lie down/lie at full length.
¡ This string is five centimeters longer than that one.
centimeters. A
real test will prove who[which] is better[greater, stronger, etc.]
2 long; prolonged lengthy. ¢Ò a long time/a long stretch of time/many years.
a long rainy season.
take a long(-range) view (of). ¢Ò be
prolonged/be extended.
It takes a long time[many years]
(to do). Our talk took time.