緣一條廢棄的鐵路線延伸。

8 between two types of thing 在兩類事物之間 [countableC usually singular] the point at which one type of thing can be considered to be something else or at which it becomes a particular thing 〔事物的〕分界線

line between

There is a fine line between superstition and religion.

迷信與宗教之間只有一線之隔。

The dividing line between luxuries and necessities is constantly changing.

奢侈品和必需品之間的界線一直在變化。

Sometimes he found it hard to draw the line between work and pleasure.

有時候他覺得很難劃清工作和娛樂之間的界線。

Her remarks did not quite cross the line into rudeness.

她的話還不能算很無禮。

Large numbers of families are living on or near the poverty line (=the point at which people are considered to be very poor).

很多家庭生活在貧困線上或貧困線的邊緣。

9 shape/edge 輪廓/邊緣 [countableC usually plural]SHAPE the outer shape of something long or tall 〔長或高的物件的〕線條，輪廓，外形

She was wearing a loose dress which softened the lines of her body.

她穿着一條寬鬆的連衣裙，身體的曲線變得柔和了。

a modern building with clean, elegant lines.

一幢線條簡潔優雅的現代化建築

10 words 詞語 [countableC]

a) a line of written words, for example in a poem or a document 詩行，詩句；字行

He quoted a few lines from Shakespeare.

他引用了莎士比亞的一些詩句。

Scroll down to line 29.

向下滾動到第29行。

b) a remark 一句話

He liked to introduce himself with a witty opening line.

他喜歡用一句俏皮的開場白作自我介紹。

This was one of his favourite chat-up lines (=remark for impressing someone you want to attract).

這是他最愛用的搭讪話之一

c) [usually plural] words that someone has to learn and say as part of a play or performance 台詞

Paul often messed up his lines.

保羅經常說錯台詞。

It always took me ages to learn my lines.

我總是要花很長時間才能記住台詞。

11 opinion/attitude 看法/態度OPINION [singular] an opinion or attitude, especially one that someone states publicly and that influences their actions 〔尤指公開表明並影響本人行爲的〕態度，方針，路線

line on

I can’t agree with the government’s line on immigration.

我不能認同政府在移民問題上的態度。

Journalists are often too willing to accept the official line (=the opinion that a government states officially).

記者對官方說法往往很樂意全盤接受。

He found it hard to accept the party line (=the official opinion of a political party) on every issue.

他覺得很難在每個問題上都認同黨的路線。

take a tough/firm/hard line on something

The school takes a very tough line on drugs.

該學校在毒品問題上采取非常強硬的態度。

→ toe the line at toe2

12 way of doing STH 做某事的方式WAY/MANNER [countableC] a particular way of doing something or of thinking about something 方式，方法

line of argument/reasoning/inquiry etc

It seemed useless to pursue this line of questioning.

照這樣盤問下去好像沒有用。

Opposition parties soon realized they would have to try a different line of attack.

不久反對派就意識到，他們必須改變攻擊方法。

The police are following several different lines of enquiry.

警方正在采用幾種不同的調查方法。

We were both thinking along the same lines (=in the same way).

我們倆想法相同。

In South Africa, the press developed along very different lines (=in a very different way).

在南非，報刊的發展方向很不一樣。

More groups will now be set up on these lines (=this way).

現在將會有更多的團體以這種方式成立。

The company’s rapid success means it’s definitely on the right lines (=doing something the right way).

公司的迅速興起說明它肯定是走對了路。

13 series of events 一系列事件 [countableC usually singular] a series of events that follow each other 一連串事情

line of

This is the latest in a long line of political scandals.

這是一連串政治醜聞中最近發生的一樁。

14 in a war 在戰爭中 [countableC]PM the edge of an area that is controlled by an army, where soldiers stay and try to prevent their enemy from moving forward 防線，戰線

They finally broke through the German line.

