Sentence examples of "by half" in English

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The price of this book has been reduced by half. Der Preis dieses Buches wurde um die Hälfte verringert.
The price of the stock declined by half in a month. Der Preis der Aktie fiel innerhalb eines Monats um die Hälfte.
It's six of one and a half dozen of another. Das ist gehupft wie gesprungen.
The population of Italy is about half as large as that of Japan. Die Bevölkerung von Italien ist etwa halb so groß wie die von Japan.
Pharamp cut the cake in half. Pharamp schnitt den Kuchen halb auf!
A bold man has half the world. Ein kühner Mensch besitzt die halbe Welt.
Their financial problems began in the second half of the year. Ihre finanziellen Probleme begannen in der zweiten Jahreshälfte.
Don't leave your work half finished. Hinterlasse deine Arbeit nicht halb fertig.
The room's area is two and half square meters. Die Fläche des Raums misst zweieinhalb Quadratmeter.
Half of these apples are rotten. Die Hälfte der Äpfel sind verdorben.
School begins at half past eight in the morning. Die Schule fängt um halb neun morgens an.
Well begun is half done. Frisch gewagt ist halb gewonnen.
Half the species are woman. Die Hälfte der Art sind Weibchen.
She was only half alive. Sie war nur halb am Leben.
She agreed that she would pay half the rent. Sie war einverstanden, die Hälfte der Miete zu übernehmen.
Tom's been out of work for half a year. Tom ist seit einem halben Jahr arbeitslos.
Breakfast is at half past nine. Um halb zehn gibt es Frühstück.
Tom tore the paper in half. Tom zeriss das Papier in zwei Hälften.
We will be back at half past three. Wir sind um halb vier wieder da.
It took me an hour and a half to get there by car. Ich brauchte anderthalb Stunden um mit dem Auto dorthin zu kommen.
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