at length

at length
1) редк. во всю длину, врастяжку (тж. at (one's) full length)

Upon my entrance, Usher rose from a sofa on which he had been lying at full length. (E. A. Poe, ‘The Fall of the House of Usher’) — Когда я вошел, Ашер встал с дивана, на котором он до этого лежал, растянувшись во весь рост.

2) детально, подробно, без всяких сокращений (тж. at considerable, full, great или some length)

Elliott told him at some length that he was having trouble with his kidneys... (W. S. Maugham, ‘The Razor's Edge’, ch. V) — Эллиот долго рассказывал официанту о мучившей его болезни почек...

She wrote regularly in answer to my frequent and passionate communications but never at great length. (A. J. Cronin, ‘The Green Years’, book III, ch. 5) — Алисон аккуратно отвечала на мои частые и страстные послания, только письма ее были всегда коротенькие.

No point was too trivial for Oskey to expound at length. (R. Greenwood, ‘Mr. Bunting’, ch. II) — Оски давал пространные объяснения по любому вопросу, даже самому пустяковому.

Mr. Smeeth... arrived at the sports page, where the prospects of certain women golfers were discussed at considerable length. (J. B. Priestley, ‘Angel Pavement’, ch. 2) — Мистер Смит... добрался до спортивной странички, где немало места было уделено обсуждению сравнительных достоинств каких-то чемпионок по гольфу.

3) в натуральную величину (о портрете)
4) наконец, наконец-то, в конце концов

But the rain showed no signs of stopping, and at length with umbrellas and waterproofs they set out. (W. S. Maugham, ‘Complete Short Stories’, ‘Rain’) — Но дождь все не ослабевал, и в конце концов они тронулись в путь, накинув плащи и захватив зонтики.


Большой англо-русский фразеологический словарь. - М.: «Русский язык-Медиа».. 2006.

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