他們終於突破了德軍防線。

young soldiers who were sent to the front line to fight

被送去前線作戰的年輕士兵

One regiment was trapped behind enemy lines.

有一個團被困在敵軍後方。

Reinforcements were available just behind the lines.

援軍就在後方。

15 in a company/organization 在公司/組織裏 [countableC] a series of levels of authority within an organization 各級人員

Decisions are taken by senior officers and fed down through the line of command to the ordinary soldiers.

高級軍官作出決策，然後通過各級指揮傳達給普通士兵。

There should be more direct discussion between managers and workers lower down the line.

管理人員和下層工人之間應該有更直接的商討。

→ line manager

16 of rope/wire 繩子/電線的 [countableC]DHC a piece of strong string, rope, or wire used for a particular purpose 〔作某用途的〕一段繩子[電線等]

She hung the clothes out on the washing line (=line for hanging wet clothes on to dry).

她把衣服挂在外面的晾衣繩上。

The fishing line (=line for catching fish) snapped and the fish got away.

釣魚線啪的一聲繃斷，魚兒逃走了。

17 product 産品 [countableC]BBT a type of goods for sale in a shop 〔商店貨品的〕種類，類型

The company has just launched a new line of small, low-priced computers.

這家公司剛剛推出新款價格低廉的小型電腦。

18 along these/those lines (also along the lines of something) similar to something else 這一類的，類似的

We usually start with general questions along the lines of, ‘How do you feel?’

我們開始交談時，通常會問“你感覺如何？”這類籠統的問題。

They’re trying to organize a trip to the beach or something along those lines.

他們正在想法安排一次去海濱的旅行或類似的活動。

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along these/those lines• Democritus drew up a map along these lines.• It would be quite wrong to claim that it gave us orders along those lines.• The parties have made promises along these lines.• Different proposals along these lines have already been introduced by members of Congress from both parties.• Frankly, I had nothing to share along those lines.• Opposition leaders are afraid to give Milosevic the pretext to use more brutality and proclaim martial law or something along those lines.• In fact, I was thinking I might try and start something along those lines as soon as I can.• I was getting a lot of work along these lines in the theater.

19 along religious/ethnic/party etc lines if people divide along religious, party etc lines, they divide according to the religion, political party, or other group they belong to 按照宗教/民族/黨派等(劃分)

The committee was split along party lines.

這個委員會有黨派之分。

The community remains divided along religious lines.

這個社區依然根據宗教分成不同的群體。

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along religious/ethnic/party etc lines• The committee voted 21-16, along party lines, to empower Burton.• The Council, said the author, should not be reported as if it was divided along party lines.• It comes as no surprise that the caricatures are extended along ethnic lines.• On Capitol Hill, reactions to Bush's proposals fell predictably along party lines.• The vote was 35 to 24, almost strictly along party lines.• In Moldavia there was a marked division of voting along ethnic lines.• In the specific conditions of post-colonial underdevelopment it is not unusual to find conflict within the bourgeoisie working along ethnic lines.

20 on line

a) using a computer to get information or to communicate with people 在線，在網上

You can book tickets on line.

你可以在網上訂票。

Most of our sales staff now work on line.

我們的銷售人員現在大多在線操作。

→ online

b) working properly as planned 〔按計劃〕運轉，運行

a new nuclear reactor which should be on line by 2005

應於2005年前啓用的一個新核反應堆

If there is a power failure, the emergency generators should come on line within 15 minutes.

如果停電，應急發電機應在15分鐘内開始運轉。

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on line• All the classrooms are now on line.

21 drop somebody a line informalWRITE to write a short letter or email to someone 給某人寫短信[電子郵件]

Drop me a line and let me know how you’re getting on.

