Ben onu aramaya çalıştım, ama hat meşguldü.
- I tried to call him up, but the line was busy.
Onu aradım, ancak hat meşguldü.
- I called her, but the line was busy.
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 kuyruktaki son kişi.
- Tom is the last person in line.
O kuyrukta otuz dakika durdum.
- I stood in that line for thirty minutes.
Thus, for example, in the line of Quarte, the direct thrust is parried by dropping the point under the adversary's blade and circling upwards, throwing off the attack in the opposite line (that of Tierce), and upon the direct thrust in the line of Tierce, by a similar action throwing off the attack in the opposite line (that of Quarte).