Eve girmeden önce, hırsız telefon hatlarını kesmiş.
- The thief cut the telephone lines before breaking into the house.
Ben onu aramaya çalıştım, ama hat meşguldü.
- I tried to call him up, but the line was busy.
Elbiselerin yeni çizgisi Paris'ten.
- The new line of dresses is from Paris.
Bu iki çizgi birbirini dik açıyla kesmektedir.
- These two lines cut across each other at right angles.
O kuyrukta otuz dakika durdum.
- I stood in that line for thirty minutes.
Tom bir saat kuyrukta bekledi.
- Tom stood in line for an hour.
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).