Forme compuse:
half | half past |
| better half n | figurative, informal (partner or spouse) | soț, soție s.m., s.f. |
| | | consoartă s.f. |
| | I'll have to ask my better half if we are free that weekend. |
| by half adv | (by 50 per cent) | cu 50 la sută adv. |
| | Since I retired my income is down by half. |
| by half adv | informal (by a great deal) | cu jumătate adv. |
center half,
center-half (US),
centre half,
centre-half,
centre back (UK) n | (soccer player) | mijlocaș s.m. |
| fold in half v expr | (bend over on itself) | a împături în două loc.vb. |
| | The table folds in half to make it more portable. |
given half a chance,
given half the chance expr | figurative, informal (if allowed, able) | dacă aș putea, dacă aș avea ocazia expr. |
| | I would take that job, given half a chance. |
half a dozen,
a half dozen n | (six) | jumătate de duzină s.f. |
| | The price for half a dozen buns is three dollars; it is five dollars for a dozen. |
half-a-dozen,
a half-dozen adj | (six of [sth]) | șase num. |
| | I bought a half-dozen eggs and a loaf of bread. |
| half a second n | figurative (a very brief time) | clipă, clipită s.f. |
| | Hold on, I'll be with you in half a second! |
| half an hour n | (30 minutes) | jumătate de oră s.f. |
| | It only takes me half an hour to get ready in the morning. |
| half-asleep adj | (dopey, not alert) | pe jumătate adormit loc.adj. |
| | | somnoros adj. |
| | I was half-asleep when you called this morning so I don't remember what you said. |
| | Davina made breakfast for the still half-asleep teenagers. |
half blind,
half-blind adj | (partially sighted) | pe jumătate orb loc.adj. |
| | | parțial orb loc.adj. |
| Notă: A hyphen is used when the adjective comes before the noun it modifies. |
half blood,
half-blood n | (sibling with one parent in common) | frate vitreg, soră vitregă s.m., s.f. |
half blood,
half-blood n | (animal of mixed breed) | corcitură s.f. |
| | That beautiful dog is a half blood. |
half board,
half-board n | mainly UK (lodging arrangement) | demipensiune s.f. |
| | We prefer half board to full board because it's less restrictive. |
half brother (mainly US),
half-brother (mainly UK) n | (male sibling by one parent) | frate vitreg s.m. |
| | My half-brother and I have different fathers. |
half day,
half-day n | (half the day) | jumătate de zi s.f. |
| | Janice is only working half days at the moment. |
| half-day n as adj | (lasting half the day) | de jumătate de zi loc.adj. |
| | Jim decided to take a half-day holiday to go fishing in the afternoon. |
| half-day n | (day when only half is worked) (la serviciu) | orar redus s.n. |
| | | program scurt s.n. |
| | When I was a child, Wednesdays were half-days for the post office and a lot of the shops. |
half dead,
half-dead adj | figurative (exhausted) (de oboseală) | pe jumătate mort adj. |
| | David continued the climb, although he was half dead from the effort; he had to make it to the top. |
| half dollar n | US, Can (50-cent coin) | monedă de cincizeci de cenți s.f. |
| | It is rare to come across a half-dollar coin anymore. |
half hour,
half an hour n | (30 minutes) | jumătate de oră s.f. |
| | I ran for a good half hour. |
| | It only takes me half an hour to get ready in the morning. |
half measure,
half-measure n | disapproving, often plural (incomplete attempt) | jumătate de măsură s.f. |
| | Teaching people how to cook healthy meals is only a half-measure if they cannot afford the ingredients. It is not a time for half measures: we need radical change now. |
| half mile n | (half a mile, 0.5 of a mile) | jumătate de milă s.f. |
| | When I ran track in high school my favorite event was the half mile. |
| half pint n | (liquid: 0.2 litres) | sfert de litru s.n. |
| Notă: A hyphen is used when the term is an adjective that precedes the noun |
| | That glass is a half pint; can you find me a pint? |
| half pint n | (beer: smaller serving) (bere) | sticlă de un sfert s.f. |
| | Brian went into the pub and ordered a half pint of beer. |
| half pint n | figurative, slang (short person) | sfert de litru s.n. |
| | What is a half pint like you doing trying to fight someone twice your size? |
half price,
half-price n | (cost: 50% reduction) | jumătate de preț s.f. |
| | The shop is selling lots of clothes at half price in the sale. |
| half shell n | (half of an oyster shell) (jumătate) | cochilie s.f. |
| | In Botticelli's famous painting, Venus is depicted rising from the sea on a half-shell. |
half sister (mainly US),
half-sister (mainly UK) n | (female sibling by one parent) | soră vitregă s.f. |
| | My half-sister's 15 years younger than me. |
| half term n | (school, etc.: mid-trimester break) (an școlar) | vacanță de primăvară s.f. |
| | | vacanță la jumătatea anului de curs s.f. |
| | We're planning to spend a few days in Wales during half term. |
| half-baked adj | figurative (badly thought out) | prost gândit loc.adj. |
half-blooded,
half-blood adj | (sibling: with one parent in common) | vitreg adj. |
half-blooded,
half-blood adj | (animal: of mixed breed) | corcit adj. |
| half-circle n | (semicircle, crescent shape) | semicerc s.n. |
| | The teacher arranged the chairs in a half circle to better address all of the students directly. |
| half-cut adj | UK, slang (drunk) | beat adj. |
| | | pilit adj. |
| | You can't drive! You're half-cut. |
| | Nu poți să conduci. Ești beat. |
| | Nu poți să conduci. Ești pilit. |
half-life,
half life n | (radioactivity decrease) | timp de înjumătățire s.m. |
| | The half-life of uranium-238 is about 4.47 billion years. |
| half-price n as adj | (50% reduction) | redus la jumătate loc.adj. |
| | | la jumătate de preț loc.adj. |
| | Alice always looks out for half-price items in the supermarket. |
| half-price adv | (at a 50% reduction) | la jumătate de preț loc.adv. |
| | | redus la jumătate loc.adv. |
| | I bought this dress half-price in the sale. |
half-time,
also US: halftime n | (sport: break at mid point) (la jumătatea unui meci) | pauză s.f. |
| | At half-time the home team was winning easily. |
| half-volley [sth]⇒ vtr | (tennis: return after bounce) | semi-voleu s.n. |
| half-volley⇒ vi | (tennis ball: return after bounce) | a lovi din semi-voleu expr. |
half-witted,
halfwitted adj | pejorative (unintelligent) | neinteligent adj. |
| | | prost adj. |
halfhearted (US),
half-hearted (UK) adj | figurative (unenthusiastic) (neconvins) | îndoit adj. |
| | | lipsit de entuziasm loc.adj. |
| | | fără tragere de inimă s.f. |
| in half adv | (into two equal parts) | pe jumătate adv. |
| | After the divorce their assets were divided in half. |
| more than half n | (an amount or number greater than 50%) | peste jumătate adv. |
| | You were supposed to share the sweets equally but you have given him more than half. |
not bad,
not half bad adj | (reasonably good) | a nu fi chiar atât de rău expr. |
| | That sauce isn't very good, but it's not bad, either. |
| [sb]'s other half n | figurative, informal (spouse, significant other) | soț, soție s.m., s.f. |
| | | partener s.m. |
| | | bărbat, nevastă s.m., s.f. |
| the other half n | figurative (different economic class) (din perspectiva săracului) | bogătani s.m.pl. |
| | (din perspectiva bogatului) | sărmani s.m.pl. |