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1 too much of a good thing

( (it is) too much of a good thing)

≈ хорошенького понемножку; это уж слишком, чересчур [шекспировское выражение; см. цитату]

Rosalind: "Are you not good?" Orlando: "I hope so." Rosalind: "Why then, can one desire too much of a good thing?" (W. Shakespeare, ‘As You Like It’, act IV, sc. 1) — Розалинда: "Разве вы не хороши?" Орландо: "Надеюсь, что хорош." Розалинда: "А разве может быть слишком много хорошего?" (перевод Т. Щепкиной-Куперник)

Pickering (stretching himself): "Well, I feel a bit tired. It's been a long day. The garden party, a dinner party, and the reception! Rather too much of a good thing." (B. Shaw, ‘Pygmalion’, act IV) — Пикеринг (потягиваясь): "Сказать по правде, я все-таки устал. Пикник, званый обед, а потом еще надо побывать на приеме! Что-то уж слишком много удовольствий сразу."

Fish every day for a fortnight is just too much of a good thing. (D. Cusack, ‘The Half-Burnt Tree’, ch. 16) — Рыба каждый день в течение двух недель - это уж чересчур.

Most people would agree in saying that one cannot have too much of a good thing. (DEI) — Большинство людей согласится с тем, что кашу маслом не испортишь.

Large English-Russian phrasebook > too much of a good thing
2 too

tu:
adverb

1) (to a greater extent, or more, than is required, desirable or suitable: He's too fat for his clothes; I'm not feeling too well.) demasiado

2) (in addition; also; as well: My husband likes cycling, and I do, too.) también

too adv

1. también

can I come too? ¿puedo ir yo también?

2. demasiado

she eats too much come demasiado

it's too hot hace demasiado calor

too

tr[tʊː]

adverb

1 (excessively) demasiado

■ too slow demasiado lento

■ too big demasiado grande

2 (also) también

■ can I come too? ¿puedo ir también?

■ me too yo también

3 (besides) además

4 (very) muy

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SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALL

too many demasiados,-as

too much demasiado,-a

all too / only too demasiado,-a

I should think so too! ¡era lo menos que podía hacer!

about time too ya era hora

to be too much for somebody ser demasiado para alguien

too ['tu:] adv

1) also: también

2) excessively: demasiado

it's too hot in here: aquí hace demasiado calor

too

adv.

• demasiado adv.

• muy adv.

• sobradamente adv.

• sobrado adv.

• también adv.

tuː
adverb

1)

a) ( excessively) demasiado

there were too many people/cars — había demasiada gente/demasiados coches

four mistakes? that's four too many — ¿cuatro faltas? son cuatro faltas de más

these shoes are too big/small for me — estos zapatos me quedan grandes/pequeños

that's too difficult for her to understand — es demasiado difícil para que lo entienda

b) (in phrases)

I know that all o only too well — eso bien que lo sé

all o only too often — muy a menudo, con mucha frecuencia

2)

a) ( as well) también

b) ( emphatic)

he apologized - I should think so too! — se disculpó - era lo menos que podía hacer!

quite right too! — bien hecho!

3) ( very) muy

I'm not too sure — no estoy muy seguro

he didn't seem too keen on the idea — no parecía gustarle mucho la idea

[tuː]
ADV
1) (=excessively) demasiado

it's too easy — es demasiado fácil

it's too sweet — está demasiado or muy dulce

it's too heavy for me to lift — es demasiado pesado para que yo lo levante

it's too hot to drink — está demasiado caliente para beberlo

it's not too difficult — no es muy difícil

• too bad! — ¡mala suerte!, ¡qué le vamos a hacer!, ¡ni modo! (Mex)

• it's too early for that — es (muy) temprano para eso

• it's too good to be true — no puede ser

• I'm not too keen on the idea — la idea no me hace gracia que digamos

• too many — demasiados

too many difficulties — demasiadas dificultades

• too much — demasiado

too much jam — demasiada mermelada f

he talks too much — habla demasiado

you gave me a dollar too much — me dio un dólar de más

that's too much by half — de eso sobra la mitad

don't make too much of it — no le des mucha importancia

it was all too much for her — [emotion] era demasiado para ella, era más de lo que pudo soportar; [work] estaba agobiada por tanto trabajo

it's too much for me to cope with — yo no puedo con tanto

his rudeness is too much — su descortesía es intolerable

it's too much! * — (=fantastic) ¡qué demasiado! *, ¡esto es demasiado!; (=excessive) esto pasa de la raya, esto pasa de castaño oscuro

• too often — con demasiada frecuencia, muy a menudo

• too right! * —

• too true! — ¡muy bien dicho!, ¡y cómo!

2) (=also) también; (=moreover) además

I went too — yo fui también

I speak French and Japanese too — hablo francés y también japonés

not only that, he's blind too! — no solo eso, ¡además es ciego!

she is, too! — ¡y tanto que lo es!

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[tuː]
adverb

1)

a) ( excessively) demasiado

there were too many people/cars — había demasiada gente/demasiados coches

four mistakes? that's four too many — ¿cuatro faltas? son cuatro faltas de más

these shoes are too big/small for me — estos zapatos me quedan grandes/pequeños

that's too difficult for her to understand — es demasiado difícil para que lo entienda

b) (in phrases)

I know that all o only too well — eso bien que lo sé

all o only too often — muy a menudo, con mucha frecuencia

2)

a) ( as well) también

b) ( emphatic)

he apologized - I should think so too! — se disculpó - era lo menos que podía hacer!

quite right too! — bien hecho!

3) ( very) muy

I'm not too sure — no estoy muy seguro

he didn't seem too keen on the idea — no parecía gustarle mucho la idea

English-spanish dictionary > too
3 much

much [mʌt∫]

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1. pronoun

2. adjective

3. adverb

━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━

► compar more, superl most

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1. pronoun

   a. ( = a lot) much has happened since then beaucoup de choses se sont passées depuis

• we have much to be thankful for nous avons tout lieu d'être reconnaissants

• does it cost much? est-ce que ça coûte cher ?

• is it worth much? est-ce que ça a de la valeur ?

► much of ( = a large part of) une bonne partie de

• much of what you say une bonne partie de ce que vous dites► to make much of sth attacher beaucoup d'importance à qch

• he made too much of it il y attachait trop d'importance

   b. (in negative sentences)

► not/nothing... much ( = a small amount) pas beaucoup

• I haven't got much left il ne m'en reste pas beaucoup

• what was stolen? -- nothing much qu'est-ce qui a été volé ? -- pas grand-chose

• he hadn't much to say about it il n'avait pas grand-chose à en dire

• there's not much anyone can do about it il n'y a pas grand-chose à faire

• we don't see much of each other nous ne nous voyons pas beaucoup

• it isn't up to much (inf) ce n'est pas terrible (inf)

• she won but there wasn't much in it elle a gagné mais de justesse

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► Constructions with valoir are often used when assessing value or merit.

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• I don't think much of that film à mon avis ce film ne vaut pas grand-chose

• there isn't much in it (in choice, competition) ça se vaut

2. adjective

beaucoup de

• much money beaucoup d'argent

• much crime goes unreported beaucoup de crimes ne sont pas signalés

• without much money avec peu d'argent

• it's a bit much! (inf) c'est un peu fort !

3. adverb

   a. ( = to a great degree) beaucoup

• he hasn't changed much il n'a pas beaucoup changé

• she doesn't go out much elle ne sort pas beaucoup

• much bigger beaucoup plus grand

• much more easily beaucoup plus facilement

• it doesn't much matter ça n'a pas grande importance

• much to my amazement à ma grande stupéfaction

► very much

• thank you very much merci beaucoup

• I very much hope that... j'espère de tout cœur que...

   b. ( = more or less) it's much the same c'est quasiment la même chose

• the town is much the same as it was ten years ago la ville n'a pas beaucoup changé en dix ans

   c. (set structures)

► as much

• as much again encore autant

• twice as much deux fois plus

• half as much again la moitié de plus

• I thought as much! c'est bien ce que je pensais !

• as much as possible autant que possible

• as much time as... autant de temps que...

• I need it as much as you do j'en ai autant besoin que toi

• I love him as much as ever je l'aime toujours autant

• twice as much money as... deux fois plus d'argent que...

• I didn't enjoy it as much as all that je ne l'ai pas aimé tant que ça

• you could pay as much as $200 for that ça peut te coûter jusqu'à 200 dollars► however much

• however much you like him... quelle que soit votre affection pour lui,...► how much? combien ?

• how much does it cost? combien ça coûte ?► much as

• much as I dislike doing this,... bien que je n'aime pas du tout faire cela,...► much less ( = and even less)

he couldn't understand the question, much less answer it il ne pouvait pas comprendre la question et encore moins y répondre► not much of a (inf) ( = not a great)

he is not much of a writer ce n'est pas un très bon écrivain

• I'm not much of a drinker je ne bois pas beaucoup► so much ( = a lot) tellement

• he'd drunk so much that... il avait tellement bu que...

• so much of what he says is untrue il y a tellement de mensonges dans ce qu'il dit

• he beat me by so much il m'a battu de ça

• so much so that... à tel point que...

• so much for his help! c'est ça qu'il appelle aider !

• so much for that! tant pis !

• so much the better! tant mieux !► not so much... as

• I think of her not so much as a doctor but as a friend je la considère plus comme une amie que comme un médecin► this/that much

• this much? (ça ira) comme ça ?

• he was at least this much taller than me il était plus grand que moi d'au moins ça

• I know this much... ce que je sais, c'est que...

• this much is certain... un point est acquis...

• this much is true... ce qui est sûr, c'est que...► too much trop

• I've eaten too much j'ai trop mangé

• he talks too much il parle trop

• that was too much for me c'en était trop pour moi

• too much sugar trop de sucre

• the stress was too much for me je n'arrivais plus à supporter le stress

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Note: When much is used as an adverb, it is translated by beaucoup: it's much longer = c'est beaucoup plus long; she doesn't talk much = elle ne parle pas beaucoup

For particular usages, see I below

When much is used as a pronoun, it is usually translated by beaucoup: there is much to learn = il y a beaucoup à apprendre. However, in negative sentences grand-chose is also used: I didn't learn much = je n'ai pas beaucoup appris or je n'ai pas appris grand-chose

When much is used as a quantifier, it is translated by beaucoup de: they don't have much money = ils n'ont pas beaucoup d'argent

For particular usages see III below
[mʌtʃ] 1.
adverb

1) ( to a considerable degree) beaucoup

much smaller — beaucoup plus petit

the film is much better — le film est bien meilleur

it's much better organized — c'est beaucoup mieux organisé

she doesn't worry much about it — ça ne l'inquiète pas beaucoup

we'd much rather stay here — nous préférerions de beaucoup rester ici

they are much to be pitied — ils sont bien à plaindre

much loved by her friends — très aimée de ses amis

your comments would be much appreciated — tous vos commentaires seront les bienvenus

he's not much good at doing — il n'est pas très doué pour faire

does it hurt much? — est-ce que ça fait très mal?

she's much the best teacher here — elle est de loin le meilleur professeur ici

much to my surprise — à ma grande surprise

2) ( often) beaucoup, souvent

we don't go out much — nous ne sortons pas beaucoup

do you go to concerts much? — est-ce que tu vas souvent au concert?

3) ( nearly) plus ou moins, à peu près

it's much the same — c'est à peu près pareil (as que)

it's pretty much like driving a car — c'est plus ou moins la même chose que de conduire une voiture

in much the same way — à peu près de la même façon (as que)

much the same is true of China — la situation est à peu près la même en Chine

4) ( specifying degree to which something is true)

too much — trop

very much — ( a lot) beaucoup; ( absolutely) tout à fait

he misses you very much — tu lui manques beaucoup

it's very much the norm — c'est tout à fait la norme

I feel very much the foreigner — je me sens tout à fait étranger

so much — tellement

as much — autant (as que)

I like them as much as you (do) — je les aime autant que toi

they hated each other as much as ever — ils se détestaient toujours autant

I thought as much — ça ne m'étonne pas, je m'en doutais

however much — même si

you'll have to accept the decision however much you disagree — il va falloir que tu acceptes la décision même si tu n'es pas d'accord

5) (emphatic: setting up a contrast)

the discovery wasn't so much shocking as depressing — la découverte était moins choquante que déprimante
2.
pronoun

1) ( a great deal) beaucoup; ( in negative sentences) grand-chose

do you have much left? — est-ce qu'il vous en reste beaucoup?

we didn't eat much — nous n'avons pas mangé grand-chose

there isn't much to do — il n'y a pas grand-chose à faire

he doesn't have much to complain about — il n'a pas à se plaindre

it leaves much to be desired — ça laisse (vraiment) à désirer

there's much to be said for it — ça présente des avantages

much of — une grande partie de

much of the difficulty lies in... — une grande partie de la difficulté réside dans...

I don't see much of them now — je ne les vois plus beaucoup maintenant

to make much of something — ( focus on) insister sur quelque chose; ( understand) comprendre quelque chose

2) (expressing a relative amount, degree)

so much — tellement, tant

we'd eaten so much that — nous avions tellement mangé que

so much of her work is gloomy — une si grande partie de son œuvre est sombre

so much of the time, it's a question of patience — la plupart du temps c'est une question de patience

too much — trop

it costs too much — c'est trop cher

it's too much! — lit c'est trop!; ( in protest) c'en est trop!

she was too much of an egotist to do — elle était trop égoïste pour faire

the heat was too much for them — ils n'ont pas pu supporter la chaleur

he was too much for his opponent — il était trop fort pour son adversaire

he's read this much already — il a déjà lu tout ça

I'll say this much for him, he's honest — il a au moins ça pour lui, il est honnête

this much is certain, we'll have no choice — une chose est certaine, nous n'aurons pas le choix

twice as much — deux fois plus

if we had half as much as you — si nous avions la moitié de ce que tu as

as much as possible — autant que possible

it can cost as much as £50 — ça peut coûter jusqu'à 50 livres sterling

it was as much as I could do not to laugh — il a fallu que je me retienne pour ne pas rire

as much as to say... — d'un air de dire...

how much? — combien?

tell them how much you won — dis-leur combien tu as gagné

do you know how much this means to me? — est-ce que tu sais à quel point or combien c'est important pour moi?

3) (focusing on limitations, inadequacy)

it's not ou nothing much — ce n'est pas grand-chose

it's not up to much — GB ça ne vaut pas grand-chose

he's not much to look at — il n'est pas très beau

she doesn't think much of him — elle n'a pas très bonne opinion de lui

I'm not much of a reader — je n'aime pas beaucoup lire

it wasn't much of a life — ce n'était pas une vie

I'm not much of a one for cooking — (colloq) la cuisine ce n'est pas mon fort (colloq)
3.
quantifier beaucoup de

I haven't got (very) much time — je n'ai pas beaucoup de temps

she didn't speak much English — elle ne connaissait que quelques mots d'anglais

to spend too much money — dépenser trop d'argent

we don't have too much time — nous n'avons pas beaucoup de temps

don't use so much salt — ne mets pas tant de sel

we paid twice as much money — nous avons payé deux fois plus d'argent

how much time have we got left? — combien de temps nous reste-t-il?
4.
much+ combining form

much-loved/-respected — très apprécié/respecté

much-maligned — tant décrié

much-needed — indispensable
5.
much as conjunctional phrase bien que (+ subj)

much as we regret our decision we have no choice — bien que nous regrettions or nous avons beau regretter notre décision, nous n'avons pas le choix
6.
much less conjunctional phrase encore moins

I've never seen him much less spoken to him — je n'ai jamais eu l'occasion de le voir encore moins de lui parler
7.
so much as adverbial phrase

without so much as saying goodbye/as an apology — sans même dire au revoir/s'excuser

if you so much as move — si tu fais le moindre mouvement

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there isn't much in GB ou to US it — (in contest, competition) ils se suivent de près

there isn't much in it for us — ( to our advantage) ça ne va pas nous apporter grand-chose

she's late again? that's a bit much! — elle est encore en retard? elle exagère!

they're much of a muchness — il n'y a pas beaucoup de différence entre eux

English-French dictionary > much
4 much

much [mʌtʃ]

beaucoup de ⇒ 1 beaucoup ⇒ 2 (a), 3 autant de ⇒ 5 1 autant que ⇒ 5 2, 6 2 combien (de) ⇒ 8 tant de ⇒ 10 tellement (de) ⇒ 3

1 adjective

ⓘ GRAM Hormis dans la langue soutenue et dans certaines expressions, ne s'utilise que dans des structures négatives ou interrogatives.

beaucoup de;

∎ we don't have much time on n'a pas beaucoup de temps;

∎ there isn't much cake/money left il ne reste pas beaucoup de gâteau/d'argent;

∎ the tablets didn't do much good les comprimés n'ont pas servi à grand-chose ou n'ont pas fait beaucoup d'effet;

∎ ironic much good may it do you! grand bien vous fasse!

2 pronoun

(a) (gen) beaucoup;

∎ is there much left? est-ce qu'il en reste beaucoup?;

∎ is there any left? - not much est-ce qu'il en reste? - pas beaucoup;

∎ there's still much to be decided il reste encore beaucoup de choses à décider;

∎ he hadn't much to say on the subject il n'avait pas grand-chose à dire à ce sujet;

∎ there's not much anyone can do about it personne n'y peut grand-chose;

∎ we have much to be thankful for nous avons beaucoup de raisons d'être reconnaissants;

∎ much of the time (long period) la majeure partie du temps; (very often) la plupart du temps;

∎ much of the coffee had to be thrown away on a dû jeter une grande partie du café;

∎ there is not much of it il n'y en a pas beaucoup;

∎ I agreed with much of what she said j'étais d'accord avec presque tout ce qu'elle a dit

(b) (as intensifier)

∎ I'm not much of a hiker je ne suis pas un très bon marcheur;

∎ it hasn't been much of a holiday ce n'était pas vraiment des vacances;

∎ it wasn't much of a surprise ce n'était pas une grande surprise;

∎ it wasn't much of a joke ce n'était pas terrible comme plaisanterie;

∎ what he said didn't amount to much il n'avait pas grand-chose d'important à dire;

∎ his plans didn't come to much ses projets n'ont pas abouti à grand-chose;

∎ the defence made much of the witness's criminal record la défense a beaucoup insisté sur le casier judiciaire du témoin;

∎ I couldn't make much of the figures je n'ai pas compris grand-chose aux chiffres;

∎ I don't think much of him/of his technique je n'ai pas une très haute opinion de lui/de sa technique;

∎ there's much to be said for the old-fashioned method la vieille méthode a beaucoup d'avantages;

∎ there's much to be said for his suggestions il y a des choses fort intéressantes dans ce qu'il propose;

∎ it's not up to much ça ne vaut pas grand-chose;

∎ he's not up to much ce n'est pas une lumière;

∎ there's not much to choose between them ils se valent;

∎ there's not much in it il n'y a pas une grande différence;

∎ familiar ironic he doesn't want or ask or expect much, does he? il n'est pas difficile, lui, au moins!

3 adverb

beaucoup;

∎ I don't drink much je ne bois pas beaucoup;

∎ I don't like them much, I don't much like them je ne les aime pas beaucoup;

∎ much admired/appreciated très admiré/apprécié;

∎ much happier/more slowly beaucoup plus heureux/plus lentement;

∎ much worse bien pire;

∎ I feel very much better je me sens beaucoup mieux;

∎ thank you very much (for) merci beaucoup (de ou pour);

∎ formal it is much to be regretted that… il est fort regrettable que…;

∎ it doesn't matter much cela n'a pas beaucoup d'importance;

∎ much to my surprise à mon grand étonnement;

∎ we are much obliged to you for… nous vous sommes très obligés de ou pour…;

∎ I'm not much good at making speeches je ne suis pas très doué pour faire des discours;

∎ it's much the best/the fastest way to travel c'est de beaucoup le meilleur moyen/le moyen le plus rapide de voyager;

∎ it's much the best/the fastest c'est le meilleur/le plus rapide de beaucoup;

∎ much the same presque pareil;

∎ it's (pretty or very) much the same thing c'est à peu près la même chose;

∎ she's still much the same as yesterday son état n'a pas changé depuis hier;

∎ I feel much the same as you je pense plutôt comme vous;

∎ familiar ironic he doesn't like beer, does he? - not much he doesn't! il n'aime pas la bière, non? - et comment, il aime ça!

4 as much

1 pronoun

∎ (that, the same) I thought/suspected as much c'est bien ce que je pensais/soupçonnais;

∎ I expected as much je m'y attendais;

∎ I said as much to him yesterday c'est ce que je lui ai dit hier;

∎ would you do as much for me? en ferais-tu autant pour moi?

2 adverb

∎ (with multiples, fractions) twice/three times as much deux/trois fois plus;

∎ half as much la moitié (de ça);

∎ a quarter as much un quart (de ça);

∎ as much again encore autant

5 as much…as

1 adjective

∎ (the same amount as) as much…as autant de…que;

∎ I've got as much money as you j'ai autant d'argent que vous;

∎ take as much sugar as you like prenez autant de ou tout le sucre que vous voulez

2 conjunction

autant…que;

∎ he's as much to blame as her elle n'est pas plus responsable que lui, il est responsable autant qu'elle;

∎ it is as much your fault as (it is) mine c'est autant de votre faute que de la mienne

6 as much as

1 pronoun

(a) (the same as)

∎ it costs as much as the Japanese model ça coûte le même prix que le modèle japonais;

∎ he looked at me as much as to say… il me regarda avec l'air de (vouloir) dire…;

∎ that's as much as to say that I'm a liar ça revient à me traiter de menteur

(b) (all)

∎ it was as much as I could do to keep a straight face j'ai failli éclater de rire;

∎ it was as much as we could do to stand upright nous avions le plus grand mal à nous tenir debout

2 conjunction

autant que;

∎ I hate it as much as you do ça me déplaît autant qu'à vous;

∎ as much as ever toujours autant;

∎ as much as before autant qu'avant;

∎ not quite as much as… pas tout à fait autant que…;

∎ I don't dislike them as much as all that ils ne me déplaisent pas autant que ça

7 however much

1 adjective

∎ however much money you give him, it won't be enough vous pouvez lui donner autant d'argent que vous voulez, ça ne suffira pas

2 pronoun

∎ however much they offer, take it quelle que soit la somme qu'ils proposent, acceptez-la

3 adverb

∎ however much you dislike the idea… quelle que soit votre aversion pour cette idée…;

∎ however much I try, it doesn't work j'ai beau essayer, ça ne marche pas

8 how much

1 adjective

combien de;

∎ how much flour have we got left? combien de farine nous reste-t-il?

2 pronoun

combien;

∎ how much do you want? (gen) combien en voulez-vous?; (money) combien voulez-vous?;

∎ how much is the record or does the record cost? combien coûte ce disque?

9 much as conjunction

∎ much as I admire him, I have to admit that… malgré toute mon admiration pour lui, je dois admettre que…;

∎ much as I would like to, I can't come à mon grand regret, il m'est véritablement impossible de venir;

∎ much as I try, I can't succeed j'ai beau essayer, je n'y arrive pas;

∎ the result was much as I expected le résultat correspondait bien à ce que j'attendais

10 so much

1 adjective

tant de, tellement de;

∎ it takes up so much time ça prend tellement de temps;

∎ it's just so much nonsense c'est tellement bête

2 pronoun

(a) (such a lot) tant;

∎ I've learnt so much on this course j'ai vraiment appris beaucoup (de choses) en suivant ces cours;

∎ there's still so much to do il y a encore tant à faire;

∎ he has drunk so much that… il a tellement bu que…

(b) (this amount)

∎ there's only so much one can do il y a une limite à ce qu'on peut faire;

∎ how much water will I put in? - about so much combien d'eau est-ce que je dois mettre? - à peu près ça;

∎ so much a kilo tant le kilo

3 adverb

tellement;

∎ I miss you so much tu me manques tellement;

∎ I wouldn't mind so much, only he promised to do it ça ne me gêne pas tellement, mais il avait promis de le faire;

∎ it's not so much his unpunctuality, it's his rudeness I can't stand ce n'est pas tellement ses retards, c'est sa grossièreté que je ne supporte pas;

∎ thank you ever so much merci infiniment ou mille fois;

∎ so much the better tant mieux;

∎ so much so that… au point que…, à tel point que…;

∎ not so much a…, more a… pas vraiment un…, mais plutôt un…

11 so much as adverb

même;

∎ if you so much as breathe a word of this… si seulement tu répètes un mot de tout ça…;

∎ without so much as asking permission sans même demander la permission;

∎ I would not so much as raise a finger to help him je ne lèverais pas même le petit doigt pour l'aider

12 so much for preposition

∎ so much for the agenda; now let us consider… voilà pour ce qui est de l'ordre du jour; maintenant, je voudrais que nous nous penchions sur la question de…;

∎ so much for that idea! on peut oublier cette idée!;

∎ so much for his friendship! et voilà ce qu'il appelle l'amitié!

13 that much

1 adjective

∎ there was that much food, we thought we'd never finish it il y avait tellement à manger qu'on pensait ne jamais arriver à finir

2 pronoun

∎ was there much damage? - not that much y a-t-il eu beaucoup de dégâts? - pas tant que ça;

∎ did it cost that much? ça a coûté autant que ça?;

∎ how much do you want? - about that much combien en veux-tu? - à peu près ça

3 adverb (with comparative)

(a) (a lot) beaucoup plus;

∎ it'll be that much easier to organize ce sera d'autant plus facile à organiser;

∎ not that much better pas beaucoup mieux

(b) (this amount)

∎ she's that much taller than me elle est plus grande que moi de ça

14 this much

1 adjective

∎ there was this much coffee left il restait ça de café

2 pronoun

(a) (this amount)

∎ I had to cut this much off the hem of my skirt j'ai dû raccourcir ma jupe de ça

(b) (one thing) une chose;

∎ this much is true… une chose au moins est vraie…;

∎ I'll say this much for her, she's got guts il faut reconnaître une chose, c'est qu'elle a du cran

15 too much

1 adjective

trop de

2 pronoun

trop;

∎ there's too much to do il y a trop à faire;

∎ don't expect too much (be too demanding) ne soyez pas trop exigeant, n'en demandez pas trop; (be too hopeful) ne vous faites pas trop d'illusions;

∎ to cost too much coûter trop cher;

∎ £10 too much 10 livres de trop;

∎ familiar she's too much! elle est trop!;

∎ familiar that's too much! ça, c'est trop!;

∎ familiar that's a bit much! c'est un peu fort!;

∎ you can't have too much of a good thing abondance de biens ne nuit pas

3 adverb

(work, speak) trop

Un panorama unique de l'anglais et du français > much
5 ♦ too

♦ too /tu:/
A avv.

1 anche; pure; altresì (lett.): DIALOGO → - Booking online- I'd like to see it too, vorrei vederlo anch'io; I went there, too, ci sono andato anch'io; You too, tu pure; DIALOGO → - After the cinema- Me too, anch'io

2 inoltre; per giunta: There was some food, and some wine, too, c'era roba da mangiare, e del vino, per giunta NOTA D'USO: - also / too-

3 troppo: It's too cold to go out, fa troppo freddo per uscire; DIALOGO → - Taking a seat in a restaurant- It's a bit too near the bar, è un po' troppo vicino al bancone del bar; too early, troppo presto; too quickly, troppo in fretta NOTA D'USO: - troppo-

4 (fam.) molto; assai; veramente; davvero: I'll be only too glad to meet him, sarò molto felice d'incontrarlo (o di fare la sua conoscenza)

5 eppure; e dire che: It snowed yesterday, and in April too, ieri nevicò e dire che siamo in aprile

6 ( USA) altroché; eccome: «I won't go!» «You will too!», «non ci vado» «eccome se ci vai» (o «ci vai, eccome!»)

