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half [hɑ:f](pl halves [hɑ:vz])1 noun∎ half an hour une demi-heure;∎ half a dozen une demi-douzaine;∎ to cut/to break sth in half couper/casser qch en deux;∎ what's half of 13.72? quelle est la moitié de 13,72?;∎ two and two halves, please (on bus, train etc) deux billets tarif normal et deux billets demi-tarif, s'il vous plaît;∎ Railways outward/return half (of ticket) coupon m d'aller/de retour;∎ you can have the smaller half la plus petite moitié est pour toi;∎ she gave each of us half elle nous en a donné la moitié à chacun;∎ it cuts the journey time in half cela réduit de moitié la durée du voyage;∎ three and a half trois et demi;∎ three and a half pieces/years trois morceaux/ans et demi;∎ British bigger by half plus grand de moitié, moitié plus grand;∎ two halves make a whole deux moitiés ou demis font un tout;∎ to go halves with sb partager avec qn;∎ we'll go halves on partage;∎ they don't do things by halves ils ne font pas les choses à moitié;∎ British he always was too clever by half il a toujours été un peu trop malin;∎ British you're too cheeky by half! tu es bien trop effronté ou culotté!;∎ familiar a party/day/hangover and a half une sacrée nouba/journée/gueule de bois;∎ familiar that was a walk and a half! c'était une sacrée promenade!;∎ familiar I've got a headache and a half this morning! j'ai un sacré mal de tête ce matin!;∎ familiar and that's not the half of it et ce n'est que le début;∎ familiar you haven't heard the half of it! tu n'en sais pas encore le quart!;∎ it's sort of half and half c'est un peu de chaque;∎ humorous my better or other half ma (chère) moitié;∎ humorous to see how the other half lives voir comment on vit de l'autre côté de la barrière, voir comment vivent les autres∎ France was in the lead in the first half la France menait pendant la première mi-temps2 pronoun∎ leave half of it for me laisse-m'en la moitié;∎ half of us were students la moitié d'entre nous étaient des étudiants∎ a half chicken un demi-poulet;∎ oysters on the half-shell huîtres fpl servies dans leurs coquilles;∎ at half speed au ralenti;∎ familiar we don't want to go off at half cock on this one cette fois-ci on ne va pas faire les choses à moitié∎ half the time he seems to be asleep on a l'impression qu'il est endormi la moitié du temps;∎ half the time he isn't there les trois quarts du temps, il n'est pas là;∎ he's half a year older than me il a six mois de plus que moi;∎ familiar half a minute! une (petite) minute!;∎ familiar I'll be down in half a second je descends tout de suite□ ;∎ I'll be there in half an hour j'y serai dans une demi-heure;∎ just half a cup for me juste une demi-tasse pour moi;∎ he's not half the man he used to be il n'est plus que l'ombre de lui-même;∎ familiar to have half a mind to do sth avoir bien envie de faire qch□ ;∎ that was half the point of going there c'était tout l'intérêt d'y aller5 adverb∎ to be half full of sth être à moitié rempli de qch;∎ you're only half right tu n'as qu'à moitié raison;∎ a strange colour, half green, half blue une couleur bizarre, entre le vert et le bleu;∎ to be half English and half French être moitié anglais moitié français;∎ I half think that... je suis tenté de penser que...;∎ for a minute I half thought that... pendant une minute, j'ai presque pensé que...;∎ I was half afraid you wouldn't understand j'avais un peu peur que vous ne compreniez pas;∎ I was only half joking je ne plaisantais qu'à moitié;∎ half laughing, half crying moitié riant, moitié pleurant∎ they're not half fit ils sont en super-forme;∎ he's not half lazy il est drôlement ou rudement paresseux;∎ it's not half cold today! il fait rudement ou sacrément froid aujourd'hui!;∎ he didn't half yell il a hurlé comme un fou;∎ she can't half run elle court comme un lièvre;∎ you don't half put your foot in it sometimes! tu mets vraiment les pieds dans le plat parfois!;∎ they didn't half complain ils se sont plaints, et pas qu'un peu;∎ did you complain? - I didn't half! or not half! est-ce que vous vous êtes plaint? - et comment! ou pas qu'un peu!;∎ he's/it's not half bad il est/c'est vraiment bon∎ it's half past two, it's half two il est deux heures et demie;∎ American half after six six heures et demie∎ to be half as big/fast as sb/sth être moitié moins grand/rapide que qn/qch;∎ the radio was only half as loud as before le son de la radio était moitié moins fort qu'avant;∎ to earn half as much as sb gagner moitié moins que qn;∎ to be half as big again (as sb/sth) être moitié plus grand (que qn/qch);∎ he earns half as much again as you do il gagne moitié plus que toi►► Technology half bearing demi-palier m;British half board1 noundemi-pension f2 adverben demi-pension;Computing half duplex semi-duplex m;∎ to send sth half duplex transmettre qch en semi-duplex;half fare demi-tarif m;∎ to travel half fare voyager à demi-tarif;Architecture & Building industry half timbering colombage m;half year semestre m -
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I 1. [fo:m] noun1) ((a) shape; outward appearance: He saw a strange form in the darkness.) forme, silhouette2) (a kind, type or variety: What form of ceremony usually takes place when someone gets a promotion?) genre3) (a document containing certain questions, the answers to which must be written on it: an application form.) formulaire4) (a fixed way of doing things: forms and ceremonies.) convenances5) (a school class: He is in the sixth form.) classe2. verb1) (to make; to cause to take shape: They decided to form a drama group.) former2) (to come into existence; to take shape: An idea slowly formed in his mind.) prendre forme3) (to organize or arrange (oneself or other people) into a particular order: The women formed (themselves) into three groups.) (s')organiser4) (to be; to make up: These lectures form part of the medical course.) faire partie (de)•- be in good form - in the form of II [fo:m] noun(a long, usually wooden seat: The children were sitting on forms.) banc
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