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B adv1 ( at the mid-point) à mi-chemin (between entre ; to de) ; to be halfway there lit être à mi-chemin ; to stop halfway s'arrêter à mi-chemin ; I went halfway j'ai fait la moitié du chemin ; halfway up ou down à mi-hauteur de [stairs, tree] ; halfway down the page à mi-page ; halfway across au milieu de [room, ocean] ; you could hear it halfway across town on l'a entendu dans la moitié de la ville ; to travel halfway across ou round the world for sth faire des kilomètres et des kilomètres pour qch ; halfway through au milieu ; I left halfway through je suis parti au milieu ; halfway through the film au milieu du film ; halfway through the week/morning en milieu de semaine/de matinée ; to be halfway through doing sth avoir à moitié fini de faire qch ;2 fig to go halfway to ou towards GB sth/doing sth être à mi-chemin de qch/de faire qch ; the statement only goes halfway la déclaration ne répond qu'à moitié à la question ; we're halfway there nous avons fait la moitié du chemin ; I met him halfway j'ai fait un compromis avec lui, nous avons coupé la poire ○ en deux ; to meet trouble halfway devancer les ennuis ;3 ○ ( in the least) [decent, convincing, competent] raisonnablement.
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