No wonder, for the traffic was like what one saw on that awful stretch between Cassel and Ypres, and there were no gangs of Belgian roadmakers to mend it up.
Ce n’était point surprenant, car le trafic était pareil à celui que l’on voit sur cette affreuse route d’Ypres à Cassel. Seulement ici, il n’y avait pas d’équipes de cantonniers belges pour la réparer!
Buchan, John / GreenmantleBuchan, John / Le prophète au manteau vert
Whenever we let the horses go we had to pull up sharp for a digging party or a stretch of barbed wire.
Dès que nous laissions courir nos chevaux, il nous fallait aussitôt les arrêter net devant une équipe creusant des tranchées ou installant des fils de fer barbelés.
Buchan, John / GreenmantleBuchan, John / Le prophète au manteau vert
Shall the church of Christ hear in silence the taunt that is thrown at them, and shrink away from the helpless hand that they stretch out; and, by her silence, encourage the cruelty that would chase them from our borders?
L’Église chrétienne laissera-t-elle jeter l’injure et l’opprobre à la face des humbles et des souffrants? Se reculera-t-elle devant la faible main qui l’implore, et son silence encouragera-t-il la cruauté qui les chasse de nos frontières?
Beecher Stowe, Harriet / Uncle Tom's CabinBeecher Stowe, Harriet / La case de l'oncle Tom
La case de l'oncle Tom
Beecher Stowe, Harriet
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Beecher Stowe, Harriet
From Abingdon to Nuneham Courteney is a lovely stretch.
D’Abingdon à Nuneham Courtenay, le bief est charmant.
Jerome, Jerome Klapka / Three Men in a BoatJerome, Jerome Klapka / Trois hommes dans le bateau
Trois hommes dans le bateau
Jerome, Jerome Klapka
Three Men in a Boat
Jerome, Jerome Klapka
Each observer, starting at dawn, makes fifty 3-minute stops at 0.8 km intervals along a 39.4 km stretch of secondary road, recording all birds seen or heard within 0.4 km of each stop.
Chaque observateur part à l'aube, fait 50 arrêts de trois minutes à des intervalles de 0,8 kilomètres le long d'un tronçon de route secondaire de 39,4 km et enregistre tous les oiseaux qu'il voit ou entend à moins de 0,4 km de chaque arrêt.
Zola, Emile / Contes à NinonZola, Emile / Stories for Ninon
Stories for Ninon
Zola, Emile
Contes à Ninon
Zola, Emile
Many blues and jazz singers from Jimmy Rushing to Ella Fitzgerald often stretch words so that their endings fall on two and four, adding to the syncopated swing.
De nombreux bluesmen et jazzmen, de Jimmy Rushing à Ella Fitzgerald, allongent certains mots des paroles pour qu'ils finissent sur le deuxième ou le quatrième temps, ce qui rajoute encore à la syncope sur laquelle repose le swing.
Sutro, Dirk / Jazz For DummiesSutro, Dirk,Koechlin, Stéphane / Le Jazz pour les nuls
The town belonged to him now; it slept like the foolish thing it was; there it lay, dark and tranquil, silent and confident, and he had only to stretch out his hand to take possession of it.
La ville lui appartenait, à cette heure: elle dormait comme une sotte; elle était là, noire et paisible, muette et confiante, et il n’avait qu’à étendre la main pour la prendre.
Zola, Emile / The Fortune of the RougonsZola, Emile / La Fortune des Rougon
She had to be back home by eleven, and she walked the whole way very quickly, coming in all aglow from the run, for it was a long stretch from Passy to the Quai de Bourbon.
Elle devait être rentrée à onze heures, elle se hâtait à pied, elle arrivait toute rose d’avoir couru, car il y avait une bonne course de Passy au quai de Bourbon.
Zola, Emile / His MasterpieceZola, Emile / L'Oeuvre
L'Oeuvre
Zola, Emile
His Masterpiece
Zola, Emile
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Collocations
stretch out
étendre
stretch out
étirer
arms stretched
bras tendus
arms stretched out
bras tendus
Word forms
stretch
noun
Singular
Plural
Common case
stretch
stretches
Possessive case
stretch's
stretches'
stretch
verb
Basic forms
Past
stretched
Imperative
stretch
Present Participle (Participle I)
stretching
Past Participle (Participle II)
stretched
Present Indefinite, Active Voice
I stretch
we stretch
you stretch
you stretch
he/she/it stretches
they stretch
Present Continuous, Active Voice
I am stretching
we are stretching
you are stretching
you are stretching
he/she/it is stretching
they are stretching
Present Perfect, Active Voice
I have stretched
we have stretched
you have stretched
you have stretched
he/she/it has stretched
they have stretched
Present Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I have been stretching
we have been stretching
you have been stretching
you have been stretching
he/she/it has been stretching
they have been stretching
Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I stretched
we stretched
you stretched
you stretched
he/she/it stretched
they stretched
Past Continuous, Active Voice
I was stretching
we were stretching
you were stretching
you were stretching
he/she/it was stretching
they were stretching
Past Perfect, Active Voice
I had stretched
we had stretched
you had stretched
you had stretched
he/she/it had stretched
they had stretched
Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I had been stretching
we had been stretching
you had been stretching
you had been stretching
he/she/it had been stretching
they had been stretching
Future Indefinite, Active Voice
I shall/will stretch
we shall/will stretch
you will stretch
you will stretch
he/she/it will stretch
they will stretch
Future Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will be stretching
we shall/will be stretching
you will be stretching
you will be stretching
he/she/it will be stretching
they will be stretching
Future Perfect, Active Voice
I shall/will have stretched
we shall/will have stretched
you will have stretched
you will have stretched
he/she/it will have stretched
they will have stretched
Future Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will have been stretching
we shall/will have been stretching
you will have been stretching
you will have been stretching
he/she/it will have been stretching
they will have been stretching
Future in the Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I should/would stretch
we should/would stretch
you would stretch
you would stretch
he/she/it would stretch
they would stretch
Future in the Past Continuous, Active Voice
I should/would be stretching
we should/would be stretching
you would be stretching
you would be stretching
he/she/it would be stretching
they would be stretching
Future in the Past Perfect, Active Voice
I should/would have stretched
we should/would have stretched
you would have stretched
you would have stretched
he/she/it would have stretched
they would have stretched
Future in the Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice