in line, stand in line, speaking line, clothesline, the reception line

"We didn't just want to stand in a flat line and let them come at us".

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She figures that being a research subject may have advantages, too.
“We’re the first ones in line,” she said. “If I am genetically predisposed, and they have a preventive medication, they’ll tell me right away.”



"In the past decades, he has taken Bip to from Mexico to China to Australia. He's also made film appearances. The most famous was Mel Brooks' ''Silent Movie'': He had the only speaking line, ''Non!'' "
--Marcel Marceau, Mime, Dies at 84

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line (ROW)
noun [C]
1 a group of people or things arranged in a row:
a line of trees
The prisoners formed a line against the wall.

2 US (UK queue "排隊"一詞 A. D. 840已有紀錄) a group of people standing one behind the other who are waiting for something:
Just get in line and wait your turn like everyone else.
I had to wait/stand in line for three hours to get tickets.


3 a long line of a series of people or things that follow each other in time:
She is the latest in a long line of controversial leaders.
He comes from a long line of doctors (= A lot of his relatives were doctors before him).

9月24日 讀 William Bateson/ Gregory Bateson/Mary Catherine Bateson 三代的作品
其中有 the reception line - Margaret has a broken angle


The adjective in line has 2 meanings:
Meaning #1: awaiting something; especially something due
Meaning #2: being next in a line of succession

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The adverb in line has one meaning:
Meaning #1: one behind another in a line or queue



又釋

in line

1. Also, in line with. In conformity or agreement; within ordinary or proper limits. For example, The new policy was intended to keep prices in line with their competitors, or It's up to the supervisor to keep the nurses in line. Also see fall in line.

2. Also, on line. Waiting behind others in a row or queue. For example, The children stood in line for their lunches, or There were at least 50 persons on line for opera tickets.

3. in line for. Next in order for, as in He is next in line for the presidency. All of these terms employ line in the sense of "an orderly row or series of persons or objects," a usage dating from the 1500s.Idioms. The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer. Copyright © 1997 by The Christine Ammer 1992 Trust. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.


stand in line  American English to wait in a line of people until it is your turn to do something