protract russian

• потяну́ть

  to pull, to draw, to haul, to drag

  to stretch out, to reach out, to draw up

  to drag out, to delay, to protract

  to afford, to manage (financially)

  to sprain, to pull (a muscle), to strain

  to weigh, to tip the scales at

  to drag (someone somewhere), to make (someone) go

  to lay (a cable), to run (a line)

  to drawl, to say slowly

  to extort, to wheedle out (money)

• затя́гивать

  to tighten, to pull tight, to do up tightly

  to prolong, to drag out, to delay, to protract

  to draw in, to suck in, to drag into

  to take a drag, to inhale (smoke)

• растя́гивать

  to stretch, to stretch out

  to wear out, to stretch out of shape

  to sprain, to strain

  to prolong, to drag out, to protract, to spin out

• загости́ться

  to stay too long, to protract a visit, to outstay welcome

• провола́кивать

  to drag out, to prolong, to protract

• проволо́чь

  to drag, to haul, to pull

  to drag out, to prolong, to protract

• дли́тельный

  long, prolonged, protracted, lingering

• затя́нутый

  tightened, pulled tight, taut

  drawn-out, protracted, long-winded, overlong

• затя́гиваться

  to drag on, to be protracted, to be delayed, to be dragged out

  to be tightened, to tighten, to pull tight

  to become covered, to grow overcast, to cloud over

  to heal over, to skin over, to close up

  to inhale, to take a drag, to draw on (a cigarette)

• затяжно́й

  prolonged protracted

• тя́нутый

  drawn, stretched, elongated

  drawn-out, prolonged, protracted

• волоки́та

  red tape, bureaucracy, officialdom

  protracted delay, procrastination, dragging out

  ladies' man, philanderer, womanizer

• затяну́вшийся

  prolonged, protracted, drawn-out, long-drawn

  overcast, clouded over, covered (with clouds)

• затя́гивающийся

  dragging on, protracted, prolonged, lengthy

• затя́гивавшийся

  dragging on, prolonged, becoming protracted

• оття́гивающий

  delaying, postponing, protracting

• вы́болевший

  having suffered through a long illness, having recovered from a protracted illness, having come to a head (of a problem)

• канителимый

  delayed, protracted, dragged out, postponed

• проволакивающий

  delaying, procrastinating, protracting

• проволакиваемый

  being dragged, being pulled, being drawn through, being protracted

Examples

• Переговоры оказались очень затяжными.

  The negotiations turned out to be very protracted.

• Это был затяжной позиционный конфликт

  It was a protracted positional conflict.

• Ученик измерил угол с помощью угломера.

  The student measured the angle with a protractor.

• Мастер положил угломер на верстак.

  The craftsman put the protractor on the workbench.

• В наборе есть линейка, циркуль и угломер.

  The set includes a ruler, a compass, and a protractor.

• Затяжная война, обескровливавшая страну, наконец закончилась.

  The protracted war that was bleeding the country dry finally ended.