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lengthen one's stride out (“I didn’t want to run down there and look like an idiot, if the situation didn’t turn out to be as I thought it might. But I lengthened my stride out as much as I could and I started walking as fast as I could and kept an eye on him the whole way.” Clarke’s instincts were absolutely correct. The little boy was getting closer and closer until it was too late. -- я стал шагать пошире (чтобы успеть) ART Vancouver); take long strides (The creature was reported by the officers as being at least 8 feet in height, very wide, and taking long strides out to the street, where it passed under a streetlight, and they could see that it was covered in dark brown hair. They apparently got a very good look at it in the light, after which it bolted towards a wooded marshy area near a canal and vanished. (mysteriousuniverse.org) ART Vancouver) |
