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

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Ich warte seit fast einer halben Stunde. I have been waiting for almost half an hour.
Den See kann man in einer halben Stunde mit dem Bus erreichen. The lake can be reached in half an hour by bus.
Er kam eine halbe Stunde zu spät. He turned up half an hour late.
Ich glaube, wir sollten noch eine halbe Stunde warten. I think we should wait another half an hour.
Ich habe eine halbe Stunde gebraucht, dieses Problem zu lösen. It took me half an hour to work out this problem.
Wir brauchen eine halbe Stunde, um zur Schule zu laufen. It takes us half an hour to walk to school.
Es hat mich eine halbe Stunde gekostet, dieses Problem zu lösen. It took me half an hour to work out this problem.
Tom ist seit einem halben Jahr arbeitslos. Tom's been out of work for half a year.
Leihst du mir dein Fahrrad für eine Stunde? Will you lend me your bicycle for an hour?
Er begann sein Essen mit einem halben Glas Bier. He began his meal by drinking half a glass of ale.
Die vierte Stunde wurde auf die dritte verlegt. The fourth period was moved up to the third.
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.
Der Tod ist gewiss; ungewiss ist nur die Stunde. Death is certain, only the time is not certain.
Die Fläche des Raums misst zwei und einen halben Quadratmeter. The room's area is two and half square meters.
Ich denke, wir sollten besser noch eine halbe Stunde warten. I think we had better wait another thirty minutes.
Tom ist schon seit mindestens einem halben Jahr mit Maria zusammen. Tom has been going with Mary for at least half a year.
Direkt nachdem der Lehrer die Stunde beendet hatte, läutete die Glocke. Right after the teacher finished the class the bell rang.
Mach keine halben Sachen. Never do things by halves.
Mache keine halben Sachen. Don't do anything by halves.
Ich wartete eine Stunde lang im Sitzungszimmer. I waited for an hour in the meeting room.
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