給我發個短信，告訴我你的近況。

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drop somebody a line• If any walls appear to lean, check by going back to the nearest upper window and drop a plumb line down.• Then get cracking, drop me a line with your suggestions.• Do drop me a line, Mrs Surridge, or anyone else who's interested.• Other cities have dropped their line items without allowing departments to keep any of their savings.• Why don't you give me a call or drop me a line sometime?• What ever the reason is, Mr Heaps, please drop us a line to tell us about it.• So if there are any problems drop me a line.• What do you think? Drop me a line at the Washington Post Weekend section and share your thoughts.• Do spare time to drop me a line.• If he can not do so, perhaps he will drop me a line.

22 don’t give me that line spoken used to say that you do not believe someone’s excuse 别跟我來那一套〔表示不相信對方的借口〕

I know for a fact you weren’t sick yesterday, so don’t give me that line.

我確定你昨天沒有生病，所以别跟我來這一套。

23 fall into line/bring somebody into line informalOBEY to start to do what someone else wants you to do, or to make someone do this 取得一致/使某人行動一致

Now that France and Germany have signed up, other countries will soon fall into line.

既然法國和德國都已經簽字，其他國家很快就會照辦的。

The few party rebels were soon brought into line.

那幾個叛黨分子不久便就範了。

24 in line with something SAMEif something changes in line with something else, it changes in the same way and at the same rate as it 與某事物一致，按照某事物

Pensions will be increased in line with inflation.

退休金會随着通貨膨脹而增加。

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in line with something• The results it says are in line with analysts' estimates.• Wouldn't this be in line with the much-paraded environmental credentials of our major retailers?• This was excellent: ambitious, important-and, as it happened, in line with my own growing interests.• In the second place, Paul is saying that Christians should live in line with their calling.• Fourthquarter 1995 net sales, Digital Link said, were about $ 10 million, in line with year-earlier levels.• Since then, the Government has had a statutory responsibility to increase benefits only in line with prices.• The results were in line with expectations.

25 bring something into line with something SAMEto change a system so that it works according to a particular set of rules, laws etc 使某事物與某事物一致

UK immigration procedures will have to be changed to bring them into line with the latest European ruling.

英國的移民程序必須修改，以便和歐盟最新的裁決保持一致。

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bring something into line with something• Himmelwright brings his argument into line with the visual evidence.

26 be out of line informal

a) to say or do something that is not acceptable in a particular situation 〔言行〕不可接受，出格

You just keep quiet! You’re way out of line.

你閉嘴！你太過分了。

b) to not obey someone, or to do something that you should not do 不服從，違反規定

get/step out of line

Anybody who steps out of line will be in deep trouble.

誰要是違規誰就會倒大黴。

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be out of line• In some instances, the amounts appear to be out of line with their proper share, the report says.

27 be in line for something/be in line to do something PROBABLYto be very likely to get or be given something 很有可能獲得某物/做某事

I should be in line for promotion soon.

我應該很快就能晉升。

first/second/next etc in line for

He must be first in line for the editor’s job.

他肯定是最有望得到那份編輯工作的人選。

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first/second/next etc in line for• As a lad, Cloud and his two brothers were next in line for the Frankish throne.

28 be first/second/next etc in line to the throne to be the person who has a right to become a future king or queen 是王位的第一/第二/下一位等繼承人

As the eldest son, he was next in line to the throne.

作爲長子，他是王位的下一位繼承人。

29 be on the line if something important is on the line, there is a risk that you might lose it or something bad could happen to it 有失去的可能；處在危險中

From now on, all our jobs are on the line.

從現在起，我們都有失業的危險。

She knew that her whole future was on the line.

她知道自己前途未蔔。

put yourself/your neck on the line (for somebody) (=risk something bad happening to you) (爲某人)冒險

I’ve already put myself on the line for you once, and I’m not going to do it again.

