Sentence examples of "a half" in English
Three and a half hours have passed since he left.
Han pasado tres horas y media desde que se marchó.
Only after a century and a half of confusion was the royal authority restored.
Sólo después de un siglo y media confusión la autoridad real fue restaurada.
They drank tea with lemon, for his nagging cough, with his usual lump and a half of sugar.
Tomaron té con limón, debido a su persistente tos, que él endulzó con ese terrón y medio de azúcar, según su costumbre.
It took me about two and a half hours to dig a hole one meter in diameter and two meters in depth.
Me llevó unas dos horas y media excavar un hoyo de un metro de diámetro y dos de profundidad.
The surface of Jupiter is inhospitable with more than two and a half times Earth's gravity and a poisonous gas atmosphere.
La superficie de Júpiter es inhóspita, con una gravedad que es más de dos veces y media la de la Tierra y una atmósfera de gas tóxico.
In England the waiter asked us, "How much beer would you like, a half pint or a pint?" Having no idea how much that would be, we asked him to show us the glasses.
En Inglaterra el mesero nos preguntó, "¿Cuánta cerveza van a querer, media pinta o una pinta?". Sin tener idea de cuánto sería eso, le pedimos que nos mostrara los vasos.
Since I installed solar panels on my house my energy bill has been cut in half.
Desde que instalé paneles solares en mi casa la factura de la luz se me ha reducido a la mitad.
The population of Italy is about half as large as that of Japan.
La población de Italia es más o menos la mitad que la de Japón.
Sleep is the greatest thief, for it steals half one's life.
El sueño es el mayor de los ladrones. Nos roba la mitad de la vida.
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