Make all customers stand in one long, snaking line—called a serpentine line—and serve each person at the front with the next available register.

让所有的顾客排成蜿蜒的长队——又称为蛇形队伍，用下一个可用的收银台为前面的每个人服务。

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If you can create one long line, you can make yourself look taller and leaner at the same time.

假如你能创造一个修长的线条，你就能使自己看起来更高更瘦。

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Make sure no one is using that name in your line of business.

要确保在你的行业内没有人用这个名字。

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I'll make one trip down to the Rowley line, then come get you.

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