我已經爲你冒險過一次，不會再有第二次了。

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be on the line• With the game on the line, Kansas City scored two touchdowns in five minutes.• Your job's on the line in this case - you'd better make sure you're right.• More manufacturing jobs could be on the line.• An hour later the Secretary of Defense was on the line asking me what on earth I was thinking of.• Ego is on the line in front of this gaijin lady.• When a game was on the line, Carr was nowhere to be found.• We decided that if the game was on the line and something dictated it, the streak was supposed to continue.• Iain is on the line and wants Philip to meet him.• Now 350 jobs here and more than 5,000 at production bases in Birmingham and Lancashire are on the line.• A company's reputation is on the line in the way it handles complaints.

30 be in somebody’s line informalINTERESTED to be the type of thing that someone is interested in or good at 是某人感興趣的事；是某人的專長

Acting’s not really in my line, I’m afraid.

演戲恐怕不是我的專長。

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be in somebody’s line• He was in a line of three cars.• The name is in the first field because it is in the first line. 8.• My father thinks they should be in curved lines.• Do not put fluffy rugs in front of open fires, where they are in the direct line of sparks.• They were in a straight line but when Boris clapped his paws they began to march.• This is in fact the line which Berger then developed.• The Law Society too was in the firing line.

31 get a line on somebody/something especially American EnglishAmE informal to get information about someone or something 獲得有關某人/某事的消息

We need to get some kind of a line on these guys.

我們需要了解一下這些家夥的情況。

Examples from the Corpus

get a line on somebody/something• Have we got any kind of line on that guy Marston?

32 somewhere along the line informalDURING at some time during an activity or period of time 在某活動[時期]中的某段時間；某個時刻

Somewhere along the line, Errol seemed to have lost interest in her.

這期間有段時間，埃羅爾似乎對她失去了興趣。

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somewhere along the line• Somewhere along the line, we just stopped talking to each other.• And somewhere along the line, the street became an idea.• Every accident may be regarded as the result of the action of a human being somewhere along the line.• They accomplished great things in their time, but somewhere along the line they got away from us.• But somewhere along the line they stopped laughing when they compared their own results with what we were achieving.• But somewhere along the line, downhill skiing was too much of a chore and an expense.• You missed your forte somewhere along the line, Meg.• If he did, the probability is that his genetic inheritance played its part somewhere along the line.• He and Wharton are related somewhere along the line.

33 down the line informal later, after an activity or situation has been continuing for a period of time 往後，以後

There may be more costs further down the line.

往後說不定還有更多的開銷。

Now, three years down the line, we’re beginning to see the problems with the treatment.

三年下來，我們現在開始看到這種療法的問題所在。

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down the line• He loves his back-seat role, moving quietly up and down the lines, constantly persuading and cajoling.• Otherwise he'd have been down the line after us like a shot.• And Caminiti dunked a two-run double down the line in right.• I would, I would probably do the same thing were I you know, another generation down the line.• The thing I try to do in that situation is flick my bat and start jogging down the line.• As the couple passed on down the line, George quickly approached the man.• Sherman wanted nothing less seven years down the line, when he was forty-five.

34 in the line of duty JOB/WORKhappening or done as part of your job 在工作期間發生；在執行任務時

firefighters dying in the line of duty

因公殉職的消防隊員

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in the line of duty• Vice-Admiral Hawkins, of course, is acting in the line of duty.• Since then, only one officer has died in the line of duty.• Ron Brown was on a trade mission to the Balkans when he died in the line of duty.• When one of the fiercely loyal team is gunned down in the line of duty, the unit seems ready to collapse.• They ruled that officers were expected to cope with traumatic events in the line of duty.• However, none of the disciplined officers was authorized to use the guns in the line of duty.• It was the fourth time in five years she had been injured in the line of duty.• Officer Choi was killed in the line of duty.• Dave Weatherley strips off in the line of duty to put seven seriously warm bags to the test.

35 be in the firing line/in the line of fire

a) CRITICIZEto be one of the people who could be criticized or blamed for something 在受批評者之列，成爲批評[指責]的對象

As one of the president’s chief advisers, he’s bound to be in the firing line.

