| Formy złożone: |
| and a half expr | (plus 0.5) | i pół spój. + licz. |
| | If you divide three oranges equally between two people, each person will have one and a half oranges. |
| bisect sth vtr | (land, etc.: cut across) | przecinać na pół zwrot ndk. |
| | | przeciąć na pół zwrot dk. |
| | The path bisects a large field. |
| double adv | (in half) | na pół przyim. + licz. |
| | Grace folded the sheet double and then again. |
| fifty-fifty adv | (equally between two) | pół na pół wyr. |
| | Going Dutch means that we split the check fifty-fifty. |
| fifty-fifty adj | (half and half) | pół na pół wyr. |
| | Half and half is a fifty-fifty mixture of milk and cream. |
| flat n | (music: a note one half tone down) | dźwięk obniżony o pół tonu wyr. |
| | She was supposed to play a sharp, but she played a flat. |
| flat sth vtr | US (musical note: flatten, make flat) | obniżyć o pół tonu zwrot dk. |
| | Flatting the pitch of a song can really change its mood. |
| fold in half v expr | (bend over on itself) | składać na pół |
| | | złożyć na pół |
| | The table folds in half to make it more portable. |
| half adj | figurative (incomplete) (przenośny) | pół- przedr. |
| | She gave him a half smile after he told the stupid joke. |
| | Jego głupi dowcip wywołał u niej półuśmiech. |
| half an hour n | (30 minutes) | pół godziny |
| | It only takes me half an hour to get ready in the morning. |
| half hour n | (half an hour, 30 minutes) | pół godziny ż + ż |
| | I go for a half hour run every morning. |
| half mile n | (half a mile, 0.5 of a mile) | pół mili ż + ż |
| | When I ran track in high school my favorite event was the half mile. |
half price,
half-price n | (cost: 50% reduction) | pół ceny licz. + ż |
| | The shop is selling lots of clothes at half price in the sale. |
| half shell n | (half of an oyster shell) | pół muszli ż + ż |
| | In Botticelli's famous painting, Venus is depicted rising from the sea on a half-shell. |
| half-price adv | (at a 50% reduction) | za pół ceny wyr. |
| | I bought this dress half-price in the sale. |
| halve sth vtr | (divide in half) | dzielić na pół zwrot ndk. |
| | | podzielić na pół zwrot dk. |
| | Halve the dough and let it rise in a warm place. |
| in half adv | (into two equal parts) | na pół przyim. + ż |
| | After the divorce their assets were divided in half. |
jackknife,
jack-knife vi | figurative (fold in half) | składać na pół |
| | | złożyć na pół |
| | A lorry had jacknifed on the motorway, causing massive tailbacks. |
| pint n | US (liquid measure: 473 ml) | pół kwarty n + ż |
| | Add a pint of water to the rice, bring to the boil, then simmer until cooked. |
semi,
semi- prefix | (half) | pół- przedr. |
| | For example: semi-detached, semicircle |
| | Na przykład: półokrągły, półautomatyczny. |
| sharp sth vtr | US (music: raise half a tone) | podnosić o pół tonu zwrot ndk. |
| | | podnieść o pół tonu zwrot dk. |
| | You need to sharp that F at bar sixteen. |
| sharp vi | US (music: be half a tone too high) | grać o pół tonu za wysoko zwrot ndk. |
| | | śpiewać o pół tonu za wysoko zwrot ndk. |
| | You sharped all through the first twenty bars. |
| sharpen sth vtr | (musical note: raise by semitone) | podnosić coś o pół tonu zwrot ndk. |
| | | podnieść coś o pół tonu zwrot dk. |
| | I think the piece would sound better if you sharpened that note. |
| toss-up n | informal, figurative (fifty-fifty chance) | pół na pół |