B a.

(lett.) delizioso; eccellente; magnifico; straordinario: It's quite too ( o too too), è magnifico!

● too clever by half, troppo furbo per i miei (per i nostri, ecc.) gusti □ too many, troppi, troppe □ too much, troppo: too much money [patience], troppo denaro [troppa pazienza]; to take a step too much, fare un passo di troppo □ (fam.) too-too, affettato; smanceroso □ all too, fin troppo: The holidays were all too short, le vacanze sono state fin troppo brevi □ to go too far, andare troppo oltre; esagerare □ none too, tutt'altro che; non molto; non troppo: These glasses are none too clean, questi bicchieri non sono molto puliti □ I mean to do it too, e lo farò (non lo dico soltanto)! □ That's too bad!, che peccato!; che sfortuna! □ That was too good of him, è stato molto gentile da parte sua □ You've given me two too many, me ne hai dati due di troppo (o in più) □ too good to be true, troppo bello per essere vero! □ That's too much, è troppo!; è una cosa insopportabile! □ (prov.) You can have too much of a good thing, il troppo stroppia.

English-Italian dictionary > ♦ too
6 much

1. adjective,
more, most

1) viel; groß [Erleichterung, Sorge, Dankbarkeit]

with much love — voller Liebe

he never eats much breakfast/lunch — er isst nicht viel zum Frühstück/zu Mittag

too much — zu viel indekl.

2)

be a bit much — (coll.) ein bisschen zu viel sein; (fig.) ein bisschen zu weit gehen
2. noun;
see also academic.ru/47990/more">more 2.; most 2.; vieles

we don't see much of her any more — wir sehen sie kaum noch

that doesn't come or amount to much — es kommt nicht viel dabei heraus

he/this beer isn't up to much — (coll.) mit ihm/diesem Bier ist nicht viel los (ugs.)

spend much of the day/week doing something — den Großteil des Tages/der Woche damit verbringen, etwas zu tun

they have done much to improve the situation — sie haben viel für die Verbesserung der Situation getan

not be much of a cinema-goer — etc. (coll.) kein großer Kinogänger usw. sein (ugs.)

it isn't much of a bicycle — es ist kein besonders tolles Fahrrad (ugs.)

not be much to look at — nicht sehr ansehnlich sein

it's as much as she can do to get up the stairs — sie kommt gerade noch die Treppe hinauf

I expected/thought as much — das habe ich erwartet/mir gedacht

you are as much to blame as he is — du bist ebenso sehr schuld wie er

without so much as saying goodbye — ohne auch nur auf Wiedersehen zu sagen
3. adverb,
more, most

1) modifying comparatives viel [besser]

much more lively/happy/attractive — viel lebhafter/glücklicher/ attraktiver

2) modifying superlatives mit Abstand [der/die/das beste, schlechteste, klügste usw.]

3) modifying passive participles and predicative adjectives sehr

he is much improved — (in health) es geht ihm viel besser

4) modifying verbs (greatly) sehr [lieben, mögen, genießen]; (often) oft [sehen, treffen, besuchen]; (frequently) viel

I don't much like him or like him much — ich mag ihn nicht besonders

not go much on somebody/something — (coll.) nicht viel von jemandem/etwas halten

it doesn't matter much — es ist nicht so wichtig

I would much prefer to stay at home — ich würde viel lieber zu Hause bleiben

much to my surprise/annoyance, I found that... — zu meiner großen Überraschung/Verärgerung stellte ich fest, dass...

5) (approximately) fast

[pretty or very] much the same — fast [genau] der-/die-/dasselbe

6)

much as or though — (although) sosehr... auch

much as he disliked the idea — sosehr ihm die Idee auch missfiel

much as I should like to go — so gern ich auch gehen würde

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comparative of; see more

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much

[mʌtʃ]

I. adj

<more, most>

+ sing viel

there wasn't \much post es kam nicht viel Post

how \much...? wie viel...?

how \much time have we got? wie viel Zeit bleibt uns?

half/twice as \much halb/doppelt so viel

not/so \much nicht/so viel

[\much] too \much [viel] zu viel

a bit too \much etwas [o ein bisschen] [zu] viel

II. pron

1. (relative amount) viel

this \much is certain so viel [o eines] ist sicher

I don't know \much about fishing ich hab nicht viel Ahnung vom Angeln

he left without so \much as an apology er ging ohne auch nur ein Wort der Entschuldigung

half/twice as \much halb/doppelt so viel

too \much zu viel

2. (great deal) viel

\much of what you say is right vieles von dem, was Sie sagen, ist richtig

you didn't miss \much Sie haben nicht viel verpasst

well, I guess our picnic won't come to \much ich glaube, aus unserem Picknick wird nichts werden

my new stereo isn't up to \much meine neue Anlage taugt nicht viel fam

I'm not up to \much really (not much planned) ich hab nicht viel vor; (not fit for much) mit mir ist nicht viel los fam

3. with neg ( pej: poor example)

I've never been \much of a dancer ich habe noch nie gut tanzen können

she's not \much of a believer in horoscopes sie glaubt nicht wirklich an Horoskope

he's not \much to look at er sieht nicht gerade umwerfend aus

4. (larger part)

\much of the day der Großteil des Tages

\much of sb's time ein Großteil von jds Zeit

5. (be redundant)

so \much for... das war's dann wohl mit...

the car's broken down again — so \much for the trip to the seaside das Auto ist schon wieder kaputt — das war's dann wohl mit unserem Ausflug ans Meer

6. with interrog

how \much is it? was kostet das?

III. adv

<more, most>

1. (greatly) sehr

we would very \much like to come wir würden sehr gerne kommen

she would \much rather have her baby at home than in the hospital sie würde ihr Kind viel lieber zu Hause als im Krankenhaus zur Welt bringen

I've been feeling \much healthier lately ich fühle mich in letzter Zeit viel besser

\much to our surprise zu unserer großen Überraschung

to not be \much good at sth in etw dat nicht sehr gut sein

2. (by far) bei Weitem

she's \much the best person for the job sie ist bei Weitem die Beste für den Job

3. (nearly) fast

things around here are \much as always hier ist alles beim Alten

as \much as so gut wie

he as \much as admitted that... er hat so gut wie zugegeben, dass...

\much the same fast so

I am feeling \much the same as yesterday ich fühle mich ungefähr genauso wie gestern

4. (specifying degree)

as \much as so viel wie

I like him as \much as you do ich mag ihn genauso sehr wie du

they fought with each other as \much as ever sie stritten sich wie eh und je

so \much so [sehr]

it hurts so \much to see him like that es tut so weh, ihn so zu sehen

I wanted so \much to meet you ich wollte dich unbedingt treffen

very \much sehr

thank you very \much herzlichen Dank

that's very \much the done thing around here das ist hier so üblich

5. (exactly that) genau das

I had expected as \much so etwas hatte ich schon erwartet

it was as \much as I could do to get out of bed ich konnte gerade noch aufstehen

6. (often) häufig

we don't go out \much wir gehen nicht viel [o oft] weg

do you see \much of her? siehst du sie öfters?

7. (setting up a contrast)

they're not so \much lovers as friends sie sind eher Freunde als ein Liebespaar

IV. conj (although) auch wenn, wenngleich geh

\much as I like you,... so gern ich dich auch mag,...

\much as I would like to help you,... so gerne ich euch auch helfen würde,...

he can barely boil an egg, \much less cook a proper dinner er kann kaum ein Ei kochen, geschweige denn eine richtige Mahlzeit

however \much you dislike her... wie unsympathisch sie dir auch sein mag,...

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[mʌtʃ]
1. adj, n

1) viel inv

how much — wie viel inv

not much — nicht viel

that much — so viel

but that much I do know — aber DAS weiß ich

much of this is true — viel or vieles daran ist wahr

we don't see much of each other — wir sehen uns nicht oft or nur selten

he's/it's not up to much (inf) — er/es ist nicht gerade berühmt (inf)

I'm not much of a musician/cook/player — ich bin nicht sehr musikalisch/keine große Köchin/kein (besonders) guter Spieler

not much of a choice — keine große Auswahl

that wasn't much of a dinner/party — das Essen/die Party war nicht gerade besonders

I find that a bit (too) much after all I've done for him — nach allem was ich für ihn getan habe, finde ich das ein ziemlich starkes Stück (inf)

2)

to be too much for sb (in quantity) — zu viel für jdn sein

that insult was too much for me —

the sight of her face was too much for me ( inf = outrageous ) —, = outrageous ) ihr Gesicht war zum Schreien (inf)

these children are/this job is too much for me — ich bin den Kindern/der Arbeit nicht gewachsen

he'd be too much for anybody — er wäre für jeden eine Zumutung

he doesn't do too much — er tut nicht übermäßig viel

far too much, too much by half — viel zu viel

3)

(just) as much — ebenso viel inv, genauso viel inv

about/not as much —

three times as much — dreimal so viel

as much as you want/can etc — so viel du willst/kannst etc

as much as possible —

he spends as much as he earns — er gibt (genau)so viel aus, wie er verdient

they hope to raise as much as £2m — sie hoffen, nicht weniger als zwei Millionen Pfund aufzubringen

as much again — noch einmal so viel

I feared/thought etc as much — (genau) das habe ich befürchtet/mir gedacht etc

it's as much as I can do to stand up — es fällt mir schwer genug aufzustehen

as much as to say... — was so viel heißt or bedeutet wie...

4)

so much — so viel inv; (emph so, with following that) so viel

it's not so much a problem of modernization as... —

you know so much — du weißt so viel

See:

→ also so

5)

to make much of sb/sth — viel Wind um jdn/etw machen

Glasgow makes much of its large number of parks — Glasgow rühmt sich seiner vielen Parks

I couldn't make much of that chapter — mit dem Kapitel konnte ich nicht viel anfangen (inf)

2. adv

1) (with adj, adv) viel; (with vb) sehr; (with vb of physical action) drive, sleep, think, talk, laugh etc viel; come, visit, go out etc oft, viel (inf)

a much-admired/-married woman —

he was much dismayed/embarrassed etc — er war sehr bestürzt/verlegen etc

so much — so viel; so sehr

too much — zu viel, zu sehr

I like it very/so much — es gefällt mir sehr gut/so gut or so sehr

I don't like him/it too much — ich kann ihn/es nicht besonders leiden

thank you very much — vielen Dank

thank you ( ever) so much — vielen herzlichen Dank

I don't much care or care much — es ist mir ziemlich egal

however much he tries —

much to my astonishment much as I should like to — sehr zu meinem Erstaunen so gern ich möchte

much as I like him — sosehr ich ihn mag

there wasn't enough water to drink, much less wash in — es gab nicht genug Wasser zu trinken, ganz zu schweigen, um sich damit zu waschen

See:

→ also so

2) (= by far) weitaus, bei Weitem

much the biggest — weitaus or bei Weitem der/die/das größte

I would much prefer to or much rather stay — ich würde viel lieber bleiben

3) (= almost) beinahe

they are much of an age or much the same age —

they're ( fairly) much the same size — sie sind beinahe or so ziemlich gleich groß

they are produced in much the same way — sie werden auf sehr ähnliche Art hergestellt

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much [mʌtʃ] komp more [mɔː(r); US auch ˈməʊər], sup most [məʊst]

A adj viel:

I haven’t got much money on me;

it wasn’t much fun es war kein sonderliches Vergnügen;

he’s too much for me umg ich werde nicht mit ihm fertig;

get too much for sb jemandem über den Kopf wachsen (Arbeit etc)

B s Menge f, große Sache:

nothing much nichts Besonderes;

it did not come to much es kam nicht viel dabei heraus;

think much of viel halten von, eine hohe Meinung haben von, große Stücke halten auf (akk);

I don’t think much of him as a teacher ich halte nicht viel von ihm als Lehrer;

he is not much of a dancer er ist kein großer oder berühmter Tänzer;

I’m not much of a drinker ich mach mir nicht viel aus Alkohol;

he’s not much of a husband er ist kein besonders guter Ehemann;

he’s not much of a scholar mit seiner Bildung ist es nicht weit her;

it is much of him even to come schon allein, dass er kommt, will viel heißen;

too much of a good thing zu viel des Guten; → make B 14

C adv

1. sehr:

we much regret wir bedauern sehr;

much to my regret sehr zu meinem Bedauern;

much to my surprise zu meiner großen Überraschung;

it’s not much good umg

a) es ist nicht besonders gut,

b) es schmeckt nicht besonders

2. (in Zusammensetzungen) viel:

much-admired;

much-decorated MIL hochdekoriert;

much-travel(l)ed

a) weit oder viel gereist, weit herumgekommen,

b) viel befahren;

much-vaunted viel gerühmt

3. (vor komp) viel, weit, erheblich:

much stronger viel stärker

4. (vor sup) bei Weitem, weitaus:

much the oldest

5. fast, annähernd, ziemlich (genau), mehr od weniger:

he did it in much the same way er tat es auf ungefähr die gleiche Weise;

it is much the same thing es ist ziemlich dasselbeBesondere Redewendungen: as much

a) so viel,

b) so sehr,

c) ungefähr, etwa as much as so viel wie;

(as) much as I would like so gern ich auch möchte;

as much more ( oder again) noch einmal so viel (as wie);

he said as much das war (ungefähr) der Sinn seiner Worte;

this is as much as to say das soll so viel heißen wie, das heißt mit anderen Worten;

he made a gesture as much as to say so, als ob er sagen wollte;

I thought as much das habe ich mir gedacht;

he, as much as any er so gut wie irgendeiner;

so much

a) so sehr,

b) so viel,

c) lauter, nichts als so much the better umso besser ( for für);

so much for today so viel für heute;

so much for our plans so viel (wäre also) zu unseren Plänen (zu sagen);

not so much as nicht einmal;

without so much as to move ohne sich auch nur zu bewegen;

so much so (und zwar) so sehr;

much less

a) viel weniger,

b) geschweige denn not much umg (als Antwort) wohl kaum;

much like a child ganz wie ein Kind

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1. adjective,
more, most

1) viel; groß [Erleichterung, Sorge, Dankbarkeit]

with much love — voller Liebe

he never eats much breakfast/lunch — er isst nicht viel zum Frühstück/zu Mittag

too much — zu viel indekl.