作爲總統的首席顧問之一，他勢必成爲批評的對象。

b) PMto be in a place where a bullet etc might hit you 在火線上，在射程範圍内

A couple of civilians were caught in the firing line.

幾個平民被困在火線上。

36 PUNISHMENT 處罰lines [plural] British EnglishBrESESPUNISH a punishment given to school children that consists of writing the same thing a lot of times 罰抄寫〔對學童的處罰〕

He got 50 lines for being cheeky to a teacher.

他因爲對老師無禮而被罰抄寫50遍。

37 family 家族 [singular]FAMILY your family, considered as the people you are related to who lived before you and the people who will live after you 世系，家族

She comes from a long line of actors.

她出身演員世家。

It looks as if Joe might be the last of the line (=the last in his family).

看來喬可能是這個家族的最後一代了。

the male/female line

This particular gene is passed down through the male line.

這一特定的基因是由父系遺傳的。

line of succession (=the system by which an important position or property is passed from a parent to their children, and then to their children etc) 〔重要職位或財産的〕繼承

Henry the Eighth wanted a male heir to ensure the Tudor line of succession.

亨利八世想要一名男性繼承人來確保都铎王朝的延續。

38 job 工作 [countableC usually singular]JOB/WORK the type of work someone does 專業，行業

line of work/business

What line of business is he in?

他是幹哪一行的？

in the building/retail etc line

She’s keen to do something in the fashion line.

她很想在時裝行業有所作爲。

39 transport 交通 [countableC]TT a company that provides transport for moving goods by sea, air, road etc 運輸公司

He runs a transatlantic shipping line.

他經營一家跨大西洋航運公司。

40. drug 毒品 [countableC] informalMDD an amount of an illegal drug in powder form, arranged in a line so it can be breathed in through the nose 〔粉末狀毒品在吸食前排成的〕一條，一行

→ draw the line at at draw1(16), → draw a line (between something) at draw1(15), → where do you draw the line? at draw1(17), → draw a line under something at draw1(18), → hard line at hard1(21), → hook, line and sinker at hook1(9), → lay something on the line at lay2(18), → picket line, → the poverty line/level at poverty(2), → read between the lines at read1(14)

n THESAURUS

on the ground/on the surface of something

line a long thin mark on a piece of paper, the ground, or another surface

The teacher put a red line through the first sentence.

If the ball goes over the line, it’s out of play.

groove a thin line that has been cut into a surface

Deep grooves had been cut into the stone to channel the water.

Lyle ran his fingernail along the groove in the table.

rut a deep line in the ground which has been made by the wheels of vehicles

The deep ruts made by the trucks were full of water.

The tractor’s wheels caught a rut in the field and jolted him.

crease/wrinkle a line on clothes, material, or paper where it has been folded or crushed

She was trying to smooth out the creases in her dress.

She had wrinkles in her skirt where she had sat.

on someone’s face

line a line on the skin of someone’s face

The deep lines on his forehead showed that he was a worried man.

wrinkle a deep line on someone’s face caused by becoming old

The manufacturers claim that the cream will reduce wrinkles.

Even with a few wrinkles, she still looks great.

Examples from the Corpus

line• lines of longitude• Mike drew a line along the wall to show where the tiles would come up to.• Maisie had arranged her teddy bears in a line on the bed.• In front of the house there is a line of tall trees.• Start reading at line 12.• The deep lines on his forehead showed that he was a worried man.• the car's smooth elegant lines• a few lines of poetry• Martin opened the letter and read the first few lines - it was bad news.• He followed in his own limousine - then drove the Panhard a few hundred yards to the finishing line.• I'm getting little lines around my eyes.• After 30 years on the stage, I still forget my lines.• a new line of clothes for winter• a railroad line• The second line, to be ready in July, will allow traffic to be rerouted in case of another interruption.• a shipping line• a straight line• A train had broken down further along the line.• The 38th parallel is the line that divides North and South Korea.• And I remember looking back, and at the very end of the line was the calf, following us.• Their tunnel starts in our part of the line.• She, good girl, slid over the bow and into the shallows with the line.• If the ball goes over this line, it's out of play.• Read the first two lines of the poem.• Luckily by then we had enough material - together with a few more worry lines.• Monica got a fine yesterday for parking on a yellow line.

