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

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Veuillez lire entre les lignes. Please read between the lines.
Il y a beaucoup de lignes aériennes dans cet aéroport. There are many airlines in this airport.
Puis-je avoir un plan des lignes de bus ? May I have a bus route map?
Il trace des lignes droites. He draws straight lines.
Les soldats retournèrent dans leurs lignes. The soldiers returned to their lines.
Il faut lire entre les lignes. You should read between the lines.
Laissez plus d'espace entre les lignes. Leave more space between the lines.
Les lignes parallèles ne se croisent pas. Parallel lines do not intersect each other.
Il dessina quelques lignes verticales sur le papier. He drew some vertical lines on the paper.
Il a trouvé cinq fautes en autant de lignes. He found five mistakes in as many lines.
Les grosses lignes sur la carte représentent les routes. The broad lines on the map correspond to roads.
Ils mirent sur écoute les lignes téléphoniques des terroristes. They tapped the terrorists' phone lines.
Il a repéré cinq fautes en autant de lignes. He spotted five mistakes in as many lines.
Les lignes bleues sur la carte symbolisent les rivières. The blue lines on the map represent rivers.
Les lignes bleues sur la carte désignent des fleuves. Blue lines on the map designate rivers.
Les lignes rouges sur la carte symbolisent une voie ferrée. The red lines on the map represent a railway.
Les deux dernières lignes du document sont en majeure partie illisible. The last two lines of the document are mostly illegible.
Un parallélogramme est un quadrilatère formé de deux paires de lignes parallèles. A parallelogram is a quadrilateral formed from two sets of parallel lines.
Les lignes rouges sur la carte représentent les voies de chemin de fer. The red lines on the map represent railway lines.
Le voleur coupa les lignes de téléphone avant de pénétrer dans la maison. The thief cut the telephone lines before breaking into the house.
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