I’m translating an English novel into Italian but I’m stuck on the meaning of one sentence and I was wondering if you could help me:
Why—his voice seemed to draw out soft and subtle, it penetrated her nerves—why, what do you think it is?
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Best Answer
To draw out here means to elongate. It's typically used non-reflexively, as in "drawn-out goodbye" and "to draw out limited supplies".
Here it is used in a reflexive sense, the voice draws itself out, the words are spoken slowly and with pauses between them, so his manner seems languid and indifferent.
The Italian equivalent might be strascicare, to drag or scuff.