straight line• As long as he moved in a straight line at a uniform speed, he felt a wonderful sense of buoyancy.• The beam carried on in a straight line, and hit the point where the bullseye ought to have been.• Neither recovery nor relapse is a straight line.• His wife, arms folded, mouth a straight line.• In the meantime I began to set out a straight line for us to work along.• Try to keep them in a fairly straight line along each joist.• Bobbie favored straight lines over detours, but in her own way she too knew how to adapt.• All objects have a propensity to move in straight lines, upwards or downwards, towards their natural place.

county/state line• The abduction of Pam McGill prior to her murder occurred on a county line.• For purposes of consistency and enforcement across state lines, divorce laws need to be substantially federalized by the national village.• As is shown in Figures 15. 1c and 15. 2c, a considerable amount of waste crosses State lines.• When the train reached the New 160 Hampshire-Massachusetts state line, it stopped again.• Invariably, she is richer after meetings at her local track, Oaklawn, just across the state line in Arkansas.• Around 1920, he established a practice just across the state line in Copperhill, Tenn.• Adams wheeled around at the state line and took off at high speed for Oglala, about fifteen miles away.

line of• a line of bushes

in a straight line• So they must have thought they were still going in a straight line heading for the bullseye.• All objects have a propensity to move in straight lines, upwards or downwards, towards their natural place.• They followed rivers for convenience, then struck out in a straight line, bisecting mountain ranges, cutting watersheds in half.• Photographs showed it to consist of twenty or more radiant pieces in a straight line, embedded inside an extensive bright cloud.• Light always travels in a straight line.• The snow had come down the mountain and now met us on the road, sailing toward us in straight lines.• It's difficult to walk in a straight line with your eyes closed.• They are like crayfish, unable to walk in a straight line.• He blasted it and it went in a straight line from his foot to the top right hand corner.• Because it was attached to the straw and the string, it went in a straight line.

deep lines• Her pale yellow hair had long ago gone gray; deep lines ran from her nose to her mouth.• In time they turn into deep lines, wrinkles, frown marks and sagging skin.• The rough pebbles of scar tissue interrupted the deep lines that laughter had once carved into his temples.• Her skin was cleft with deep lines running from the jaw to the high jutting cheekbones.

on the line• I shrugged my shoulders and then the hospital came on the line.• The slip knot should be marked with a spot of colour on the line.• He told Sir Bryan to get the Chief Constable on the line immediately and to keep it open in the meantime.• The service was intense and an immediate turn-round was virtually possible at Delph because there were so many on the line.• On the basis of what I told them, they put money on the line.• A lot of people are putting money on the line, hoping what Petruchio says he can do, he will do.• There's a lot of static on the line.

railway line• Few railway lines were built for non-economic reasons.• The latter were concentrated quite markedly in Stratford and Forest Gate within easy reach of the main railway line into the city.• It shared them with the rickety railway line which ran parallel to the road.• Steam on the kitchen window cuts off the railway lines, making the tiny kitchen for once a friendly place.• The figure on the tracks was moving forward, stepping across the thrumming railway lines.

fine line• There is clearly a fine line between stifling government intervention and encouraging creativity and innovation.• It's a fine line between guilt and shame.• Terror was the key, of course, for there's a fine line between paralysing dread and galvanising fright.• Pressed powder can be used but it will sit on your skin and in fine lines if you overdo it.• Omite dabs at her eyes, which are surrounded by hundreds of fine lines.• Choose from: Dry Skin Cream a rich moisturiser to smooth out fine lines.• It was finished, obviously, and he had to take consolation in the fine line be-tween biology and spirit.• This is indeed treading the fine line between glory and disaster.

