Слово "contract". Англо-русский словарь Мюллера

A tree, contracting in the cool of the night, made a loud noise. It was directly above him.

"Dillingham" looked blurred, as though they were thinking seriously of contracting to a modest and unassuming D.

Without growth, countries contract and atrophy,

Little Chuck’s face contracted and he said gently,

Miss Sarah King, M.B., stood by the table in the writing-room of the Solomon Hotel in Jerusalem idly turning over the papers and magazines. A frown contracted her brows and she looked preoccupied.

MANY years ago, I contracted an intimacy with a Mr. William Legrand.

He had contracted tuberculosis of the lungs and since at the time there were reasons that made it difficult for him to go to Switzerland the specialist he saw in London had sent him up to a sanatorium in the north of Scotland.

But no, instead of living quietly and peacefully without any troubles, having turned over the currency and stones, this mercenary blockhead gets himself exposed in front of everybody, and to top it off contracts major family trouble.

If a woman contracts it in the first four months of-' Miss Marple spoke the next word with a slight Victorian modesty '- of - er - pregnancy, it may have a terribly serious effect.