оттянуть кожу

English translation: stretch out skin

14:20 May 9, 2002
Russian to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary
Russian term or phrase: оттянуть кожу
Я прижимаю ладонь к щеке и оттягиваю кожу (художественный текст в жанре экзистенциализма)
Alla Kobkova
Russian Federation
Local time: 15:07
English translation:stretch out skin
Explanation:
stretch out skin
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Dina Galeyeva
United States
Local time: 03:07
Grading comment
Thanks all! I used "stretched out" in my translation
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +5stretch out skin
Dina Galeyeva
4 +2stretch the skin
Marcus Malabad
4 +1pull away the skin
Yuri Geifman
4 +1to tug a skin
AYP
4 +1stretching the skin
Rostov


  

Answers


9 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
stretch the skin


Explanation:
I press my palm to my cheek and stretch my skin.

Marcus Malabad
Canada
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in TagalogTagalog
PRO pts in pair: 399

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Dell (X)
3 hrs

agree  Сергей Лузан
3 days 16 hrs
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20 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +5
stretch out skin


Explanation:
stretch out skin

Dina Galeyeva
United States
Local time: 03:07
PRO pts in pair: 4
Grading comment
Thanks all! I used "stretched out" in my translation

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Tatiana Neroni (X): Stretch my skin out.
9 mins

agree  Maria Knorr: agree with Tatiana Neroni
1 hr

agree  minkara
4 hrs

agree  Lilian Vardanyan
16 hrs

agree  Сергей Лузан: "away"
3 days 16 hrs
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5 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
pull away the skin


Explanation:
Nothing wrong with stretching, this is just to give you another option :-)

Yuri Geifman
Canada
Local time: 04:07
Native speaker of: Native in RussianRussian, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in pair: 389

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Сергей Лузан
3 days 11 hrs
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14 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
to tug a skin


Explanation:
I press my palm to my cheek and tug my skin

AYP
Local time: 10:07
Native speaker of: Native in RussianRussian
PRO pts in pair: 90

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Сергей Лузан
3 days 2 hrs
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15 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
stretching the skin


Explanation:
... Dad told me. And I wasn't stretching my skin so more of the hair was ...
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plus the normal stretching your skin must ... blood to
the skin, giving the areas ...
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I go slowly, stretching the skin, rinsing with cold water ...
http://www.humanthinktank.com/taz/writing/story2.html


... Her manicured fingers pull at my face, stretching the skin thin against my cheekbones. I cringe under my breath, trying not to bite my tongue. I can wait until ...
http://www4.rmwc.edu/hailmuse/poet01.htm





    www4.rmwc.edu/hailmuse/poet01.htm
Rostov
PRO pts in pair: 8

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Сергей Лузан
3 days 1 hr
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