Eve girmeden önce, hırsız telefon hatlarını kesmiş.
- The thief cut the telephone lines before breaking into the house.
Tom'un grev hattını geçecek cesareti olduğundan şüpheliyim.
- I doubt that Tom has the courage to cross the picket line.
Bu iki çizgi birbirini dik açıyla kesmektedir.
- These two lines cut across each other at right angles.
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.
O kuyrukta otuz dakika durdum.
- I stood in that line for thirty minutes.
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.