Usage examples of "halbe Dutzend" in German with translation to English

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Wir haben ein halbes Dutzend Eier. We have a half-dozen eggs.
Ich denke, wir sollten besser noch eine halbe Stunde warten. I think we had better wait another thirty minutes.
Ich habe mehrere Dutzend davon. I have several dozens of them.
Ich glaube, wir sollten noch eine halbe Stunde warten. I think we should wait another half an hour.
Marie braucht ein Dutzend Eier. Mary needs a dozen eggs.
Der Erstschlag ist der halbe Sieg. The first blow is half the battle.
Nach einigen Dutzend unerwiderten Verliebtheiten war Herbs Herz unzerbrechlich geworden. After a few dozen unrequited infatuations, Herb's heart became unbreakable.
Ich habe eine halbe Stunde gebraucht, dieses Problem zu lösen. It took me half an hour to work out this problem.
Sie kaufte zwei Dutzend Eier. She bought two dozen eggs.
Das Wörterbuch enthält ungefähr eine halbe Million Wörter. The dictionary contains about half a million words.
Ich werde nie halbe Sachen machen. I'll never do anything by halves.
Wir kauften die Waren für drei Dollar das Dutzend. We bought the goods at $3 a dozen.
Eine halbe Million Kinder im Niger leidet immer noch an Unterernährung. Half a million children still face malnutrition in Niger.
Ungefähr ein Dutzend Bäume sind bald schon gepflanzt worden. About a dozen trees had soon been planted.
Er kam eine halbe Stunde zu spät. He turned up half an hour late.
Es gab ein Dutzend Verdächtige in dem Fall. There were a dozen suspects in the case.
Wir brauchen eine halbe Stunde, um zur Schule zu laufen. It takes us half an hour to walk to school.
Wenn ich eine Kartoffel-Tortilla machen müsste, würde ich zwei Dutzend Eier einkaufen. If I were to make a potato tortilla, I would buy two dozen eggs.
Das Wörterbuch umfasst nahezu eine halbe Million Wörter. The dictionary gathers nearly half a million words.
Das Postamt ist eine halbe Meile entfernt. The post office is half a mile away.
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