German-English translations for überdehnen

overstretchOtherwise, we will overstretch the precautionary principle here. Andernfalls überdehnen wir an dieser Stelle das Vorsorgeprinzip. Turkish accession would overstretch, and therefore weaken, the EU. Eine Aufnahme der Türkei würde die EU überdehnen und somit schwächen. Its accession would overstretch, overstrain, weaken, perhaps even endanger the EU. Ihr Beitritt würde die EU überdehnen, überfordern, schwächen, vielleicht sogar gefährden.
pull
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When I give the signal, pull the rope.Youre going to have to pull harder to get that cork out of the bottle.to pull fruit from a tree; to pull flax; to pull a finch

strain
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There is a strain of madness in her family.They say this years flu virus is a particularly virulent strain.to strain a rope; to strain the shrouds of a ship
stretch
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I stretched the rubber band until it almost brokeThe rubber band stretched almost to the breaking pointFirst, stretch the skin over the frame of the drum