2)

be a bit much — (coll.) ein bisschen zu viel sein; (fig.) ein bisschen zu weit gehen
2. noun;
see also more 2.; most 2.; vieles

we don't see much of her any more — wir sehen sie kaum noch

that doesn't come or amount to much — es kommt nicht viel dabei heraus

he/this beer isn't up to much — (coll.) mit ihm/diesem Bier ist nicht viel los (ugs.)

spend much of the day/week doing something — den Großteil des Tages/der Woche damit verbringen, etwas zu tun

they have done much to improve the situation — sie haben viel für die Verbesserung der Situation getan

not be much of a cinema-goer — etc. (coll.) kein großer Kinogänger usw. sein (ugs.)

it isn't much of a bicycle — es ist kein besonders tolles Fahrrad (ugs.)

not be much to look at — nicht sehr ansehnlich sein

it's as much as she can do to get up the stairs — sie kommt gerade noch die Treppe hinauf

I expected/thought as much — das habe ich erwartet/mir gedacht

you are as much to blame as he is — du bist ebenso sehr schuld wie er

without so much as saying goodbye — ohne auch nur auf Wiedersehen zu sagen
3. adverb,
more, most

1) modifying comparatives viel [besser]

much more lively/happy/attractive — viel lebhafter/glücklicher/ attraktiver

2) modifying superlatives mit Abstand [der/die/das beste, schlechteste, klügste usw.]

3) modifying passive participles and predicative adjectives sehr

he is much improved — (in health) es geht ihm viel besser

4) modifying verbs (greatly) sehr [lieben, mögen, genießen]; (often) oft [sehen, treffen, besuchen]; (frequently) viel

I don't much like him or like him much — ich mag ihn nicht besonders

not go much on somebody/something — (coll.) nicht viel von jemandem/etwas halten

it doesn't matter much — es ist nicht so wichtig

I would much prefer to stay at home — ich würde viel lieber zu Hause bleiben

much to my surprise/annoyance, I found that... — zu meiner großen Überraschung/Verärgerung stellte ich fest, dass...

5) (approximately) fast

[pretty or very] much the same — fast [genau] der-/die-/dasselbe

6)

much as or though — (although) sosehr... auch

much as he disliked the idea — sosehr ihm die Idee auch missfiel

much as I should like to go — so gern ich auch gehen würde

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adj.

viel adj. n.

sehr adv.

viel adj.

English-german dictionary > much
7 half

1. plural - halves; noun
1) (one of two equal parts of anything: He tried to stick the two halves together again; half a kilo of sugar; a kilo and a half of sugar; one and a half kilos of sugar.) mitad

2) (one of two equal parts of a game (eg in football, hockey) usually with a break between them: The Rangers scored three goals in the first half.) parte, mitad, tiempo

2. adjective
1) (being (equal to) one of two equal parts (of something): a half bottle of wine.) medio

2) (being made up of two things in equal parts: A centaur is a mythical creature, half man and half horse.) mitad, medio

3) (not full or complete: a half smile.) medio

3. adverb
1) (to the extent of one half: This cup is only half full; It's half empty.) medio

2) (almost; partly: I'm half hoping he won't come; half dead from hunger.) medio, casi

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- half-
- halve
- half-and-half
- half-back
- half-brother
- half-sister
- half-caste
- half-hearted
- half-heartedly
- half-heartedness
- half-holiday
- half-hourly
- half-term
- half-time
- half-way
- half-wit
- half-witted
- half-yearly
- at half mast
- by half
- do things by halves
- go halves with
- half past three
- four
- seven
- in half
- not half

half¹ adj medio

I waited half an hour esperé media hora

he bought half a kilo of tomatoes compró medio kilo de tomates

half² adv medio

he's half asleep está medio dormido

half past y media

it's half past two son las dos y media

half³ n

1. mitad / medio

cut the orange in half corta la naranja por la mitad

she bought a kilo and a half of potatoes compró un kilo y medio de patatas

the second half of the film is more exciting la segunda mitad de la película es más emocionante

2. tiempo

Beckham scored in the second half Beckham marcó en el segundo tiempo

El plural de half es halves

half⁴ pron mitad

that's too much; I can only eat half eso es demasiado; sólo puedo comer la mitad

half

tr[hɑːf]

noun (pl halves)

1 mitad nombre femenino

■ she gave me half me dio la mitad

■ a kilo and a half un kilo y medio

2 SMALLSPORT/SMALL (period) parte nombre femenino, mitad nombre femenino, tiempo

3 (beer) media pinta

adjective

1 medio,-a

■ children usually pay half fare on public transport normalmente los niños pagan media tarifa en los transportes públicos

■ he's been gone for half an hour lleva fuera media hora

adverb

1 medio, a medias

■ they left him half dead lo dejaron medio muerto

■ she's half Spanish es medio española

\

SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALL

and a half familiar muy bueno,-a

■ that was a meal and a half ¡vaya comida que nos hemos pegado!

in half por la mitad

not half familiar (very) muy 2 (emphatic reply) ¡y tanto!, ¡ya lo creo!, ¡ni que lo digas!

■ it isn't half cold today! ¡vaya frío que hace hoy!

■ she isn't half ugly es feísima

■ do you fancy a beer? --not half! ¿te apetece una cerveza? --¡y tanto!

■ it doesn't half use some petrol gasta muchísima gasolina

■ she can't half sing canta fenomenal

to do things by halves hacer las cosas a medias

to go halves on pagar a medias

first half primer tiempo

half measures medias tintas nombre femenino plural

half ['hæf, 'haf] adv

: medio, a medias

half cooked: medio cocido

half adj

: medio, a medias

a half hour: una media hora

a half truth: una verdad a medias

half n, pl halves ['hævz, 'havz]

1) : mitad f

half of my friends: la mitad de mis amigos

in half: por la mitad

2) : tiempo m (en deportes)

half

adj.

• a medias adj.

• medio, -a adj.

• mitad adj.

adv.

• medio adv.

n.

(§ pl.: halves) = medio s.m.

• mitad s.f.

• tiempo s.m.

I hæf, hɑːf
noun (pl halves)

1)

a) ( part) mitad f

half of the sugar — la mitad del azúcar

the upper half of the body — la parte superior del cuerpo

to break/divide something in half — romper*/dividir algo por la mitad or en dos

how the other half lives — cómo viven los demás

not to do things by halves — (colloq) no hacer* las cosas a medias

to go halves — (colloq) pagar* a medias

my/his better/other half — (colloq & hum) mi/su media naranja

too... by half — (BrE colloq)

she's too clever by half — se pasa de lista (fam)

b) ( Math) medio m

c) ( elliptical use)

an hour and a half — una hora y media

it's half past ten — son las diez y media

the train leaves at half past — el tren sale a y media

... and a half! — (colloq)

that was a party and a half! — eso sí que fue una fiesta!

2) ( Sport)

a) ( period) tiempo m

the first/second half — el primer/segundo tiempo

b) ( of pitch) campo m

c) ( interval) (AmE) descanso m, medio tiempo m (AmL)

3) ( of beer) (BrE) (colloq) media pinta f ( de cerveza)

4) ( fare) (BrE)

one and two halves — un adulto y dos niños

II

pronoun la mitad

I only want half — sólo quiero la mitad

the half of it — (colloq)

you haven't heard the half of it — y eso no es nada

III

adjective medio, -dia

half a pint of milk — media pinta de leche

one and a half hours — una hora y media

half my salary goes on the mortgage — la mitad del sueldo se me va en la hipoteca

she's going out with a man half her age — sale con un hombre al que dobla en edad

she isn't half the player/singer she used to be — (colloq) no es ni con mucho la jugadora/cantante que era

IV

adverb medio

the work is only half done — el trabajo está a medio hacer

she was half asleep — estaba medio dormida or semidormida

I half expected to find him here — en cierto modo esperaba encontrármelo aquí

she is half Italian, half Greek — es hija de italianos y griegos

they are paid half as much as we are — les pagan la mitad que a nosotros

the movie isn't half as good as the book — (colloq) la película no es ni la mitad de buena que el libro

not half — (BrE colloq) (as intensifier)

do you like it? - not half! — ¿te gusta? - no me gusta, me encanta

[hɑːf] (pl halves)
1. N

1) (gen) mitad f

give me half — dame la mitad

half of my friends — la mitad de mis amigos

half man half beast — mitad hombre mitad animal

half a cup — media taza f

half a day — medio día m

• a pound and a half, one and a half pounds — libra f y media

three and a half hours — tres horas y media

we have a problem and a half * — tenemos un problema mayúsculo, vaya problemazo que tenemos

• one's better half * — hum su media naranja *

• by half, better by half — con mucho el mejor

it has increased by half — ha aumentado en la mitad

he's too clever by half * — se pasa de listo

he doesn't do things by halves — no hace las cosas a medias

• half a dollar — (=value) medio dólar m

• half a dozen — media docena f

• to go halves (with sb) (on sth) — ir a medias (con algn) (en algo)

• half an hour — media hora f

• to cut/break sth in half — cortar/partir algo por la mitad

• half a moment! * —

• half a second! * — ¡un momento!

• one's other half * — hum su media naranja *

• they don't know the half of it * — no saben de la misa la media

• she's asleep half the time — iro se pasa la mitad del tiempo dormida

See:

AVERAGE, HALF in average

2) (Sport) [of match] tiempo m ; (=player) medio m

first/second half — primer/segundo tiempo m

3) (Brit) [of beer] media pinta f

4) (=child's ticket) billete m de niño

one and two halves, please — un billete normal y dos para niños, por favor

2.

ADJ [bottle, quantity] medio

• a half- point cut in interest rates — una reducción de medio punto en los tipos de interés

• I have a half share in the flat — la mitad del piso es mío or de mi propiedad
halfback, half-brother, half-sister
3. ADV

1) (gen) medio, a medias

• I was half afraid that... — medio temía que...

• half as, half as much — la mitad

half as big — la mitad de grande

they paid half as much again — pagaron la mitad más

their garden is half as big again — su jardín es la mitad más grande (que este)

there were only half as many people as before — había solamente la mitad de los que había antes

it wasn't half as bad as I had thought * — [interview, trip to the dentist] no lo pasé ni con mucho or ni de lejos tan mal como había imaginado

• half asleep — medio dormido

• half done — a medio hacer

• he half got up — se levantó a medias

• half laughing, half crying — medio riendo, medio llorando

• I only half read it — lo leí solo a medias

• I was only half serious when I said that — aquello solo lo dije medio en broma
half-baked
2) (time)

half past four — las cuatro y media

come at half three * — ven a las tres y media

3) (with neg)
(Brit) *
not half! — ¡y cómo!, ¡ya lo creo!

he didn't half run — corrió muchísimo, corrió como un bólido

it didn't half rain! — ¡había que ver cómo llovía!

it wasn't half dear — nos costó un riñón, fue carísimo

it isn't half hot — hace un calor de miedo

4.

CPD

half fare N — medio pasaje m (as adv)

to travel half fare — viajar pagando medio pasaje

half note N — (US) (Mus) blanca f

half term N — (Brit) (Scol) vacaciones fpl de mediados del trimestre

* * *

I [hæf, hɑːf]
noun (pl halves)

1)

a) ( part) mitad f

half of the sugar — la mitad del azúcar

the upper half of the body — la parte superior del cuerpo

to break/divide something in half — romper*/dividir algo por la mitad or en dos

how the other half lives — cómo viven los demás

not to do things by halves — (colloq) no hacer* las cosas a medias

to go halves — (colloq) pagar* a medias

my/his better/other half — (colloq & hum) mi/su media naranja

too... by half — (BrE colloq)

she's too clever by half — se pasa de lista (fam)

b) ( Math) medio m

c) ( elliptical use)

an hour and a half — una hora y media

it's half past ten — son las diez y media

the train leaves at half past — el tren sale a y media

... and a half! — (colloq)

that was a party and a half! — eso sí que fue una fiesta!

2) ( Sport)

a) ( period) tiempo m

the first/second half — el primer/segundo tiempo

b) ( of pitch) campo m

c) ( interval) (AmE) descanso m, medio tiempo m (AmL)

3) ( of beer) (BrE) (colloq) media pinta f ( de cerveza)

4) ( fare) (BrE)

one and two halves — un adulto y dos niños

II

pronoun la mitad

I only want half — sólo quiero la mitad

the half of it — (colloq)

you haven't heard the half of it — y eso no es nada

III

adjective medio, -dia

half a pint of milk — media pinta de leche

one and a half hours — una hora y media

half my salary goes on the mortgage — la mitad del sueldo se me va en la hipoteca

she's going out with a man half her age — sale con un hombre al que dobla en edad

she isn't half the player/singer she used to be — (colloq) no es ni con mucho la jugadora/cantante que era

IV

adverb medio

the work is only half done — el trabajo está a medio hacer

she was half asleep — estaba medio dormida or semidormida

I half expected to find him here — en cierto modo esperaba encontrármelo aquí

she is half Italian, half Greek — es hija de italianos y griegos

they are paid half as much as we are — les pagan la mitad que a nosotros

the movie isn't half as good as the book — (colloq) la película no es ni la mitad de buena que el libro

not half — (BrE colloq) (as intensifier)

do you like it? - not half! — ¿te gusta? - no me gusta, me encanta

English-spanish dictionary > half
8 much

1 ბევრი, ბევრად, გაცილებით

I've got much work to do ბევრი სამუშაო მაქვს

she works much ბევრს მუშაობს

there's not much time left ცოტა დრო დაგვრჩა

much better / worse გაცილებით უკეთესი // ბევრად უარესი

much more interesting / pleasant ბევრად უფრო საინტერესო / სასიამოვნო

I expected / thought as much ასეც მოველოდი / ვფიქრობდი

eat as much as you like რამდენიც გინდა, მიირთვი

the rent is half as much ბინის ქირა ორჯერ ნაკლებია

how much? რამდენი?

