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1line — line1 W1S1 [laın] n ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(on paper/on the ground)¦ 2¦(between two areas)¦ 3¦(of people/things)¦ 4¦(direction)¦ 5¦(on your face)¦ 6¦(phone)¦ 7¦(for trains)¦ 8¦(between two types of thing)¦ 9¦(shape/edge)¦ 10¦(w …
2line — line1 [ laın ] noun *** ▸ 1 long thin mark ▸ 2 edge showing shape ▸ 3 border/limit ▸ 4 telephone connection ▸ 5 row of people/things ▸ 6 part of railroad system ▸ 7 transportation company ▸ 8 way of thinking/talking ▸ 9 series of words ▸ 10… …
3line — I UK [laɪn] / US noun Word forms line : singular line plural lines *** 1) [countable] a long thin mark on the surface of something Draw a straight line. Each horizontal line on the graph represents fifteen minutes. a) a long thin mark on the… …
4line — I 1. noun 1) he drew a line through the name Syn: dash, rule, bar, score; underline, underscore, stroke, slash; technical stria, striation 2) there were lines around her eyes Syn: wrinkle …
5Gothic Line — This article is about the fighting on the Gothic Line between August and the end of 1944, variously known as Operation Olive or the Battle of Rimini. For the fighting to capture the town of Rimini in September 1944, see Battle of Rimini (1944).… …
6Bernhardt Line — Warbox conflict=Battle for the Bernhardt Line partof=World War II, Italian Campaign campaign= caption=The Liri valley with Mt. Sambùcaro overlooking the modern town of San Pietro Infine (left) and ruins of the original town (center).… …
7Rjukan Line — Infobox rail line name = Rjukan Line nativename = Rjukanbanen caption = SF Ammonia , at Mæl, where the railway cars were ferried across Tinnsjø type = Railway system = status = Heritage start = Rjukan Station end = Mæl Station stations = 5 open …
8string line — String String (str[i^]ng), n. [OE. string, streng, AS. streng; akin to D. streng, G. strang, Icel. strengr, Sw. str[ a]ng, Dan. str[ae]ng; probably from the adj., E. strong (see {Strong}); or perhaps originally meaning, twisted, and akin to E.… …
9Ali Larijani — Ali Ardashir Larijani ( fa. علی اردشیر لاریجانی; born 1958) is an Iranian philosopher, politician and the chairman/speaker of the Iranian parliament. [Orla Ryan, Ahmadinejad rival elected as Iranian speaker , The Guardian, May 28, 2008,… …
10New York City teachers' strike of 1968 — The New York City teachers strike of 1968 was a months long confrontation between the new community controlled school board in the largely black Ocean Hill Brownsville section of Brooklyn and New York City’s United Federation of Teachers. The… …
