ADJ
- long
- short
- thick
- fine, thin
- direct, straight
- curved, wavy, wiggly, zigzag
- diagonal, horizontal, parallel, perpendicular, vertical
- continuous, solid
- broken, dotted
- Sign on the dotted line
- finishing, starting
- contour
PREP
- in a ~
- walk in a straight line
PHRASES
- a line of latitude/longitude
ADJ
- deep
- Deep lines ran from her nose to her mouth
VERB + LINE
- have
- He has lines on his forehead
PREP
- in (a/the) ~
- children standing in a line
- on a/the ~
- Start each paragraph on a new line
ADJ
- direct
- bad
- Speak up?it's rather a bad line
- busy
- power
- phone, telephone
- outside, party, private
- What do I dial for an outside line?
VERB + LINE
- hold
- Hold the line (= Don't put the receiver down) , please
PREP
- down the ~
- He kept shouting down the line at me
- on the ~
- It's your mother on the line (= on the telephone)
- on ~ (also online) (= connected to a computer system)
ADJ
- railway, train
- main
- branch, commuter, feeder
- The branch line is threatened with closure
VERB + LINE
- take
- Take the Bakerloo line and change at Piccadilly
- learn
- forget
- fluff
PREP
- on a/the ~
- We live on the Northern Line
PHRASES
- the end of the line 6 lines words spoken by an actor in a play
ADJ
- broad
- The broad lines of company policy are already laid down
- firm, hard, strong, tough
- official, party, political
VERB + LINE
- adopt, follow, pursue, take
- bring sb/sth into
- The other members of the board must be brought into line
PREP
- in ~ with (= in agreement with), out of ~ with (= not in agreement with)
- out of line with party policies
- ~ on
- the official line on food safety
PHRASES
- a line of argument/enquiry/questioning
PHRASES
- behind enemy lines, in/on the front line