2 დიდად, ძალიან

I'm much obliged დიდად დავალებული ვარ

I like it very much ძალიან მომწონს

I'm very much interested ძალიან ვარ დაინტერესებული

3 ბევრი რამ, დიდი რამ

much remains to be done ბევრი რამ დამრჩა გასაკეთებელი

I know much about him მის შესახებ ბევრი რამ ვიცი

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there's not much to this book ეს წიგნი დიდ რამეს არ წარმოადგენს

she's not much to look at შესახედავად ბევრს არაფერს წარმოადგენს

as much იმდენივე

give me as much მეც იმდენივე მომეცი

too much მეტისმეტი

that's too much ეს მეტისმეტია

if you ask too much of him, he'll kick ზედმეტი თუ სთხოვე, ტლინკების ყრას დაიწყებს / გაჯიუტდება

you presume too much! თავს ბევრის უფლებას აძლევ!

as much / often as possible რაც შეიძლება მეტი / ხშირად

●●I suspected as much ასეც მეგონა / ვგრძნობდი

so much for that! კმარა ამაზე ლაპარაკი

he isn't so much stupid as ignorant არც ისე(თი) გონებაჩლუნგია, როგორც უვიცი

I have so much to do! იმდენი საქმე მაქვს!

we miss you very much ძალიან გვენატრები / გვაკლიხარ

he makes too much of himself საკუთარ თავზე დიდი წარმოდგენისაა

they made much of him დიდ პატივში ჰყავდათ

to make much of პატივში ყოლა, მაღალი წარმოდგენის ქონა

twice as much ორჯერ მეტი

I can't do this much ამდენის გაკეთება არ შემიძლია

●●to think much / nothing of sth რაიმესთვის დიდი მნიშვნელობის მინიჭება // რისამე უმნიშვნელოდ ჩათვლა / აინუში არ ჩაგდება

I thought as much ასეც ვიფიქრე / ვფიქრობდი

so much the better მით უკეთესი

I can't do that much ამდენს ვერ გავაკეთებ

he talks much ბევრი ლაპარაკი იცის

he is much better გაცილებით უკეთაა

very much 1 ძალიან

very much 2 გაცილებით

the play isn't up to much ეს პიესა ბევრი არაფერია

I'm much taken აღფრთოვანებული ვარ

so much the worse for you მით უარესი შენთვის

this is much worse ეს ბევრად უარესია

her suffering worked upon me so much that I cried მისმა ტანჯვამ ისე იმოქმედა ჩემზე, რომ ვიტირე

a much used word ხშირად ხმარებული სიტყვა

thank you ever so much! უღრმესი მადლობა!

he has had a drop too much მეტი მოუვიდა, დათვრა

I don't give much credence to her words მისი სიტყვების ბოლომდე არ მჯერა

a movie with too much gore ფილმი, რომელშიც გადაჭარბებული სისხლისღვრაა ნაჩვენები

how much do you charge? რას აფასებ?

I calculated how much I had spent ჩემი დანახარჯი ვიანგარიშე

I thought as much ასეც ვფიქრობდი

it won`t amount to much ძვირი არ დაჯდება

there was much ado about the President`s visit პრეზიდენტის ვიზიტის გამო ერთი ფაციფუცი ატყდა /ორომტრიალი იდგა

much time has gone after that ამის შემდეგ დიდმა დრომ განვლო / გაიარა

English-Georgian dictionary > much
9 half

1. [hɑ:f] n (pl halves)
1. половина

half a dozen - полдюжины

half the profits - (примерно) половина прибылей

half of the profits - ровно половина прибылей

half an hour - полчаса

half (an hour) past ten (o'clock) - (амер. тж. half after ten) половина одиннадцатого

one and a half - полтора

three and a half - три с половиной

three and a half hours, three hours and a half - три с половиной часа

the first [second] half of the year - первое [второе] полугодие

at halves - пополам, на двоих

to rent at halves - снимать (дом, комнату) на двоих

to farm on halves - вести хозяйство (на ферме) вдвоём /на половинных началах/

to go halves with smb. in smth. - а) войти в долю с кем-л.; they went halves in the expense of hiring a car - они на двоих взяли напрокат автомобиль; б) делить пополам, поровну

in /into/ half, in /into/ halves - пополам

to fold in half - свернуть пополам

to cut in half - разрезать пополам

to cut the cost in half - уменьшить расходы вдвое

I can do it in half the time - я могу сделать это вдвое быстрее

to divide into two halves - разделить пополам /на две равные части/

by half - а) наполовину; to reduce by half - сокращать наполовину /вдвое/; bigger by half - в полтора раза больше; б) намного, гораздо

too much by half - чересчур много

too clever by half - ирон. слишком /больно/ умный

by halves - не совсем, частично, наполовину

to do smth. by halves - сделать что-л. наполовину, не закончить

what is half of twelve? - сколько будет, если двенадцать разделить пополам /на два/?

I gave her half, and kept half for myself - половину я отдал ей, а другую половину оставил себе

2. семестр, полугодие

to enter school in the winter [summer] half - поступить в школу в первом [втором] полугодии

to stay at school three halves - проучиться в школе полтора года

3. часть, доля ( одна из двух примерно равных)

your half is bigger than mine - твоя часть больше моей

the larger /better/ half of the fortune - большая часть состояния

a good half, fully a half - добрая половина

4. разг. полстопки, полпорции (виски и т. п.)

how about the other half? - ну как, повторим? ( о выпивке)

5. разг.

1) = half-crown

2) = half-dollar

6. разг. = half-back

7. спорт.

1) половина игры, тайм

2) половина поля

in our [the opponent's] half (of the ground) - на нашей половине поля [на половине поля соперника]

3) равный счёт ( гольф)

8. юр. сторона ( в договоре)

9. (half-) как компонент сложных слов со значением полу-, половина, половинный, наполовину:

half-measure - полумера

half-moon - полумесяц

half-done - сделанный наполовину

half-educated - недостаточно образованный

half-cooked - недоваренный

half-hearted - нерешительный

half-mast - приспускать ( флаг)

♢ not (the) half of smth. - не всё, не самое главное

that's not the half of the story - ≅ это ещё не всё, главное ещё впереди

one's better half - а) «дражайшая половина», супруга; б) редк. супруг

half an eye - плохое зрение

to see smth. with half an eye - а) легко /сразу/ понять что-л.; б) небрежно отнестись к чему-л.

I have half a mind to go there - я не прочь пойти туда

to cry halves - требовать половину, претендовать на половину

half a fool half a knave - ≅ дурак, дурак, а себе на уме

half a loaf is better than no bread - посл. ≅ на безрыбье и рак рыба
2. [hɑ:f] a
1. 1) половинный

to own a half share in a business - владеть половиной капитала /акций/ в деле

2) равный половине

2. неполный, частичный; половинчатый

a half knowledge of the subject - недостаточное знание предмета

half light - неполный свет

half rhyme - неполная рифма

half conviction - отсутствие полной уверенности

he is on half pay - он работает на полставки

♢ half one thing half another - ни то ни сё

half angel half bird - ≅ ни рыба ни мясо
3. [hɑ:f] adv
1. наполовину; полу-; недостаточно; неполностью

half empty - наполовину пустой, полупустой

half laughing, half crying - не то смеясь, не то плача

half right [left] - пол-оборота направо [налево]

more than half dead - чуть /едва/ живой

he half got up - он приподнялся

he half opened the door - он приоткрыл дверь

he is half persuaded - его наполовину убедили

I was half afraid that you wouldn't come - у меня были некоторые опасения, что вы не придёте

2. в значительной степени, почти

my leave is half up - мой отпуск подходит к концу

3. эмоц.-усил. (обыкн. с отрицанием)

1) очень, ужасно

she isn't half clever - она очень умна

he didn't half swear - он ругался на чём свет стоит

he isn't half a liar - он ужасный лгун

they licked him and not half - они здорово его вздули

2) совсем, вовсе, отнюдь

I don't half like it - мне это совсем не нравится

not half bad! - недурно!

he is not half good enough for you - он недостаточно хорош для тебя; он тебе не пара

♢ half as much /many/ - вдвое меньше

he gets half as much money as you - он зарабатывает вдвое меньше вашего

half as much [old, far] again - в полтора раза больше [старше, дальше]
4. [hɑ:f] = halve 1 и 2

НБАРС > half
10 half

1. [hɑ:f] n (pl halves)
1. половина

half a dozen - полдюжины

half the profits - (примерно) половина прибылей

half of the profits - ровно половина прибылей

half an hour - полчаса

half (an hour) past ten (o'clock) - (амер. тж. half after ten) половина одиннадцатого

one and a half - полтора

three and a half - три с половиной

three and a half hours, three hours and a half - три с половиной часа

the first [second] half of the year - первое [второе] полугодие

at halves - пополам, на двоих

to rent at halves - снимать (дом, комнату) на двоих

to farm on halves - вести хозяйство (на ферме) вдвоём /на половинных началах/

to go halves with smb. in smth. - а) войти в долю с кем-л.; they went halves in the expense of hiring a car - они на двоих взяли напрокат автомобиль; б) делить пополам, поровну

in /into/ half, in /into/ halves - пополам

to fold in half - свернуть пополам

to cut in half - разрезать пополам

to cut the cost in half - уменьшить расходы вдвое

I can do it in half the time - я могу сделать это вдвое быстрее

to divide into two halves - разделить пополам /на две равные части/

by half - а) наполовину; to reduce by half - сокращать наполовину /вдвое/; bigger by half - в полтора раза больше; б) намного, гораздо

too much by half - чересчур много

too clever by half - ирон. слишком /больно/ умный

by halves - не совсем, частично, наполовину

to do smth. by halves - сделать что-л. наполовину, не закончить

what is half of twelve? - сколько будет, если двенадцать разделить пополам /на два/?

I gave her half, and kept half for myself - половину я отдал ей, а другую половину оставил себе

2. семестр, полугодие

to enter school in the winter [summer] half - поступить в школу в первом [втором] полугодии

to stay at school three halves - проучиться в школе полтора года

3. часть, доля ( одна из двух примерно равных)

your half is bigger than mine - твоя часть больше моей

the larger /better/ half of the fortune - большая часть состояния

a good half, fully a half - добрая половина

4. разг. полстопки, полпорции (виски и т. п.)

how about the other half? - ну как, повторим? ( о выпивке)

5. разг.

1) = half-crown

2) = half-dollar

6. разг. = half-back

7. спорт.

1) половина игры, тайм

2) половина поля

in our [the opponent's] half (of the ground) - на нашей половине поля [на половине поля соперника]

3) равный счёт ( гольф)

8. юр. сторона ( в договоре)

9. (half-) как компонент сложных слов со значением полу-, половина, половинный, наполовину:

half-measure - полумера

half-moon - полумесяц

half-done - сделанный наполовину

half-educated - недостаточно образованный

half-cooked - недоваренный

half-hearted - нерешительный

half-mast - приспускать ( флаг)

♢ not (the) half of smth. - не всё, не самое главное

that's not the half of the story - ≅ это ещё не всё, главное ещё впереди

one's better half - а) «дражайшая половина», супруга; б) редк. супруг

half an eye - плохое зрение

to see smth. with half an eye - а) легко /сразу/ понять что-л.; б) небрежно отнестись к чему-л.

I have half a mind to go there - я не прочь пойти туда

to cry halves - требовать половину, претендовать на половину

half a fool half a knave - ≅ дурак, дурак, а себе на уме

half a loaf is better than no bread - посл. ≅ на безрыбье и рак рыба
2. [hɑ:f] a
1. 1) половинный

to own a half share in a business - владеть половиной капитала /акций/ в деле

2) равный половине

2. неполный, частичный; половинчатый

a half knowledge of the subject - недостаточное знание предмета

half light - неполный свет

half rhyme - неполная рифма

half conviction - отсутствие полной уверенности

he is on half pay - он работает на полставки

♢ half one thing half another - ни то ни сё

half angel half bird - ≅ ни рыба ни мясо
3. [hɑ:f] adv
1. наполовину; полу-; недостаточно; неполностью

half empty - наполовину пустой, полупустой

half laughing, half crying - не то смеясь, не то плача

half right [left] - пол-оборота направо [налево]

more than half dead - чуть /едва/ живой

he half got up - он приподнялся

he half opened the door - он приоткрыл дверь

he is half persuaded - его наполовину убедили

I was half afraid that you wouldn't come - у меня были некоторые опасения, что вы не придёте

2. в значительной степени, почти

my leave is half up - мой отпуск подходит к концу

3. эмоц.-усил. (обыкн. с отрицанием)

1) очень, ужасно

she isn't half clever - она очень умна

he didn't half swear - он ругался на чём свет стоит

he isn't half a liar - он ужасный лгун

they licked him and not half - они здорово его вздули

2) совсем, вовсе, отнюдь

I don't half like it - мне это совсем не нравится

not half bad! - недурно!

he is not half good enough for you - он недостаточно хорош для тебя; он тебе не пара

♢ half as much /many/ - вдвое меньше

he gets half as much money as you - он зарабатывает вдвое меньше вашего

half as much [old, far] again - в полтора раза больше [старше, дальше]
4. [hɑ:f] = halve 1 и 2

НБАРС > half
11 much

much

❢ When much is used as an adverb, it is translated by beaucoup: it's much longer = c'est beaucoup plus long ; she doesn't talk much = elle ne parle pas beaucoup.

