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📖 Определения и значения для слова half

📒 either of two equal parts into which something is or can be divided

  • two and a half kilos (= 2½)
  • One and a half hours are allowed for the exam.
  • An hour and a half is allowed for the exam.

📒 either of two periods of time into which a sports game, concert, etc. is divided

  • in the… half No goals were scored in the first half.
  • half of something She played well in the second half of the match.
  • He made two superb saves in the first two minutes of the half.

📒 one of the defending players in hockey or rugby whose position is between those who play at the front of a team and those who play at the back

📒 one of the two attacking players in american football whose position is behind the quarterback and next to the full backs

📒 the position a half back plays at (also called a tailback in american football)

📒 half a pint (= 0.568 of a litre in the UK and some other countries, and 0.473 of a litre in the US) of beer or a similar drink

  • Two halves of bitter, please.

📒 bigger, better, more important, etc. than usual

  • That was a game and a half!

📒 to do whatever you do completely and to the greatest possible degree

  • You're expecting twins? Well, you never did do anything by halves.

📒 to share the cost of something equally with somebody

  • We go halves on all the bills.

📒 used in negative sentences to say that a situation is worse or more complicated than somebody thinks

  • ‘It sounds very difficult.’ ‘You don't know the half of it.’

📒 used to say that you think you will do something, although you are not sure

  • I've half a mind to come with you tomorrow.

📒 used to say that you think that what somebody has done is bad and should do something about it, although you probably will not

  • I've a good mind to write and tell your parents about it.

📒 the way of life of a different social group, especially one much richer than you

📒 used to say that there is not much real difference between two possible choices

📒 one and a half times the usual rate of pay

  • We get time and a half on Sundays.

📒 clever, etc. in a way that annoys you or makes you not trust somebody/something

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