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half-yearly (twice a year) adverb [UK: hɑːf ˈjɪə.li] [US: ˈhæf ˈjɪr.li] | раз в полгодаadverb |
halfbeak (any slender, marine fish of the family Hemiramphidae) noun | полурылnoun |
halfdead (halfway dead; partially alive) adjective [UK: hɑːf ded] [US: ˈhæf ˈded] | полумёртвыйadjective |
halfling (a hobbit) noun | полуросликnoun хафлингnoun |
halfsleep (state between being awake and being asleep) noun | полусонnoun |
halfway (midway) adverb [UK: hɑːf.ˈweɪ] [US: ˈhæˈf.weɪ] | на полпутиadverb наполовинуadverb |
halfway house [halfway houses] (temporary residence) noun [UK: hɑːf ˈweɪ ˈhaʊs] [US: ˈhæf ˈweɪ ˈhaʊs] | дом на полдорогеnoun дом на полпутиnoun |
halfwidth (occupying half the width of a fullwidth character) adjective | полуширинныйadjective |
a fault confessed is half redressed phrase | |
better half (spouse or lover) noun [UK: ˈbe.tə(r) hɑːf] [US: ˈbe.tər ˈhæf] | дражайшая половинаnoun половинаnoun |
listen with half an ear verb | слушать вполухаverb |
not half bad (imperfect but more than OK) adjective [UK: nɒt hɑːf bæd] [US: ˈnɑːt ˈhæf ˈbæd] | не такой уж плохойadjective |
on behalf of (speaking or acting for) preposition | от имениpreposition от лицаpreposition |
one and a half numeral [UK: wʌn ənd ə hɑːf] [US: wʌn ænd ə ˈhæf] | полтораnumeral полторыnumeral |
six of one, half a dozen of the other (two alternatives are equivalent or indifferent) phrase [UK: sɪks əv wʌn hɑːf ə ˈdʌz.n̩ əv ðə ˈʌð.ə(r)] [US: ˈsɪks əv wʌn ˈhæf ə ˈdʌz.n̩ əv ðə ˈʌð.r̩] | что в лобphrase что по лбуphrase |
well begun is half done (much depends on the beginning of an endeavour) phrase |