For particular usages, see A below. When much is used as a pronoun, it is usually translated by beaucoup: there is much to learn = il y a beaucoup à apprendre. However, in negative sentences grand-chose is also used: I didn't learn much = je n'ai pas beaucoup appris or je n'ai pas appris grand-chose.

When much is used as a quantifier, it is translated by beaucoup de: they don't have much money = ils n'ont pas beaucoup d'argent.

For particular usages see C below.

A adv

1 ( to a considerable degree) beaucoup ; much smaller/happier beaucoup plus petit/ content (than que) ; they're not much cheaper than the originals ils ne sont pas beaucoup moins chers que les originaux ; much more interesting beaucoup or bien plus intéressant ; the film was much better than expected le film était bien meilleur que prévu ; it's much better organized c'est beaucoup mieux organisé ; they're getting much less demanding ils deviennent beaucoup moins exigeants ; the shoes are much too expensive les chaussures sont beaucoup trop chères ; it's much too dangerous c'est beaucoup trop dangereux ; he doesn't much care for them il ne les aime pas beaucoup ; I didn't much like what I saw je n'ai pas beaucoup aimé ce que j'ai vu ; she doesn't worry much about it ça ne l'inquiète pas beaucoup ; we'd much rather stay here nous préférerions de beaucoup rester ici ; the meeting has been much criticized on a beaucoup critiqué la réunion ; they are much to be pitied ils méritent qu'on ait pitié d'eux ; much loved by her friends très aimée de ses amis ; your comments would be much appreciated tous vos commentaires seront les bienvenus ; he's not much good at Latin/at tennis il n'est pas très bon en latin/au tennis ; he's not much good at doing il n'est pas très doué pour faire ; does it hurt much? est-ce que ça fait très mal? ; it's much the more interesting of the two studies c'est de loin la plus intéressante des deux études ; she's much the best teacher here elle est de loin le meilleur professeur ici ; much to our annoyance, they didn't phone back ils n'ont pas rappelé, ce qui nous a beaucoup vexés ; much to my surprise à ma grande surprise ;

2 ( often) beaucoup, souvent ; we don't go out much nous ne sortons pas beaucoup ; they didn't see each other much ils ne se voyaient pas beaucoup ; she doesn't talk much about the past elle ne parle pas beaucoup du passé ; do you go to concerts much? est-ce que tu vas souvent au concert? ; a much married film star une vedette de cinéma qui s'est remariée plusieurs fois ;

3 (approximately, nearly) plus ou moins, à peu près ; to be much the same être à peu près pareil (as que) ; his condition is much the same as yesterday son état est plus ou moins or à peu près le même qu'hier ; it's pretty much like driving a car c'est plus ou moins la même chose que de conduire une voiture ; he behaved much the way the others did il s'est comporté plus ou moins comme les autres ; in much the same way à peu près de la même façon (as que) ; much the same is true of China la situation est à peu près la même en Chine ;

4 ( specifying degree to which something is true) too much trop ; you worry/talk too much tu t'inquiètes/parles trop ; very much ( a lot) beaucoup ; ( absolutely) tout à fait ; he misses you very much tu lui manques beaucoup ; I'd appreciate it very much if j'apprécierais beaucoup que (+ subj) ; thanks very much merci beaucoup ; we enjoyed ourselves very much nous nous sommes beaucoup amusés ; she's very much like her mother elle ressemble beaucoup à sa mère ; it's very much the norm c'est tout à fait la norme ; I felt very much the foreigner je me sentais tout à fait étranger ; so much tellement ; I wanted so much to meet you j'avais tellement envie de vous rencontrer ; it hurts so much ça fait tellement mal ; it's so much better c'est tellement mieux ; he hates flying so much that he prefers to take the boat il déteste tellement l'avion qu'il préfère prendre le bateau ; thanks so much for merci beaucoup pour ; as much autant (as que) ; I like them as much as you (do) je les aime autant que toi ; she doesn't worry as much as before elle ne s'inquiète pas autant qu'avant ; they hated each other as much as ever ils se détestaient toujours autant ; she is as much entitled to a visa as you elle a autant droit à un visa que toi ; they were as much a part of village life as the farmers ils faisaient autant partie de la vie du village que les fermiers ; he wasn't sure and said as much il n'était pas sûr et il l'a dit ; I thought as much c'est bien ce qui me semblait ; however much même si ; you'll have to accept the decision however much you disagree il va falloir que tu acceptes la décision même si tu n'es pas d'accord ; I couldn't cry out however much it hurt je ne pouvais pas crier même si ça me faisait très mal ;

5 (emphatic: setting up a contrast) not so much X as Y moins X que Y, plus Y que X ; it wasn't so much a warning as a threat c'était moins un avertissement qu'une menace, c'était plus une menace qu'un avertissement ; the discovery wasn't so much shocking as depressing la découverte était moins choquante que déprimante ; it doesn't annoy me so much as make me wonder ça m'agace moins que ça ne me surprend.

B pron

1 ( a great deal) beaucoup ; ( in negative sentences) grand-chose ; do you have much left? est-ce qu'il vous en reste beaucoup? ; did he earn much? est-ce qu'il a gagné beaucoup? ; we have much to learn nous avons beaucoup à apprendre (from de) ; we didn't eat much nous n'avons pas mangé grand-chose ; there isn't much to do il n'y a pas grand-chose à faire ; he doesn't have much to say il n'a pas grand-chose à dire ; there isn't much one can do to prevent it il n'y a pas grand-chose à faire pour empêcher ça ; he doesn't have much to complain about il n'a pas à se plaindre ; it leaves much to be desired ça laisse (vraiment) à désirer ; there's much to be said for beaucoup de choses plaident en faveur de [plan, country life, job-sharing] ; much of une grande partie de ; much of the difficulty lies in… une grande partie de la difficulté réside dans… ; much of the meeting was spent discussing… une grande partie de la réunion a été consacrée à discuter… ; much of their work involves… une grande partie de leur travail consiste à… ; much of what remains is useless une grande partie de ce qui reste est inutile ; much of the resentment is due to le ressentiment vient en grande partie de ; I don't see much of them now je ne les vois plus beaucoup maintenant ; to make much of sth ( focus on) insister sur qch ; ( understand) comprendre qch ; the report made much of the scandal le rapport insistait sur le scandale or faisait grand cas du scandale ; I couldn't make much of her last book je n'ai pas compris grand-chose à son dernier livre ;

2 (expressing a relative amount, degree) so much tant ; they are willing to pay so much per vehicle ils sont prêts à payer tant par véhicule ; we'd eaten so much that nous avions tant mangé que ; she spends so much of her life abroad elle passe une très grande partie de sa vie à l'étranger ; she spends so much of her life abroad that elle passe une si grande partie de sa vie à l'étranger que ; so much of her work is gloomy il y a une grande partie de son œuvre qui est sombre ; so much of the earth is polluted la terre est tellement polluée ; so much of the time, it's a question of patience la plupart du temps c'est une question de patience ; too much trop ; it costs too much c'est trop cher ; you eat too much tu manges trop ; it's too much! lit c'est trop! ; ( in protest) c'en est trop! ; it's too much of a strain c'est trop éprouvant ; she was too much of an egotist to do elle était trop égoïste pour faire ; I couldn't eat all that, it's too much for me! je ne pourrais jamais manger tout ça, c'est trop pour moi! ; the heat/the work was too much for them ils n'ont pas pu supporter la chaleur/le travail ; the measures proved too much for them ils n'ont pas pu tolérer les mesures ; he was too much for his opponent il était trop fort pour son adversaire ; I bought about this much j'en ai acheté à peu près ça ; he's read this much already il a déjà lu tout ça ; I'll say this much for him, he's honest il a au moins ça pour lui, il est honnête ; this much is certain, we'll have no choice une chose est certaine, nous n'aurons pas le choix ; twice as much deux fois autant or plus ; if we had half as much as you si nous avions la moitié de ce que tu as ; I'll need half as much again il me faudra encore la moitié de ça ; as much as possible autant que possible ; they paid as much as we did ils ont payé autant que nous ; is it as much as that? est-ce que ça fait autant que ça? ; I enjoy nature as much as the next person j'apprécie la nature autant que n'importe qui ; it can cost as much as £50 ça peut coûter jusqu'à 50 livres sterling ; it was as much as I could do not to laugh il a fallu que je me retienne pour ne pas rire ; as much as to say… d'un air de dire… ; how much? combien? ; how much did you pay for it? combien est-ce que tu l'as payé? ; tell them how much you won dis-leur combien tu as gagné ; how much do they know? qu'est-ce qu'ils savent au juste? ; he never knew how much we missed him il n'a jamais su à quel point or combien il nous a manqué ; do you know how much this means to me? est-ce que tu sais à quel point or combien c'est important pour moi? ;

3 (focusing on limitations, inadequacy) it's not ou nothing much ce n'est pas grand-chose ; it's not up to much GB ça ne vaut pas grand-chose ; he 's not much to look at il n'est pas très beau ; she doesn't think much of him elle n'a pas très bonne opinion de lui ; she doesn't think much of it elle n'en pense pas beaucoup de bien ; I'm not much of a letter-writer/reader je n'aime pas beaucoup écrire des lettres/lire ; it's not much of a film ce n'est pas un bon film ; it wasn't much of a life ce n'était pas une vie ; it wasn't much of a holiday for us ce n'était vraiment pas des vacances pour nous ; that's not much of a consolation! ça ne me console pas tellement! ; I'm not much of a one for cooking ○ la cuisine ce n'est pas mon fort ○.

C quantif beaucoup de ; have you got much money/work? est-ce que tu as beaucoup d'argent/de travail? ; I haven't got (very) much time je n'ai pas beaucoup de temps ; we didn't get much support nous n'avons pas eu beaucoup de soutien ; it doesn't make much sense ça n'a pas beaucoup de sens ; there isn't much wine left il ne reste pas beaucoup de vin ; does he watch much TV? est-ce qu'il regarde beaucoup la télé ○ ? ; she didn't speak much English elle parlait peu anglais ; too much energy trop d'énergie ; to spend too much money dépenser trop d'argent ; we don't have too much time nous n'avons pas beaucoup de temps ; don't use so much salt ne mets pas tant de sel ; why does he make so much noise? pourquoi fait-il tant de bruit? ; I spent so much time doing j'ai passé tant de temps à faire ; she gets so much enjoyment out of the radio elle a tant de plaisir à écouter la radio ; we paid twice as much money nous avons payé deux fois plus d'argent ; how much time have we got left? combien de temps nous reste-t-il? ; how much liquid does it contain? combien de liquide est-ce que ça contient?

D much+ (dans composés) much-loved/-respected très apprécié/respecté ; much-maligned tant décrié ; much-needed indispensable.

E much as conj phr bien que (+ subj) ; much as he needed the money, he wouldn't beg for it il avait vraiment besoin de cet argent et pourtant il ne pouvait se résoudre à mendier ; much as we regret our decision we have no choice bien que nous regrettions or nous avons beau regretter notre décision, nous n'avons pas le choix.

F much less conj phr encore moins ; I've never seen him much less spoken to him je n'ai jamais eu l'occasion de le voir encore moins de lui parler.

G so much as adv phr without so much as saying goodbye/as an apology sans même dire au revoir/s'excuser ; if you so much as move/sigh si tu fais le moindre mouvement/pousses le moindre soupir ; they can be imprisoned for so much as criticizing the regime ils peuvent être emprisonnés ne serait-ce que pour avoir critiqué le régime.

Idioms

much wants more plus on en a plus on en veut ; there isn't much in GB ou to US it (in contest, competition) ils se suivent de près ; there isn't much in it for us ( to our advantage) ça ne va pas nous apporter grand-chose ; she's late again? that's a bit much! elle est encore en retard? elle exagère! ; ⇒ so.

Big English-French dictionary > much
12 half

half [hα:f]

(plural halves)

1. noun

   a. (of one whole) moitié f

• to take half of sth prendre la moitié de qch

• I spent half the night thinking about it j'ai passé la moitié de la nuit à y penser

• nearly half of all marriages end in divorce près de la moitié des mariages se terminent par un divorce

• 100 employees, half of whom are part-time 100 employés, dont la moitié sont à temps partiel

• in the first half of this year au cours du premier semestre de l'année

• I haven't told you the half of it yet! (inf) et c'est pas tout ! (inf)

• my better half (inf) ma douce moitié

• to see how the other half lives (inf) voir comment vivent les autres

• in half a second (inf) en moins de rien

   b. (in numbers, calculations) demi m

• two halves make a whole deux demis font un entier

► and a half

• two and a half deux et demi

• two and a half hours deux heures et demie

• two kilos and a half deux kilos et demi

• that was a day and a half! (inf) je te raconte pas ma journée ! (inf)► by + half

• he's too clever by half (inf) c'est un petit malin

• he doesn't do things by halves il ne fait pas les choses à moitié► in half

• to cut sth in half [+ object] couper qch en deux ; [+ costs, prices, workforce] réduire qch de moitié

• the plate broke in half l'assiette s'est cassée en deux► to go halves on sth partager qch

• we always go halves on the phone bill nous partageons toujours la note de téléphone en deux

• we went halves on a taxi nous avons partagé un taxi

   c. ( = part of match) mi-temps f

• the first/second half la première/seconde mi-temps

   d. (British) ( = half-pint) demi m

2. adjective

demi

• a half cup une demi-tasse

• a half bottle of wine une demi-bouteille de vin

3. adverb

   a. ( = 50%) a mixture of half milk, half cream un mélange moitié lait moitié crème

• he's half French half English il est à moitié français et à moitié anglais

• he earns half as much as you il gagne deux fois moins que vous

• she earns half as much again as him elle gagne une fois et demie son salaire

• a PC costs half as much again in Europe as in America les PC coûtent une fois et demie plus cher en Europe qu'en Amérique

   b. ( = partially) à moitié

• half asleep à moitié endormi

• the work is only half done le travail n'est qu'à moitié fait

• he only half understands il ne comprend qu'à moitié

• she was half laughing half crying elle était partagée entre le rire et les larmes

• half angry, half amused mi-fâché, mi-amusé

   c. ( = almost) un peu

• I'm half afraid that... j'ai un peu peur que... ne + subj

• I'm half inclined to do it je suis tenté de le faire

• I half suspect that... je soupçonne que...

   d. (British emphatic: inf) I didn't half get told off je me suis vraiment fait enguirlander (inf)

• not half! tu parles ! (inf)

   e. (telling the time) it is half past three il est trois heures et demie

• what time is it? -- half past quelle heure est-il ? -- la demie

4. compounds

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► Most adjectives made up of half + adjective can be translated by à moitié + adjective.

