Meaning

1 senses

  1. Expresses that the speaker has forgotten their dialogue and needs to be prompted with it.

Examples

1712 sentences

  1. Many people were waiting in line.

    У черзі чекало багато людей. — Oleksandr_Tahayev

    ruВ очереди ждало много людей. — venticello

    deViele Leute standen Schlange. — raggione

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  2. I'm afraid the line is busy.

    На жаль, лінія занята. — deniko

    ruК сожалению, линия занята. — al_ex_an_der

    deIch fürchte, es ist besetzt. — Vortarulo

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  3. You must read between the lines.

    Ти маєш читати між рядків. — deniko

    ruВы должны читать между строк. — Balamax

    deMan muss zwischen den Zeilen lesen. — Manfredo

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  4. Leave more space between the lines.

    Залишайте більше простору між рядками. — aandrusiak

    ruОставь больший промежуток между линиями. — Biga

    deLasst mehr Abstand zwischen den Zeilen. — MUIRIEL

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  5. Draw a line on your paper.

    Накресли лінію на своєму папері. — uaspeaker

    ruНачерти линию на своей бумаге. — Hellerick

    deZeichnen Sie einen Strich auf Ihr Blatt. — Zaghawa

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Origin

From Middle English line, lyne, from Old English līne (“line, cable, rope, hawser, series,

From Middle English line, lyne, from Old English līne (“line, cable, rope, hawser, series, row, rule, direction”), from Proto-West Germanic *līnā, from Proto-Germanic *līnǭ (“line, rope, flaxen cord, thread”), from Proto-Germanic *līną (“flax, linen”), from Proto-Indo-European *līno- (“flax”).

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Collocations

12 patterns
  • waiting in line
  • stand in line
  • between the lines
  • the finish line
  • in line for
  • out of line
  • finish line
  • fine line between
  • next in line
  • of the line
  • line was busy
  • the bottom line

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
linchpinlindenlineagelinearC1linemanlinenB2

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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