Actually, it should mean "the afternoon was just starting and he had the whole afternoon to do something, or to wait for it to end, until evening comes". Stretch out here refers to the length, the duration of the afternoon. A long afternoon may be positive or negative, depending on whether you're waiting for something painful to end, or enjoying your day off :o)

These verbs are not synonyms. If you interrupt someone/something, you don't necessarily disturb the process that is going on. Like when you say: I'm sorry to interrupt you, but I have a question. - You'd say this if your professor was giving a lecture and you needed some additional explanation, or wanted to make a remark. To interrupt means to pause a process/the stream of conversation, usually only temporarily. I hope I don't disturb you. - You'd say this if you felt that your presence might be unwanted at the time. If something disturbs you, it really bothers you. You can say that shocking images of violence on TV are 'disturbing'. To hamper means to make something more difficult, harder to do or achieve. Loud noises may hamper your concentration. She's talented for dance, but she's hampered by her shyness.

Those are usually rich, affluent people, businessmen and politicians. Perhaps another way of saying it is "fat cats".

Great question! When you say: I'm thinking ABOUT buying my own car. it means that you are considering buying a car, it is not a plan yet, but perhaps you'll decide to do it once you feel that it is the right decision. I'm thinking OF buying my own car. This could refer to the past, the occasion when you bought your first car, so here, 'think of' means the same as 'recall'. The other interpretation would be that you are imagining the feeling that you would experience, having bought a car of your own. Essentially, 'think of' has emotional connotations, and 'think about' rather cognitive. That is why we usually say :"I'm thinking of you" - meaning "I miss you/I long for your presence" and "I'm thinking about you" would mean "I'm wondering what advice to give you/I'm trying to figure out why you did something..." I hope this helped!

Eu quero melhorar o meu português e tu querias aprender inglês...Porque não? :o)

You can say either I learned from my mistakes, or I've learnt from my mistakes.

Like father like son :o)

You made a very good question. The meaning of this sentence would stay the same, no matter which verb you used. What changes is not the semantic meaning, but the pragmatic meaning. You see, depending on whether you say "bring your wallet" or "take your wallet", you express different viewpoints. Basically when we speak, we see ourselves as the centre of the utterance. The time of the utterance and the location where we find ourselves will be seen as reference points.Let's say we're talking on the telephone, and I invite you to my birthday party which is next week. I don't have a camera, but I would like to make photographs, and I know that you have one. So, if I ask you: "Could you please bring your camera?", I am saying that from my point of reference, meaning that you would have to bring something to MY place, and I still see myself as the centre. If I say: "Could you please take your camera with you?", I'm imagining that I'm in your position, at the location where you are now, i. e. YOUR apartment. It is called deictic projection. We do it all the time, but we don't pay attention.