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1 halfway
halfway [ˈhα:fˈweɪ]• halfway between... à mi-chemin entre...• he was halfway down/up the stairs il avait descendu/monté la moitié de l'escalier• anything halfway decent will be incredibly expensive pour avoir quelque chose d'à peu près correct, il faut compter une fortune• the decision goes halfway to giving the strikers what they want cette décision va dans le sens des revendications des grévistes• I'll meet you halfway (between two places) j'irai à votre rencontre ; ( = I'll compromise) coupons la poire en deux (inf)* * *[ˌhaːf'weɪ], US [ˌhæf-] 1.2.to reach the halfway mark ou point — être à la moitié
1) ( at the mid-point) à mi-chemin ( between entre; to de)halfway up ou down — à mi-hauteur de [stairs, tree]
halfway across — au milieu de [room, ocean]
to travel halfway across ou round the world for something — faire des kilomètres et des kilomètres pour quelque chose
2) figto go halfway to ou towards GB something/doing — être à mi-chemin de quelque chose/de faire
3) (colloq) ( in the least) [decent, competent] raisonnablement -
2 halfway
halfway adv a medio camino / a mitad de caminotr['hɑːf'weɪ]1 medio,-a, intermedio,-a■ the runners got to the halfway mark within record time los corredores pasaron por el ecuador de la carrera con un crono récord1 a medio camino, a mitad de camino\SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALLto meet somebody halfway figurative use llegar a un acuerdo mutuohalfway point punto mediohalfway stage etapa intermediahalfway ['hæf'weɪ] adv: a medio camino, a mitad de caminohalfway adj: medio, intermedioa halfway point: un punto intermedioadv.• a medio camino adv.n.• medianía s.f.['hɑːf'weɪ]1. ADV1) (lit) a medio caminowe're halfway there — estamos a mitad de camino or a medio camino
halfway up/down the hill — a media cuesta
halfway through the film — hacia la mitad de la película, a (la) mitad de la película
the decision only goes halfway toward giving the strikers what they want — la decisión solo satisface a medias las demandas de los huelguistas
- meet sb halfway2) *(fig) (=at all, the least bit)anything halfway decent will be incredibly expensive — cualquier cosa mínimamente decente va a ser carísima
2.ADJ [mark] a or de medio camino; [stage] intermedio; (fig) (=incomplete) a medias3.CPDhalfway house N — (for rehabilitation) centro m de reinserción; (fig) punto m medio, término m medio
halfway line N — (Rugby) línea f media
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