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► half-a-dozen noun demi-douzaine f

• half-a-dozen students une demi-douzaine d'étudiants ► half-and-half adverb moitié-moitié noun

(US) ( = milk and cream) mélange mi-crème mi-lait

► half-an-hour noun demi-heure f

• it took half-an-hour ça a pris une demi-heure ► half-baked adjective [plan, idea] à la noix (inf) ; [attempt] maladroit

► half-board noun (British) demi-pension f

► half-brother noun demi-frère m

► half-day noun demi-journée f

• to have a half-day (holiday) avoir une demi-journée (de congé) ► half-dead adjective à moitié mort

► half-dozen noun demi-douzaine f

► half-fare noun demi-tarif m

► half-grown adjective à mi-croissance

► half-hearted adjective [person, welcome] peu enthousiaste ; [manner] tiède ; [attempt] timide

► half-heartedly adverb sans enthousiasme ; [try] sans conviction

► half-hour noun demi-heure f

• the clock struck the half-hour l'horloge a sonné la demie adjective [wait] d'une demi-heure ► half-life noun demi-vie f

► half measure noun demi-mesure f

• half measures will not do on ne peut se contenter de demi-mesures

• there are no half measures with him il ne fait jamais les choses à moitié ► half-moon noun demi-lune f

► half pay noun

• to be on half pay toucher un demi-salaire ► half-pint noun ≈ quart m de litre

► half price noun

• at half price à moitié prix

• children are admitted half price les enfants paient demi-tarif adjective• tickets are half price this week les billets sont à moitié prix cette semaine ► half-sister noun demi-sœur f

► half term noun (British) congé en milieu de trimestre

► half-timbered adjective à colombage

► half time noun (Sport) mi-temps f

• at half time à la mi-temps adjective• half-time score score m à la mi-temps ► half-truth noun demi-vérité f

► half-yearly adjective (British) semestriel adverb

tous les six mois

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[hɑːf], US [hæf] 1.
noun (pl halves)

1) ( one of two parts) moitié f

half (of) the page — la moitié de la page

to cut something in half — couper quelque chose en deux

2) ( fraction) demi m

four and a half — quatre et demi

3) Sport ( time period) mi-temps f; ( pitch area) moitié f de terrain

4) Sport = halfback

5) (colloq) GB ( half pint) demi-pinte f

6) GB ( half fare) demi-tarif m
2.
adjective

a half circle — un demi-cercle

a half-litre —

half a litre — un demi-litre

two and a half cups — deux tasses et demie
3.
pronoun

1) (50%) moitié f

only half (of the students) passed — seule la moitié (des étudiants) a réussi

to cut something by half — réduire quelque chose de moitié

that was a meal and a half! — (colloq) ça a été un sacré repas! (colloq)

2) ( in time) demi/-e m/f

an hour and a half — une heure et demie

half past two — GB

half two — (colloq) deux heures et demie

it starts at half past — ça commence à la demie

the buses run at half past the hour — les bus passent à la demie de chaque heure

she is ten and a half — elle a dix ans et demi
4.
adverb

1) à moitié

to half close the window — fermer la fenêtre à moitié

it's half the price — c'est moitié moins cher

half as much money/as many people — moitié moins d'argent/de personnes

half as big — moitié moins grand

he's half Spanish half Irish — il est mi-espagnol mi-irlandais

he was only half serious — il n'était qu'à moitié sérieux

half disappointed half relieved — mi-déçu mi-soulagé

if it was half as easy as they say — si c'était vraiment aussi facile qu'on le dit

I was half hoping that... — j'espérais presque que...

I half expected it — je m'y attendais plus ou moins

2) (colloq) ( in phrases)

not half old — pas jeune iron

he wasn't half surprised — (colloq) il était drôlement (colloq) surpris

it doesn't half stink! — (colloq) ça pue drôlement! (colloq)

not half! — (colloq) et comment!

not half bad — (colloq) pas mauvais or mal du tout

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half a minute ou second ou tick (colloq) GB ou mo (colloq) — une petite minute, un instant

how the other half lives — comment vivent les riches

if given half a chance — à la première occasion

to have half a mind to do — avoir bien envie de faire

one's better ou other half — sa (douce) moitié

to go halves with somebody — se mettre de moitié avec quelqu'un

too clever by half — (colloq) un peu trop malin/-igne

English-French dictionary > half
13 half

half [hɑ:f]

moitié ⇒ 1 (a), 2 mi-temps ⇒ 1 (b) camp ⇒ 1 (c) demi ⇒ 1 (d), 1 (e) à moitié ⇒ 5

(pl halves [hɑ:vz])

1 noun

(a) (gen) moitié f; (of standard measured amount) demi(e) m,f; (of ticket, coupon) souche f;

∎ 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

(b) Sport (period of sports match) mi-temps f inv;

∎ France was in the lead in the first half la France menait pendant la première mi-temps

(c) Sport (area of football or rugby pitch) camp m

(d) Sport (rugby or football player) demi m

(e) British (half pint of beer) demi m (de bière)

2 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

3 adjective

∎ a half chicken un demi-poulet;

∎ oysters on the half-shell huîtres fpl servies dans leurs coquilles;

∎ at half speed au ralenti;

∎ familiar to go off at half cock (plan) avorter;

∎ 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

4 predeterminer

∎ 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 aller

5 adverb

(a) (finished, asleep, dressed) à moitié; (full, empty, blind) à moitié, à demi;

∎ to be half full of sth être à moitié rempli de qch;

∎ you're only half right tu n'as qu'à moitié raison;

∎ half done (work) fait à moitié; (cooked meat etc) à moitié cuit;

∎ 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

(b) British familiar (as intensifier)

∎ 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

(c) (time) British

∎ it's half past two, it's half two il est deux heures et demie;

∎ American half after six six heures et demie

(d) (idioms)

∎ 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 board

1 noun

demi-pension f

2 adverb

en demi-pension;

American familiar half buck 50 cents mpl;

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;

American Music half step demi-ton m;

British School half term = congé scolaire en milieu de trimestre;

Architecture & Building industry half timbering colombage m;

half year semestre m

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14 ♦ half

♦ half /hɑ:f/
A n. (pl. halves)

1 metà; mezzo: ( The) half of eight is four, la metà di otto è quattro; Two halves make a whole, due mezzi fanno un intero; in half, a metà: She cut the apple in half, ha tagliato la mela a metà; He wants half (of) the money [the profits], vuole la metà del denaro [dei profitti]; Half (of) the people I met, la metà della gente che incontrai; The film isn't half as good as the original play, il film non è bello neanche la metà (o vale molto meno) della commedia originale; the latter half, la seconda metà

2 ( calcio, rugby, ecc., = halfback) mediano; laterale; giocatore di fascia

3 (fam., = half-pint) mezza pinta: A half of bitter, please!, mezza pinta di birra amara, per favore!

4 ( fino al 1985; halfpenny) mezzo penny

5 semestre ( mezzo anno scolastico, finanziario, ecc.)

6 ( sport) tempo: first [second] half, primo [secondo] tempo: DIALOGO → - Discussing football- They played okay in the first half, hanno giocato bene nel primo tempo NOTA D'USO: - time e tempo-

7 ( sport) metà campo: to receive the ball in one's own half, ricevere un passaggio nella propria metà campo

8 ( sport: calcio, ecc.) girone: first half of the football season, girone di andata del campionato di calcio

9 (trasp.) biglietto a metà prezzo ( per bambini e cani)

B a.

1 mezzo; semi-; (la) metà (di): a half length, una mezza lunghezza; a half share, una mezza parte; una metà; half a pound, mezza libbra; half an hour [a mile], mezz'ora [mezzo miglio]; a half-hour [half-mile, half-day], mezz'ora [mezzo miglio, mezza giornata]; He wastes half his time, spreca metà del suo tempo; half lustre, semilucido

2 incompleto; imperfetto; (fatto) a metà; mezzo: a half smile, un mezzo sorriso

3 (fam., dicendo le ore) e mezza: half eight [nine], le otto [nove] e mezza

C avv.

1 a mezzo; a metà; mezzo: The chicken was only half cooked, il pollo era cotto soltanto a metà; half dead, mezzo (o quasi) morto; stanco morto; half educated, che ha poca istruzione; (fam.) I was half convinced, ero mezzo convinto; half past two [three], le due [le tre] e mezza

2 (fam.) fino a un certo punto; quasi: I half wish I had gone with them, vorrei quasi essere andato con loro

● ( un tempo) half a crown, mezza corona (1/8 di sterlina) □ half-and-half, (agg.) mezz'e mezzo; (avv.) metà e metà; (sost.) (arc.) miscela di birra chiara e birra scura; ( USA) miscela di latte e panna □ (scherz.) bisessuale □ half-and-half policy, politica delle mezze misure (o del compromesso) □ (geom.) half-angle, semiangolo □ (volg. ingl.) half-arsed, incompetente, inefficiente, mediocre; goffo, malfatto □ half as much, la metà: He ate half as much as me, ha mangiato la metà di me □ half as much again, una volta e mezza; il 50% in più: Our company produces half as much again as our main rival, la produzione della nostra azienda è una volta e mezza quella della nostra maggiore concorrente □ (volg. USA) half-assed = half-arsed ► sopra □ half-baked, cotto a metà, mezzo crudo; (fig.) incompleto; difettoso; immaturo; sciocco: a half-baked scheme, un piano incompleto (o che non sta in piedi); half-baked ideas, idee sciocche □ half-ball ( stroke), ( biliardo) colpo a mezza bilia; ( golf, ecc.) colpo a mezza palla □ half-binding, rilegatura in mezza pelle (o in mezza tela) □ half-blood, parentela (o parente) per parte di un solo genitore; (antiq. o offensivo) meticcio, meticcia; ( di cavallo) mezzosangue □ half-blooded, parente per parte di un solo genitore; ( d'uomo, antiq. o offensivo) di razza mista; ( d'animale) ibrido, bastardo □ ( sport: a Oxford e Cambridge) half-blue, sostituto, rimpiazzo □ (tur.) half board, mezza pensione: half-board accommodation, sistemazione a mezza pensione □ half-boot, stivaletto; stivale al polpaccio □ ( di libro) half-bound, rilegato in mezza pelle (o in mezza tela) □ half-bred, di sangue misto; meticcio, bastardo □ (antiq. o offensivo) half-breed, persona di sangue misto; meticcio, meticcia □ half-brother, fratellastro □ (antiq. o offensivo) half-caste, (sost.) persona di sangue misto; meticcio, meticcia; (agg.) di sangue misto, meticcio □ (fon.) half-closed, semichiuso □ (mil.) half cock, mezzo cane, cane alzato per metà ( d'arma da fuoco): to go off at half cock (o half-cocked) sparare a mezzo cane; (fig.) scattare anzitempo, agire o parlare troppo presto (e fallire) □ half-cocked, ( d'arma da fuoco) a mezzo cane; (fig.) prematuro, avventato; male preparato; goffo; sciocco □ half-cooked, mezzo cotto □ ( basket, tennis, ecc.) half-court line, linea di metà campo □ ( un tempo) half crown = half a crown ► sopra □ ( nelle corse) half distance, metà gara □ ( pallanuoto) half distance line, linea di metà campo □ half dollar, ( USA) mezzo dollaro □ half (a) dozen, mezza dozzina; ( per indicare genericamente un numero esiguo anche) cinque o sei □ half-duplex, (telef.) semiduplex; (comput.) half-duplex ( comunicazione che avviene in un solo verso alla volta) □ (ferr., ecc.) half-fare ticket, biglietto a tariffa ridotta □ half-finished, finito a metà □ (ind.) half-finished product, (prodotto) semilavorato □ half-grown, a metà dello sviluppo □ (bot.) half-hardy ► hardy (1) □ half-hearted, fiacco; flebile; tiepido (fig.); poco convinto; svogliato: a half-hearted attempt, un fiacco (o timido) tentativo; un tentativo poco convinto □ half-heartedly, con scarso entusiasmo; svogliatamente; con scarsa convinzione □ half-heartedness, mancanza di entusiasmo; fiacchezza; scarsa convinzione □ (naut.) half-hitch, mezzo collo ( nodo) □ half-holiday, mezza festa □ half-hose, calza corta; calzino □ half-hourly, (agg.) di mezzora; che avviene (passa, ecc.) ogni mezzora; (avv.) ogni mezzora □ half-inch, mezzo pollice (misura inglese di lunghezza: cfr. inch /1/, def. 1) □ half-length, di metà lunghezza; ( di quadro) a mezzo busto; (sost.) mezza figura, mezzobusto □ half-lie, mezza bugia □ (scient.) half-life, tempo di dimezzamento; emivita; semivita □ half-light, mezza luce; semioscurità; penombra □ (geom.) half-line, semiretta □ ( sport) half-marathon, mezza maratona □ half mast, posizione di mezz'asta ( di una bandiera): at half-mast, a mezz'asta; (GB scherz.) (di cravatta, ecc.) penzolante □ ( di bandiera) half-mast high, a mezz'asta □ (fam.) half-masters, calzoni a mezza gamba; calzoni che si sono fatti corti □ half measures, mezze misure; compromessi □ half moon, mezza luna; (astron.) semilunio; ( per estens.) oggetto a mezzaluna □ half-moon, (fatto) a mezzaluna □ half mourning, mezzo lutto □ half-naked, seminudo □ (mus., USA) half-note, minima □ (fam.) the half of it, metà della storia: That is only the half of it, questa è solo metà della storia; But you don't know the half of it, ma questa non è che una parte della storia; ma questo è solo l'inizio □ (fon.) half-open, semiaperto □ (ind., mil.) half pay, mezza paga □ half pint, mezza pinta; (fig. fam.) tappo, mezza tacca, mezza cartuccia □ ( sport) half-pipe ► half pipe □ (geom.) half-plane, semipiano □ half-price, a metà prezzo □ (scult.) half-relief, mezzorilievo □ ( poesia) half-rhyme, rima imperfetta □ (fam. antiq.) half-seas-over, brillo; mezzo ubriaco □ half-sibling, fratellastro; sorellastra □ half-sister, sorellastra □ half-size, ( di capo di vestiario) mezza taglia; ( di scarpa) mezza misura □ half-slip, sottogonna □ half sole, soprassuola □ (stor.) half-sovereign, mezza sovrana ( moneta d'oro ingl.) □ (naut.) half speed ahead!, avanti a mezza forza! □ ( USA) half staff = half mast ► sopra □ (mus., USA) half-step, semitono □ (in GB) half term (= half-term holiday), breve vacanza di metà quadrimestre ( a scuola) □ (archit.) half-timbered, in legno e muratura ( come una casa elisabettiana) □ half-time, orario ridotto ( di lavoro); ( sport) intervallo ( fra due tempi di una partita), «metà partita»: half-time score, punteggio alla fine del primo tempo □ a half-time job, un lavoro «part time»; un lavoro a mezza giornata □ half-timer, chi lavora a mezza giornata; studente lavoratore □ (tipogr.) half-title, occhiello □ half-tone ► halftone □ (spec. mil.) half-track, semicingolato (sost.) □ (spec. mil.) half-tracked, semicingolato (agg.) □ half-truth, mezza verità □ ( sport) half volley, demi-volée; mezza volée □ half-wit, stupido, idiota, imbecille; (psic.) frenastenico □ half-witted, stupido, scemo; (psic.) frenastenico □ half year, semestre □ half-yearly, semestrale; semestralmente □ (fam.) and a half, non plus ultra: That was a party and a half, questa sì che è stata una festa! □ at half strength, (mil. e sport) a ranghi dimezzati; ( anche) diluito al 50% □ (scherz.) one's better half, la propria (dolce) metà ( la moglie o il marito) □ by half, a metà; della metà; (fam., GB) ( con disapprovazione) di gran lunga; davvero: We are planning to reduce fees by half, progettiamo di ridurre le tariffe della metà (o di dimezzare le tariffe); He's too talkative by half, è davvero troppo loquace □ to cry halves, reclamare la metà (di qc.) □ to go halves (o half and half), fare metà e metà; ( nel pagare il conto) fare alla romana; DIALOGO → - Wrong bill- Let's go halves on the bill, facciamo alla romana □ more than half, una buona metà □ (fam.) not half, affatto, del tutto, moltissimo; ( anche) per niente: not half bad, niente male (fam.); ottimo, eccellente; It isn't half windy, altro che se tira vento!; «Did you like the film?» «Not half», «T'è piaciuto il film?» «Eccome!» (o «Altro che!») □ not to do anything (o things) by halves, non lasciare le cose a metà; fare le cose perbene □ (trasp.: negli orari) on the half hour, ogni mezzora; ai trenta (all'1.30, 2.30, ecc.) □ one's other half = one's better half ► sopra □ (prov.) Half a loaf is better than no bread, bisogna prendere quello che passa il convento; qualcosa è meglio di niente □ (prov.) Well begun is half done, chi ben comincia è alla metà dell'opera.
NOTA D'USO: - half o mid?-

