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extended English

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extended

(= drawn-out, lengthy, prolonged, protracted) relatively long in duration; tediously protracted a drawn-out argument an extended discussion a lengthy visit from her mother-in-law a prolonged and bitter struggle protracted negotiations fully extended or stretched forth an extended telescope his extended legs reached almost across the small room refused to accept the extended hand beyond the literal or primary sense 'hot off the press' shows an extended sense of 'hot' (= elongated, lengthened, prolonged) drawn out or made longer spatially Picasso's elongated Don Quixote lengthened skirts are fashionable this year the extended airport runways can accommodate larger planes a prolonged black line across the page (= extensive) large in spatial extent or range or scope or quantity an extensive Roman settlement in northwest England extended farm lands surgeons with extended experience they suffered extensive damage

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Simple sentences

We extended a wire between two posts.
He extended his right arm.
She extended her stay by five days.
She extended a warm welcome to them.
Tom extended his stay by three days.
She extended a warm welcome to her.
I extended my holiday.
Chastity extended the youth.
I am taking an extended break from the Internet.
In the upcoming week I have to go to the doctor to have my sick leave extended.
Tom extended his right arm.
Never buy extended warranties.
The DVD contains deleted and extended scenes.
We extended the meeting another 10 minutes.
He extended the knowledge of biochemistry.
The deadline had to be extended.

Movie subtitles

London's old, patched-up city walls extended a paltry three miles.
And what of the english, whose territorial ambitions had once extended no further than France and whose one big economic idea had been to sell wool to the italians?
I'm going on a very extended trip to London.
Maybe if we extended this flange down a little farther.
Besides operating his radio station Dietrich extended his contacts with the German spy ring.
Stand with your feet together and your arms extended.
Columbus extended the world, but for you it grows continually smaller.
Arm extended.
Right arm fully extended in preparation for the first lift.
His rule extended over beer, slot machines, the numbers racket and other forbidden enterprises.
And now, unhappy girl, please go to the far corner of the stage, where you'll meet five others to whom Mr. Lermontov has also extended his hospitality.
But we really can't have him taking extended time off.
Tell them Mr. Elinson's vacation has been extended indefinitely.
In view of the above. and in the light of my examination of the patient. it is my professional opinion. that it will be necessary for Mr. Van Gogh. to undergo extended observation and treatment in this institution.
Come to think of it, I'd like you to meet someone. who's come for an extended visit.
We'll see what we can do about getting you an extended leave later on.
It has to be extended.
Their hands are extended to me but palms upwards, for favors. Even my own sons.
I would have extended my vacation. On account of me?
Andy, can't you get our leave extended?
I think I could do something about that leave. Have it extended, I mean.
Never mind. What were you saying about getting our leaves extended?
Want your leave extended?
For what they describe as an extended stay.
E.C.M. fully extended, sir.
These extended lunch hours give my boss excess acid.
You were alone, apart from the others, standing against a stone balustrade on which you rested your hand, with your arm half-extended.
You were standing at a slight angle against a stone balustrade, on which you rested your hand, your arm half-extended.
May helping hands be extended to you. everywhere you go, my Cid.
We've got a few back debts, we kind of over-extended ourselves.
One of them has changed direction, and as the other one does, if they're extended.
It won the prize for extended flight at Frankfurt last year.
Extended. Extended flight?
Followed, may I remind you, by quartering and the like courtesies extended to rebels.
In our effort to capture the Silver Mask we have already extended our stay on Earth.

News and current affairs

If the policy were extended to third-country firms, it would have a powerful liberalizing impact.
These precedents can be extended.
While the magnitudes involved are huge, they must be attained if an extended period of low growth, high unemployment, and declining living standards among the world's poorest is to be avoided.
In return, Ukraine will uphold its end of the deal: in addition to closing Chernobyl, we will introduce Western nuclear safety standards and renew cooperation with the IMF via the Extended Fund Facility program.
The consequences were most profound in what were the countries of the Soviet empire, but they extended to other regions as well.
The hope is that such realistic and pragmatic accommodations will be extended to Iraqis who are fighting under the banner of a nationalist and anti-occupation agenda.
Instead, once again, there was an extended focus on the past.
Hong Kong University, for example, has extended its undergraduate programs from three years to four.
So one question is whether existing sanctions can be extended and tightened; here, China and Russia must determine their priorities.
When US President Ronald Reagan took office on January 20, 1981, he retroactively rescinded all civil-service job offers extended by the government during the two and a half months between his election and the inauguration.
It can fruitfully be extended to internal security, where it is possible to define a precise mission for EU policymakers, exploiting the Commission and designing appropriate technical guidelines to achieve clearly defined operational goals.
The post-World War II invocation of national security as the legitimizing rationale for an economically active state extended America's leadership.
And Wen has indicated that village elections might be extended to the next highest government level - township administrations - over the next few years.
Money used by commercial banks to satisfy the RRR, which is held in accounts at the PBC, can no longer be extended as loans.
In order to gain the breathing space necessary for the reform process to be effective, the Greek government could just announce a simple rescheduling: the due date of all existing public debt is extended by five years at an unchanged interest rate.
The extended and politicized debate about debt restructuring has made a Hamiltonian solution more difficult, because the credit of the countries that would be party to it has become questionable.
Witness how otherwise sensible adults are reduced to nervously grinning sycophants when they are granted the privilege of touching an extended royal hand.
Even before the bombs stopped falling on Baghdad, Khalilzad's writ as Special Envoy was extended to Iraq.
At the same time, sharply elevated unemployment and subpar income growth have combined to tighten the noose on over-extended consumers.
Emerging-market growth is the world's bright spot and looks to be sustainable even as the advanced countries experience an extended period of rebalancing and slow growth.
When fed to highly cancer-susceptible mice, the tomatoes significantly extended the mice's lifespan.
Geopolitically, the post-1989 gains extended far beyond the West.
That act began in 1994 with the promise of economic stabilization and was extended four years with Cardoso's re-election in 1998.
Industrial Revolution-era cotton makers in England did not make a great deal of money, even though their products revolutionized personal life and hygiene, and even extended life expectancy.
The pattern of Republican deficiency holds up when the span of historical analysis is extended by using stock returns to measure economic performance.

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