stretch out а) протягивать; You can stretch this rubber out to twice its length; б) удлинять шаг; в) he stretched himself out on the sands он растянулся на песке; г) растягиваться (о времени); The years ahead seemed to stretch out for ever....
hatch II 2. v. 1) высиживать (цыплят); насиживать (яйца) (тж. hatch out) Most birds have to sit on their eggs, keeping them warm, for a certain length of lime in order to hatch out their young....
compress 2. v. сжимать; сдавливать (into) This machine can compress the paper into thick cardboard. It is going to be very difficult to compress this mass of material into a book of ordinary length....
