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to+be+at+full+stretch

  • 1 be at full stretch

    (to be using all one's powers, energy etc to the limit in doing something.) być na pełnych obrotach

    English-Polish dictionary > be at full stretch

  • 2 stretch

    [strɛtʃ] 1. n
    (of ocean, forest) obszar m; ( of water) akwen m; (of road, river, beach) odcinek m; ( of time) okres m
    2. vi
    person, animal przeciągać się (przeciągnąć się perf); land, area rozciągać się, ciągnąć się
    3. vt
    rozciągać (rozciągnąć perf); ( fig) job, task zmuszać (zmusić perf) do wysiłku

    to stretch to/as far as — ciągnąć się do +gen /aż po +acc

    it stretches as far as the eye can see — ciągnie się tak daleko, jak okiem sięgnąć

    at a stretch — jednym ciągiem, bez przerwy

    Phrasal Verbs:
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    [stre ] 1. verb
    1) (to make or become longer or wider especially by pulling or by being pulled: She stretched the piece of elastic to its fullest extent; His scarf was so long that it could stretch right across the room; This material stretches; The dog yawned and stretched (itself); He stretched (his arm/hand) up as far as he could, but still could not reach the shelf; Ask someone to pass you the jam instead of stretching across the table for it.) wy-, prze-, roz- itp. -ciągać (się)
    2) ((of land etc) to extend: The plain stretched ahead of them for miles.) rozciągać się
    2. noun
    1) (an act of stretching or state of being stretched: He got out of bed and had a good stretch.) wyciągnięcie się, przeciągnięcie
    2) (a continuous extent, of eg a type of country, or of time: a pretty stretch of country; a stretch of bad road; a stretch of twenty years.) przestrzeń, odcinek
    •
    - stretchy
    - at a stretch
    - be at full stretch
    - stretch one's legs
    - stretch out

    English-Polish dictionary > stretch

  • 3 span

    [spæn] 1. n
    (of wings, arch) rozpiętość f; ( in time) okres m
    2. vt
    river łączyć (połączyć perf) brzegi +gen; ( fig) time obejmować (objąć perf)
    * * *
    [spæn] 1. noun
    1) (the length between the supports of a bridge or arch: The first span of the bridge is one hundred metres long.) rozpiętość
    2) (the full time for which anything lasts: Seventy or eighty years is the normal span of a man's life.) długość
    2. verb
    (to stretch across: A bridge spans the river.) łączyć brzegi, spinać

    English-Polish dictionary > span

См. также в других словарях:

  • work/be at full stretch — ► to be working as hard as you possibly can: »OPEC members are at full stretch and cannot pump more oil. Main Entry: ↑stretch …   Financial and business terms

  • at full stretch — ► working as hard as possible, or using all available money, materials, time, etc.: be/work at full stretch »Plants are continuing to work at full stretch to meet both domestic and export demand. »They claimed they were operating at full stretch… …   Financial and business terms

  • at full stretch — British if someone or something is at full stretch, they are working as hard as possible. The emergency services are working at full stretch to cope with the accident. When the plant is operating at full stretch it can employ 800 people …   New idioms dictionary

  • be at full stretch — work/be at full stretch ► to be working as hard as you possibly can: »OPEC members are at full stretch and cannot pump more oil. Main Entry: ↑stretch …   Financial and business terms

  • work at full stretch — work/be at full stretch ► to be working as hard as you possibly can: »OPEC members are at full stretch and cannot pump more oil. Main Entry: ↑stretch …   Financial and business terms

  • at full stretch — British 1) used for describing a position in which your body or a part of your body is stretching as much as it can a swerving shot that had the England goalkeeper at full stretch 2) using all the money, supplies, or energy available Mountain… …   English dictionary

  • at full stretch — ► at full stretch using the maximum amount of one s resources or energy. Main Entry: ↑stretch …   English terms dictionary

  • at full stretch — adverb Using maximum resources. We only just managed to finish on time by working at full stretch since first thing in the morning …   Wiktionary

  • stretch — ► VERB 1) (of something soft or elastic) be made or be able to be made longer or wider without tearing or breaking. 2) pull (something) tightly from one point to another. 3) extend one s body or a part of one s body to its full length. 4) last… …   English terms dictionary

  • stretch — [stretʆ] verb 1. [transitive] FINANCE if something stretches an amount of money or a supply of something, it uses it up so you have hardly enough for your needs: • Our finances are stretched to the limit. 2. [intransitive, transitive] FINAN …   Financial and business terms

  • at full stretch — at full length, at full span …   English contemporary dictionary

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