learn ... lines• George Birkitt got lazy about learning his lines too.• The fact could not be avoided: Michael Banks could no longer learn lines.• Do not learn your lines, as this can make the talk rather stilted unless you are a competent actor.• It's time for the synthetic actors to start learning their lines.• The only way for it to look any different is for Michael to learn the bloody lines.• On another part of the movie lot, Charlie Schlatter was learning his final lines of the drama.• He had little patience with learning lines, a habit which spread to members of his company.

line on• What's the candidate's line on abortion?

line of argument/reasoning/inquiry etc• Another line of argument emphasizes how women are rendered invisible in these statistics.• Important lines of inquiry, he realized, had not been pursued.• One of the strengths of Cable's work here is that he makes such possible lines of argument and controversy vivid.• The same line of reasoning confirms the sun-disc as a manifestation of a deity.• The same line of reasoning was applicable to the admissibility of evidence relating to previous agreements.• Mr. Jones I do not accept that line of argument from the hon. Gentleman.• This invalidates the line of reasoning just followed.• Again, this line of reasoning is purely speculative.

long line• Johann was the latest in a long line of men who had built these walls and kept them in repair.• A long line of soldiers splashed across the river and poured their fire into the silent lodges.• An estimated 40,000 sea turtles are killed each year on commercial long lines...• In the shorter term, cyanide fishing also depletes stocks faster than the traditional use of long lines, or even nets.• On the way out, he admired the long line of brilliant carriages which he had never seen before.• The name Venturous was a break from the long line of traditional names for Cutters as it had never previously been used.• The Confederates, with the smaller army, had the longer line to fill.• In their front, to their rear, and supported on each side, were long lines of blue.

front line• The entire front line, with few exceptions, went down in the consuming blast.• Foreign journalists have been turned back and some even detained at numerous checkpoints along the former front lines throughout the country.• They had never left their home, even when the Arab-Jewish front line ran behind the house in 1948.• In any dispute about public spending, you are in the front line.• Nearby was the base camp for the New Zealand Division that was away fighting in the front line.• Warren Goss was among the Federals who were hugging the ground in the front lines.• It would be like having all our soldiers in the front line at the same time.• The police didn't give any ground and on the front line they handed out as much physical punishment as they received.

washing line• There was hardly room for a washing line in the back.• Jacket taken: A sheepskin jacket worth £69 was stolen from a washing line in Hewitson Road, Darlington.• Let there be shirts on a washing line.• That is, with a path slap down the middle, a flanking washing line and four narrow borders around the edge.• They resembled washing lines, although instead of clothes, several dozen peculiar wooden and metal contraptions were pegged out.• The groups of houses and their washing lines.

the male/female line• Aberration, if it occurred, was not recorded, and the female line took second place.• A second method of proclaiming cadency down the male line of the whole blood is to display single marks of difference.• Egg colour itself is inherited down the female line, so that females stay with the bird by whom they were fostered.• Incidentally, this means that we can use mitochondria to trace our ancestry, strictly down the female line.• The family was one of the most prolific in the parish, but in the end the male line withered.• X genes are not the only genes inherited through the female line.

line of work/business• Henson had to leave real-estate, which had been his line of business since 1969.• In his line of business you don't get to be forty unless you have something on the ball.• I meet some interesting people in my line of work.• It should be anticipated that eventually the best qualified and experienced public service professionals will opt for some other line of work.• About half way up the ridge a small line of works had been thrown up.• But I needed cash quickly to set up in that line of business.• His wife, a former social worker, gave up that line of work when she concluded it was hopeless.• I didn't go into this line of work to take the easy option every time things get rough.• Some, unfortunately, have simply chosen the wrong line of work.• But maybe Behring is just in the wrong line of work.

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