Usage examples of "halb zwölf" in German with translation to English

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Es ist fast halb zwölf. It's almost half past eleven.
Er hat seine Frau verlassen und ist mit einer halb so alten Frau zusammengezogen. He left his wife and shacked up with a woman half her age.
Tom fing an, Boxstunden zu nehmen, als er zwölf wurde. Tom started taking boxing lessons when he turned twelve.
Mexiko hat halb so viele Menschen wie Japan. Mexico has half as many people as Japan.
Er hat zwölf Söhne. He has 12 sons.
Die Bevölkerung von Italien ist etwa halb so groß wie die von Japan. The population of Italy is about half as large as that of Japan.
Vier Soldaten und zwölf Zivilisten wurden getötet. Four soldiers and twelve civilians were killed.
Es ist halb drei. It's two o'clock.
Tom hing, wie schon so oft, am Anfang des Satzes herum, während Mary, schon zwölf Worte vor ihm, sich jetzt in dessen Mitte befand. Tom, as his usual, lagged at the beginning of the sentence, when Mary, already twelve words ahead of him, was now in its middle.
Er hat halb so viele Bücher wie ich. He has half as many books as I.
Ich hätte gern zwölf Windbeutel. I want a dozen cream puffs.
Bis halb sieben bist du zu Hause! Come home by 6:30.
Ich habe zwölf Stunden im Zug verbracht. I spent twelve hours on the train.
Ruf mich bitte um halb sieben an. Call me at six-thirty, please.
Zwölf ist eine gerade Zahl. Twelve is an even number.
Hinterlasse deine Arbeit nicht halb fertig. Don't leave your work half finished.
Der Junge wurde von der Musikschule verwiesen, als er zwölf Jahre alt war. The boy was expelled from music school when he was 12.
Wir sind um halb vier wieder da. We will be back at half past three.
Ich habe es für zwölf Dollar gekauft. I bought it for about twelve dollars.
Sie war nur halb am Leben. She was only half alive.
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