Usage examples of "line" in English with translation to French

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How did you get into this line of work? Comment avez-vous atterri dans ce métier ?
Be sure to drop me a line. N'oublie pas de m'écrire un mot.
The strikers hectored the few scabs courageous enough to cross the picket line. Les grévistes harcelaient les quelques jaunes assez courageux pour traverser le piquet de grève.
Her line of reasoning is attractive, but ultimately fallacious. Son raisonnement est attrayant mais se révèle fallacieux au bout du compte.
46 million Americans lived under the poverty line in 2010. 46 millions d’Américains vivaient sous le seuil de pauvreté en 2010.
Who in the rainbow can draw the line where the violet tint ends and the orange tint begins? Distinctly we see the difference of the colors, but where exactly does the one first blendingly enter into the other? So with sanity and insanity. Qui, dans l'arc-en-ciel, peut tirer un trait entre là où finit la teinte violette et où la teinte orange commence ? Nous voyons distinctement la différence entre les couleurs mais où exactement l'une se fond-elle dans l'autre ? Il en va de même de la raison et de la folie.
That's what got me into this line of work. C'est ce qui m'a introduit dans ce métier.
Why don't you drop her a line? Pourquoi ne lui écris-tu pas un mot ?
In this line of work, if you make a grim face the customers won't come. Si tu fais triste mine dans ce métier, les clients ne viendront pas.
He dropped her a line. Il lui laissa un mot.
That is not my line. Ce n'est pas mon point fort.
Draw a line on your paper. Tirez un trait sur votre feuille de papier.
Please cut along the dotted line. Veuillez découper le long des pointillés.
What is your line of work? Quel genre de travail fais-tu ?
Poetry is not in his line. La poésie ce n'est pas son rayon.
Please keep my place in this line. S'il vous plait, gardez ma place dans cette rangée.
His remark was really out of line. Sa remarque était vraiment hors de propos.
There's a lot on the line. Il y a beaucoup en jeu.
What line of work are you in? Dans quelle branche travaillez-vous ?
He fell for it hook, line, and sinker. Il a tout gobé.
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