Sentence examples of "demi" in French
Le boulot lui rapporte un demi million de yens par mois.
The job earns him half a million yen every month.
Il commença son repas en buvant un demi verre de bière.
He began his meal by drinking half a glass of ale.
Je ne peux considérer ma femme que comme un animal à demi paralysé.
I can only think of my wife as an half-paralysed animal.
Il n'y a rien de pire que de faire les choses à demi !
There's nothing worse than doing things by halves!!
Une fois le travail fini, habituellement vers cinq heures et demi, je rentre à la maison dîner.
Once the work is done, usually around half past five, I come home to have dinner.
Thomas obtenait une fois et demi son salaire lorsqu'il travaillait au-delà de son heure de départ habituelle.
Tom got time and a half when he worked beyond his usual quitting time.
La surface de Jupiter est inhospitalière avec plus de deux fois et demi la gravité de la Terre et une atmosphère de gaz empoisonné.
The surface of Jupiter is inhospitable with more than two and a half times Earth's gravity and a poisonous gas atmosphere.
En Angleterre, le serveur nous demanda : "-Combien de bière désirez-vous, une demi pinte ou bien une pinte ?". N'ayant aucune idée de ce que ça pouvait représenter, nous lui demandâmes de nous montrer les verres.
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.
"Savez-vous quand ils vont arriver ?" "À onze heures et demi ce soir."
"Do you know when they will arrive?" "At eleven-thirty this evening."
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