Sentence examples of "half measure" in English
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.
The opinions that are held with passion are always those for which no good ground exists; indeed the passion is the measure of the holder’s lack of rational conviction. Opinions in politics and religion are almost always held passionately.
Las opiniones sostenidas con pasión son siempre aquellas para las que no existen buenos argumentos; de hecho, la pasión es la forma de medir la falta de convicción de la persona que la sostiene. En política y religión, las opiniones casi siempre se sostienen apasionadamente.
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.
The calorie is an exact measure of the energy in food.
La caloría es una medida exacta de la energía en los alimentos.
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.
We are in large measure responsible for students' success in the entrance exam.
Somos responsables en gran medida del éxito de los estudiantes en el examen de ingreso.
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.
The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.
La última medida de un hombre no es dónde se encuentra en momentos de comodidad y conveniencia, sino dónde se sitúa en tiempos de desafío y controversia.
Tatoeba: Where pillow fights can't even measure up to sentence fights.
Tatoeba: Donde las peleas de almohadas no se pueden ni comparar con las peleas de oraciones.
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.
And while she's no longer with us, I know my grandmother's watching, along with the family that made me who I am. I miss them tonight. I know that my debt to them is beyond measure. To my sister Maya, my sister Alma, all my other brothers and sisters, thank you so much for all the support that you've given me. I'm grateful to them.
Y aunque ya no esté con nosotros, sé que mi abuela está vigilando; junto con mi familia, que me hizo lo que soy. Hoy les echo de menos. Sé que mi deuda hacia ellos es inconmensurable. A mi hermana Maya, mi hermana Alma, mis otros hermanos y hermanas, muchísimas gracias por el apoyo que me habéis dado. Les estoy agradecido.
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.
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