Sentence examples of "first half" in English

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The second half of a man's life is made up of nothing but the habits he has acquired during the first half. La segunda mitad de la vida de un hombre consiste nada más que de los hábitos que él ha adquirido durante la primera mitad.
It was Janet that won first prize. Fue Janet quien ganó el primer lugar.
It's funny how German can take a verb, cut it in half, and spread it over a five-clause sentence. Es curioso cómo el alemán puede coger un verbo, partirlo en dos, y extenderlo por una oración de cinco proposiciones.
Carlos Morel was the first Argentine painter. Carlos Morel fue el primer pintor argentino.
He earns half a million yen a month. Él gana medio millón de yenes al mes.
Her library has 3,500 books and includes many first editions. Su biblioteca tiene 3.500 libros e incluye muchas primeras ediciones.
Five hundred soldiers were sent to the city, and less than half of them survived. Quinientos soldados fueron enviados a la ciudad, sobreviviendo menos de la mitad de ellos.
She gave birth to her first child at twenty years old. Ella dio luz a su primer hijo a los veinte años de edad.
Almost half the men in Great Britain regularly give chocolate to their partner, especially for their birthday. Casi la mitad de los hombres en Gran Britania le regala regularmente chocolates a su pareja, sobretodo para su cumpleaños.
Tom came in first. Tom entró primero.
Half of my class like dogs. A la mitad de mi clase le gustan los perros.
I got up earlier than usual so that I might catch the first train. Me levanté antes de lo habitual para poder coger el primer tren.
The Titanic's lifeboats only had enough space to carry about half of those on board. Los botes salvavidas del Titanic solo tenían espacio suficiente para llevar a cerca de la mitad de los que iban a bordo.
I was taken to a circus for the first time. Me llevaron al circo por primera vez.
I will be back at half past six. Vuelvo a las seis y media.
It was in Tokyo that I first met her father. Fue en Tokio donde conocí a su padre.
We didn't know the box had holes in it. We lost half of the load along the way. No sabíamos que la caja estaba agujereada. Perdimos la mitad de la carga a lo largo del camino.
He mentioned her name for the first time. Él mencionó el nombre de ella por primera vez.
The area of a triangle is half of the area of the rectangle with equivalent base and height. El área de un triángulo es la mitad del área del rectángulo con base y altura equivalentes.
The other day I went fishing for the first time in my life. El otro día fui a pescar por primera vez en mi vida.
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