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How to pronounce line in French?

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Type Words
Synonyms argument, argumentation, line of reasoning, logical argument
Type of reasoning, abstract thought, logical thinking
Has types policy, casuistry, line of questioning, line of inquiry


I can't follow your line of reasoning.
Type Words
Synonyms crease, crinkle, furrow, seam, wrinkle
Type of imprint, depression, impression
Has types love line, mensal line, line of saturn, life line, frown line, crow's feet, lifeline, crow's foot, laugh line, heart line, dermatoglyphic, line of destiny, line of fate, line of heart, line of life


his face has many lines.
Type Words
Synonyms assembly line, production line
Type of mechanical system
Type Words
Synonyms course
Type of series
Has types stream, current, flow


historians can only point out those lines for which evidence is available.
Type Words
Synonyms rail line, railway line
Type of road, route
Has types branch line, spur, trunk route, trunk line, spur track
Type Words
Synonyms contrast, demarcation, dividing line
Type of differentiation, distinction
Has types rubicon, point of no return


there is a narrow line between sanity and insanity.
Type Words
Synonyms air, melodic line, melodic phrase, melody, strain, tune
Type of music
Has types idea, glissando, melodic theme, part, flourish, theme song, leitmotif, roulade, musical theme, voice, tucket, leitmotiv, signature tune, signature, theme, fanfare
Type Words
Synonyms cable, transmission line
Type of conductor
Has types printer cable, coax cable, coaxial cable, fiber optic cable, fibre optic cable, electrical cable, power line, coax, power cable
Type Words
Synonyms business, job, line of work, occupation
Type of activity
Has types accounting, accountancy, position, career, post, place, calling, catering, employment, confectionery, trade, appointment, vocation, berth, game, medium, land, billet, biz, farming, work, photography, office, situation, treadmill, craft, sport, profession, spot, metier, salt mine


he's not in my line of business.
Type Words
Synonyms delineate, describe, draw, trace
Type of mark
Has types inscribe, construct, circumscribe, write
Verb group draw
Derivation lineation


draw a line.
trace the outline of a figure in the sand.
Type Words
Synonyms channel, communication channel
Type of communication, communicating
Has types patter, link, inter-group communication, line of gab, liaison, lens, contact, back channel, spiel


lines of communication were set up between the two firms.
Type Words
Synonyms ancestry, blood, blood line, bloodline, descent, line of descent, lineage, origin, parentage, pedigree, stemma, stock
Type of genealogy, family tree
Has types phratry, family, family line, folk, side, sept, kinsfolk, kinfolk
Derivation lineal


his entire lineage has been warriors.
Type Words
Synonyms agate line
Type of square measure, area unit
Type Words
Synonyms billet, note, short letter
Type of personal letter
Has types excuse


drop me a line when you get there.
Type Words
Synonyms phone line, subscriber line, telephone circuit, telephone line
Type of connector, connexion, connective, connection, connecter
Has types dsl, wats line, digital subscriber line, private line, trunk line, hot line, wats, party line, land line, landline, toll line
Type Words
Synonyms run along
Type of lie
Has types rim


trees line the riverbank.
Type Words
Synonyms bank line, credit line, line of credit, personal credit line, personal line of credit
Type of credit
Has types consumer credit
Type Words
Synonyms business line, line of business, line of merchandise, line of products, product line
Type of ware, product, merchandise
Has types sideline


a nice line of shoes.
Type Words
Synonyms pipeline
Type of pipage, pipe, piping
Has types gas line, oil pipeline


a pipeline runs from the wells to the seaport.
Type Words
Type of carrier, common carrier
Has types steamship line, railway, steamship company, railroad, railroad line, railway system, airway, airline, railway line, airline business, transit line
Type Words
Type of conformation, compliance, abidance, conformity


in line with.
he got out of line.
toe the line.
Type Words
Type of formation
Has types indian file, file, picket line, trap line, line of succession, single file, line of march, conga line, queue, waiting line, diagonal


the line stretched clear around the corner.
you must wait in a long line at the checkout counter.
Type Words
Type of formation
Has types chorus, row, rivet line, police lineup, rank, chorus line, identity parade, linemen, lineup, diagonal


the line of soldiers advanced with their bayonets fixed.
they were arrayed in line of battle.
the cast stood in line for the curtain call.
Type Words
Type of military position, position
Has types line of battle, front line, firing line, battlefront, battle line, front


they attacked the enemy's line.
Type Words
Type of form, shape
Has types centerline, curve, center line, curved shape, perimeter, edge, straight line, bound, boundary, geodesic line, geodesic
Type Words
Type of print, mark
Has types dotted line, ascender, isometric, isometric line, bar line, ledger line, leger line, staff line, squiggle, spectrum line, shaft, seriph, serif, trend line, cross hair, cross wire, curlicue, descender, graduation, guideline, hairline


He drew a line on the chart.
Type Words
Type of electromagnetic radiation, electromagnetic wave, nonparticulate radiation
Type Words
Type of location
Has types magnetic equator, aclinic line, agonic line, apparent horizon, axis, course, crest, danger line, divide, fault line, field line, flight line, great circle, hemline, hipline, horizon, isarithm, isogonal line, isogone, isogonic line, isogram, isopleth, itinerary, latitude, line of force, line of latitude, line of sight, line of vision, loxodrome, lunar latitude, parallel, parallel of latitude, part, parting, path, quadrant, quarter-circle, rhumb, rhumb line, route, sensible horizon, side, skyline, snow line, timber line, timberline, track, tree line, visible horizon, water level, water line, water parting, waterline, watermark, watershed
Derivation lineal
Type Words
Type of cover
Has types face, reline, babbitt, crib
Derivation lining, liner


line the gloves.
line a chimney.
Type Words
Type of fill, make full, fill up


line one's pockets.
Type Words
Type of print, mark
Has types red line, goal line, line of scrimmage, foul line, balkline, out of bounds, yard line, baseline, finishing line, finish line, baulk-line, string line, starting line, start, sideline, service line, scrimmage line, scratch line, scratch
Type Words
Type of mark, score, nock
Has types reline, hatch, crisscross
Derivation lineation


sorrow had lined his face.
Type Words
Type of suasion, persuasion


`let me show you my etchings' is a rather worn line.
he has a smooth line but I didn't fall for it.
that salesman must have practiced his fast line of talk.
Type Words
Type of reenforce, reinforce


lined books are more enduring.
Type Words
Type of artifact, artefact
Has types laniard, cord, rope, weather sheet, painter, becket, trace, towrope, towline, towing rope, towing line, strand, tack, mainsheet, ratline, lifeline, shroud, sheet, mooring, lanyard, mooring line, ratlin


a washing line.
Type Words
Type of text, textual matter
Has types head, words, header, heading, line of verse, verse line, actor's line, opening line, tag line, sound bite, credit line, by-line, dateline, verse, bottom line, line of poetry, gag line, punch line, laugh line, speech, orphan


the letter consisted of three short lines.
there are six lines in every stanza.