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stretch po angielsku:

1. stretch

Don't pull my sweater - you'll stretch it.

Stretch your arms straight.

to make someone use all their intelligence or ability, especially in a way that is interesting or enjoyable I don’t think his job really stretches him sufficiently. (esticar)

Ha-ha, you always stretch when class is over don't you?

I don't know if you'd call it a hobby, but to stretch it a little, you could say music appreciation is my hobby.

She really had to stretch her imagination to squeeze enough material for a solo album out of a contrabassoon, but by God, she did.

When violent extremists operate in one stretch of mountains, people are endangered across an ocean.

The traffic jam stretches 5 kilometres, so I had to wait a long time.

if you stretch yourself, or if something stretches you, you have to do things that are too difficult for you, but which help you improve your skills or knowledge so that they are no longer too difficult

We covered the 20-mile stretch quite quickly.

an unbroken length, tract, or space; continuous extent or distance: a long stretch of beach

This narrow stretch of water separates England from continental Europe.

I'm really tired. I have to rest for a stretch.

On warm days, bears stretch out or lie on their backs with their feet in the air.

2. to become longer or wider than usual as a result of pulling at the edges MAKE LONGER

3. to spread over a large area or distance

4. extend

"If you keep misbehaving, I'll extend the class and you'll miss your break", said the teacher.

Please extend this visa.

Better to extend an olive branch than launch a missile.

How do you expect to weather the financial storm when the bank refuses to extend a helping hand?

It will allow 3dfx to extend its business model in a variety of ways.

Let's extend our heartiest welcome to Miyake-san.

The firm has recently diversified its products so as to extend its market.

If I am extended a job offer, how soon would you like me to start?

I suggest we extend the first paragraph of the document for better clarity.

We're going to extend our kitchen. They have extended the deadline by one week. The priest extended the mass by 15 minutes. (Ksiądz przedłużył mszę o 15 minut.)

Your power doesn't extend so far.

We extend our deepest sympathies to the family and community at this sad time

Above all, I welcome the fact that we have managed to further extend the rights of minors.

Select the graft point after imagining how the branches will extend and fruit grow.

5. tend tens tent

6. shrink

If you wish to get on in the world, you must not shrink from effort.

Will this sweater shrink when washed?

Your sweater will shrink if you wash it at too high a temperature

Jeans shrink a little in the wash.

You know, it's funny. When my parents got divorced, they sent me to this shrink

To tell the truth these shrinks need us more than we need them.

My new blouse shrank after I washed it in cold water. shrink shrank shrunk

Families have been shrinking since the 1970s.

A 2005 Survey of 442 glaciers from the World Glacier Monitoring Service found that 90 percent of the world's glaciers are shrinking as the planet warms.

you should see a shrink