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1 half-hourly
adjective, adverb (done etc every half-hour: at half-hourly intervals; The buses to town run half-hourly.) pusvalandžio; kas pusvalandį -
2 half-yearly
adjective, adverb (done etc every six months: a half-yearly report; We balance our accounts half-yearly.) pusmetinis; kas pusmetį -
3 half-hearted
adjective (not eager; done without enthusiasm: a half-hearted cheer/attempt.) neryžtingas, be entuziazmo -
4 half-holiday
noun (a part of a day (usually the afternoon) during which no work is done: the school-children were given a half-holiday to celebrate the football team's success.) laisvas pusdienis -
5 clearance
1) (the act of clearing or removing: The clearance of these trees from the front of the window will give you more light.) (pa)šalinimas2) (the empty space between two objects: You can drive the lorry under the bridge - there's a clearance of half a metre.) tuščias tarpas3) ((a certificate) giving permission for something to be done.) leidimas -
6 snap
[snæp] 1. past tense, past participle - snapped; verb1) ((with at) to make a biting movement, to try to grasp with the teeth: The dog snapped at his ankles.) grybštelti, krimstelti2) (to break with a sudden sharp noise: He snapped the stick in half; The handle of the cup snapped off.) laužti, lūžti3) (to (cause to) make a sudden sharp noise, in moving etc: The lid snapped shut.) spragtelti4) (to speak in a sharp especially angry way: `Mind your own business!' he snapped.) piktai pasakyti, atšauti5) (to take a photograph of: He snapped the children playing in the garden.) nufotografuoti2. noun1) ((the noise of) an act of snapping: There was a loud snap as his pencil broke.) trakštelėjimas2) (a photograph; a snapshot: He wanted to show us his holiday snaps.) nuotrauka3) (a kind of simple card game: They were playing snap.) (toks kortų lošimas)3. adjective(done, made etc quickly: a snap decision.) skubus, staigus- snappy- snappily
- snappiness
- snapshot
- snap one's fingers
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7 spent
[spent]1) (used: a spent match.) panaudotas2) (exhausted: By the time we had done half of the job we were all spent.) nusivaręs
См. также в других словарях:
half-done — index inchoate Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
half-done — half done′ adj … From formal English to slang
half-done — adj. * * * halfˈ done adjective 1. Partly done 2. Partly cooked • • • Main Entry: ↑half … Useful english dictionary
half done — partially cooked; half completed, not yet finished … English contemporary dictionary
half-done — adj. * * * … Universalium
half-done — недоваренный; недожаренный … English-Russian travelling dictionary
well begun is half done — Cf. PLATO Laws 753e ἀρχὴ γὰρ λέγεται μὲν ἥμισυ παντὸς ἐν ταῖς παροιμίαις ἔργου, proverbially it is said that the beginning is the half of every task; HORACE Epistles I. ii. 40 dimidium facti qui coepit habet, he who has made a beginning, has half … Proverbs new dictionary
fools and bairns should never see half-done work — They may mistakenly judge the quality of the finished article from its awkwardness while it is being produced. 1721 J. KELLY Scottish Proverbs 108 Fools should not see half done Work. Many fine Pieces of Work will look..aukward when it is a doing … Proverbs new dictionary
Half — Half, adv. In an equal part or degree; in some part approximating a half; partially; imperfectly; as, half colored, half done, half hearted, half persuaded, half conscious. Half loth and half consenting. Dryden. [1913 Webster] Their children… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
half — see half a loaf is better than no bread the half is better than the whole one half of the world does not know how the other half lives half the truth is often a whole lie believe nothing of what you hear, and only half of what you see … Proverbs new dictionary
half — 1. adjective /hɑːf,hæf/ a) Consisting of a moiety, or half (1/2, 50%). a half bushel; a half hour; a half dollar; a half view b) Consisting of some indefinite portion resembling a half; approximately a half, whether more or less; partial;… … Wiktionary
