Onu aradım, ancak hat meşguldü.
- I called her, but the line was busy.
Tom'un grev hattını geçecek cesareti olduğundan şüpheliyim.
- I doubt that Tom has the courage to cross the picket line.
Tom kağıda düz bir çizgi çizdi.
- Tom drew a straight line on the paper.
Zamana bağlı bir toplumda zaman lineer olarak görülür-yani geçmişten şimdiki zamana ve geleceğe doğru uzanan düz bir çizgi olarak.
- In a time-bound society time is seen as linear- in other words as a straight line extending from the past, through the present, to the future.
Tom üç saat kuyrukta beklemek zorunda kaldı.
- Tom had to wait in line for three hours.
Biz kuyrukta ayakta bekletildik.
- We were made to stand in line.
Knee-high garden lamps lined the path; Jim was careful to stay in their pools. Assuming he was being watched, the last thing he wanted to do was give them any reason to chase after him in the dark.