Onu aradım, ancak hat meşguldü.
- I called her, but the line was busy.
Ben onu aramaya çalıştım, ama hat meşguldü.
- I tried to call him up, but the line was busy.
O kuyrukta otuz dakika durdum.
- I stood in that line for thirty minutes.
Biz kuyrukta ayakta bekletildik.
- We were made to stand in line.
As soon as I get to Hokkaido, I'll drop you a line.
- Sobald ich in Hokkaido ankomme, schicke ich dir ein paar Zeilen.
Since you like to write letters, why don't you drop her a line?
- Wo du doch so gern Briefe schreibst, warum schreibst du ihr nicht mal ein paar Zeilen?