Usage examples of "halben" in German with translation to English

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Tom ist seit einem halben Jahr arbeitslos. Tom's been out of work for half a year.
Ich warte seit fast einer halben Stunde. I have been waiting for almost half an hour.
Er begann sein Essen mit einem halben Glas Bier. He began his meal by drinking half a glass of ale.
Die Fläche des Raums misst zwei und einen halben Quadratmeter. The room's area is two and half square meters.
Tom ist schon seit mindestens einem halben Jahr mit Maria zusammen. Tom has been going with Mary for at least half a year.
Den See kann man in einer halben Stunde mit dem Bus erreichen. The lake can be reached in half an hour by bus.
Tatsächlich ist ein halbes Auge sehr nützlich, denn mit einem halben Auge kann ein Tier die Hälfte von einem anderen Tier sehen, das es auffressen will, und ihm aus dem Weg gehen, und es wird selber das Tier fressen, das nur ein Drittel-Auge oder nur 49% eines Auges hat, weil dieses ihm nicht schnell genug aus dem Weg gehen wird, und das Tier, das aufgefressen wurde, wird keine Kinder bekommen, weil es tot ist. Half an eye is very useful actually, because an animal can see half of another animal, which wants to eat it, and can get out of the way, and it will eat the animal, which has only one-half eye or only 49% of an eye, because this to it will not be enough, and the animal, which was eaten up, will have no children, because it is dead.
Ordnung ist das halbe Leben Tidiness is half the battle
Das ist die halbe Miete That's half the battle
Es ist fast halb zwölf. It's almost half past eleven.
Jetzt ist es halb elf. Right now, it is a half past ten.
Frisch gewagt ist halb gewonnen A good start is half the battle
Der Erstschlag ist der halbe Sieg. The first blow is half the battle.
Das ist schon die halbe Miete That's half the battle
Hinterlasse deine Arbeit nicht halb fertig. Don't leave your work half finished.
Sie war nur halb am Leben. She was only half alive.
Um halb zehn gibt es Frühstück. Breakfast is at half past nine.
Ich komme um halb sieben zurück. I will be back at half past six.
Pharamp schnitt den Kuchen halb auf! Pharamp cut the cake in half.
Wir haben ein halbes Dutzend Eier. We have a half-dozen eggs.
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