pad out the time

Translations
тянуть время
He padded out the time by telling stories.
Он тянул время, рассказывая истории.
Definitions
To deliberately make something take longer than necessary, often by adding unnecessary content or activities, in order to fill a required amount of time.
Words
pad

verb
растягивать
out

adverb
заполнять
the

article or possessive pronoun
этот
time

noun
время