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.
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 kağıda düz bir çizgi çizdi.
- Tom drew a straight line on the paper.
Tom üç saat kuyrukta beklemek zorunda kaldı.
- Tom had to wait in line for three hours.
Biz kuyrukta ayakta bekletildik.
- We were made to stand in line.
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).