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15 half

half, US ⇒ The clock

A n (pl halves)

1 ( one of two parts) moitié f ; half (of) the page/the people/the wine la moitié de la page/des gens/du vin ; half (of) 38 is 19 la moitié de 38 est 19 ; he arrives late half (of) the time la moitié du temps il est en retard ; to cut/tear/break sth in half couper/déchirer/casser qch en deux ;

2 Math ( fraction) demi m ; four and a half quatre et demi ;

3 Sport ( time period) mi-temps f ; ( pitch area) moitié f de terrain ; the first/second half la première/seconde mi-temps ;

4 Sport = halfback ;

5 ○ GB ( half pint) demi-pinte f, ≈ bock m ;

6 GB ( half fare) demi-tarif m.

B adj a half apple une moitié de pomme ; a half circle un demi-cercle ; a half-cup, half a cup une demi-tasse ; a half-litre, half a litre un demi-litre ; a half-litre pot un pot d'un demi-litre ; a half-page advertisement une publicité d'une demi-page ; twelve and a half per cent douze et demi pour cent ; two and a half cups deux tasses et demie.

C pron

1 (50%) moitié f ; only half passed seule la moitié a réussi ; you can have half now, the rest later tu peux en avoir la moitié maintenant et le reste plus tard ; to cut/increase sth by half réduire/augmenter qch de moitié ; that was a meal and a half ○ ! ça a été un sacré repas ○ ! ;

2 ( in time) an hour and a half une heure et demie ; half past two/six GB, half two/six ○ deux/six heures et demie ; it starts at half past ça commence à la demie ; the buses run at half past the hour les bus passent à la demie de chaque heure ;

3 ( in age) she is ten and a half elle a dix ans et demi.

D adv [full, over, asleep, drunk, cooked, dressed, eaten, hidden, understood, remembered] à moitié ; to half close one's eyes/the window fermer les yeux/la fenêtre à moitié ; it's half the price/the size c'est moitié moins cher/moins grand ; half as much money/as many people moitié moins d'argent/de personnes ; half as big/as heavy moitié moins grand/lourd ; half as much/as many again moitié plus ; half as tall again moitié plus grand ; he's half my age il est moitié moins âgé que moi ; she's half Italian elle est à moitié italienne ; he's half Spanish half Irish il est mi-espagnol mi-irlandais ; the word is half Latin half Greek le mot est moitié latin moitié grec ; half woman half fish mi-femme mi-poisson, moitié femme moitié poisson ; he was only half serious il n'était qu'à moitié sérieux ; half disappointed half relieved mi-déçu mi-soulagé ; to be only half right n'avoir qu'à moitié raison ; to be only half listening n'écouter qu'à moitié ; if it was half as easy as they say si c'était vraiment aussi facile qu'on le dit ; I was half hoping that j'espérais presque que ; I half expected it je m'y attendais plus ou moins ; not half old/half big pas jeune/petit iron ; he wasn't half angry/surprised ○ il était drôlement ○ en colère/surpris ; it doesn't half stink ○ ! ça pue drôlement ○ ! ; not half ○ ! et comment! ; not half bad ○ pas mauvais or mal du tout.

Idioms

half a minute ou second ou tick ○ GB ou mo ○ une petite minute, un instant ; how the other half lives comment vivent les riches ; if given half a chance à la première occasion ; to have half a mind to do avoir bien envie de faire ; one's better ou other half sa (douce) moitié ; that's not the half of it! ce n'est pas le meilleur! ; she doesn't know the half of it! elle ne sait pas le meilleur! ; to go halves with sb se mettre de moitié avec qn ; let's go halves faisons moitié-moitié ; never to do things by halves ne pas faire les choses à moitié ; too clever by half ○ un peu trop malin/-igne.

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1.
[hɑːf]noun, pl. halves [hɑːvz]

1) (part) Hälfte, die

half [of something] — die Hälfte [von etwas]

half of Europe — halb Europa

I've only half left — ich habe nur noch die Hälfte

half [of] that — die Hälfte [davon]

cut something in half or into [two] halves — etwas in zwei Hälften schneiden

divide something in half or into halves — etwas halbieren

one/two and a half hours, one hour/two hours and a half — anderthalb od. eineinhalb/zweieinhalb Stunden

she is three and a half — sie ist dreieinhalb

not/never do anything/things by halves — keine halben Sachen machen

be too cheeky/big by half — entschieden zu frech/groß sein

go halves or go half and half [with somebody] — halbe-halbe [mit jemandem] machen (ugs.)

how the other half lives — wie andere Leute leben

that's only or just or not the half of it — das ist noch nicht alles

2) (coll.): (half-pint) kleines Glas; (of beer) kleines Bier; Kleine, das (ugs.)

a half of bitter — etc. ein kleines Bitter usw.

3) (Footb. etc.): (period) Halbzeit, die
2. adjective
halb

half the house/books/staff/time — die Hälfte des Hauses/der Bücher/des Personals/der Zeit

he is drunk half the time — (very often) er ist fast immer betrunken

half an hour — eine halbe Stunde
3. adverb
1) (to the extent of half) zur Hälfte; halb [öffnen, schließen, aufessen, fertig, voll, geöffnet]; (almost) fast [fallen, ersticken, tot sein]

half as much/many/big/heavy — halb so viel/viele/groß/schwer

half run [and] half walk — teils laufen, teils gehen

I half wished/hoped that... — ich wünschte mir/hoffte fast, dass...

only half hear what... — nur zum Teil hören, was...

half listen for/to — mit halbem Ohr horchen auf (+ Akk.)/zuhören (+ Dat.)

half cook something — etwas halb gar werden lassen

2) (by the amount of a half-hour) halb

half past — or (coll.)

half twelve/one/two/three — etc. halb eins/zwei/drei/vier usw

* * *
1. plural - halves; noun
1) (one of two equal parts of anything: He tried to stick the two halves together again; half a kilo of sugar; a kilo and a half of sugar; one and a half kilos of sugar.) die Hälfte

2) (one of two equal parts of a game (eg in football, hockey) usually with a break between them: The Rangers scored three goals in the first half.) die Halbzeit
2. adjective
1) (being (equal to) one of two equal parts (of something): a half bottle of wine.) halb

2) (being made up of two things in equal parts: A centaur is a mythical creature, half man and half horse.) halb

3) (not full or complete: a half smile.) halb
3. adverb
1) (to the extent of one half: This cup is only half full; It's half empty.) halb

2) (almost; partly: I'm half hoping he won't come; half dead from hunger.) beinahe

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- halve
- half-and-half
- half-back
- half-brother
- half-sister
- half-caste
- half-hearted
- half-heartedly
- half-heartedness
- half-holiday
- half-hourly
- half-term
- half-time
- half-way
- half-wit
- half-witted
- half-yearly
- at half mast
- by half
- do things by halves
- go halves with
- half past three
- four
- seven
- in half
- not half
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half

[hɑ:f, AM hæf]

I. n

<pl halves>

1. (fifty per cent) Hälfte f

roughly \half of the class are Spanish die Klasse besteht ungefähr zur Hälfte aus Spaniern

what's \half of ninety-six? was ist die Hälfte von sechsundneunzig?

a kilo and a \half eineinhalb [o DIAL anderthalb] Kilo

\half an apple ein halber Apfel

\half a dozen ein halbes Dutzend

\half the amount der halbe Betrag

▪ by \half um die Hälfte

bigger by \half eineinhalbmal so groß

to divide sth by \half etw durch zwei teilen

to reduce sth by \half etw um die Hälfte reduzieren

▪ in \half [or into halves] in zwei Hälften

to cut sth into halves etw halbieren

to cut in \half in der Mitte durchschneiden, halbieren

to fold in \half zur Mitte falten

2. BRIT ( fam: half pint of beer) kleines Bier (entspricht ca. 1/4 Liter), ÖSTERR a. Seidel nt, ÖSTERR a. Seitel nt, Stange f SCHWEIZ

3. BRIT (child's ticket)

two adults and three halves, please! zwei Erwachsene und drei Kinder, bitte!

4. FBALL (midfield player) Läufer(in) m(f)

first/second \half erste/zweite Spielhälfte [o Halbzeit

5. ( fam: the whole)

you haven't heard the \half of it yet! das dicke Ende kommt ja noch!

that's \half the fun [of it] das ist doch gerade der Spaß daran

6. ( fam: most) der/die/das meiste...

\half of them didn't turn up die meisten von ihnen sind gar nicht erschienen

our boss has lost \half his authority unser Chef hat seine Autorität zum größten Teil eingebüßt

if you are \half the man I think you are, you'll succeed wenn du auch nur im entferntesten der Mann bist, für den ich dich halte, dann schaffst du das

\half [of] the time die meiste Zeit

7.

▶ to be \half the battle:

for jobs like that, getting an interview is \half the battle bei Stellen wie diesen hat man schon halb gewonnen, wenn man ein Vorstellungsgespräch bekommt

▶ given \half a chance wenn man die Möglichkeit hätte

I'd go to India, given \half a chance wenn ich die Möglichkeit hätte, würde ich nach Indien gehen

▶ to be too clever by \half ein Schlaumeier sein

▶ to not do things by halves keine halben Sachen machen fam

▶ a game/meal and a \half ein Bombenspiel nt/Bombenessen nt fam

▶ to go halves [on sth] ( fam) sich dat die Kosten [für etw akk] teilen

I'll go halves with you ich teile mit dir, ich mach mit dir halbe-halbe fam

▶ my other [or better] \half meine zweite [o bessere] Hälfte

▶ how the other \half lives ( prov) wie andere Leute leben

▶ \half a second [or BRIT tick] einen Moment

I'll be with you in \half a second ich bin sofort bei dir

II. adj halbe(r, s) attr

a centaur is half man half horse ein Zentaur ist halb Mensch halb Pferd

\half [a] per cent ein halbes Prozent

a \half pint of lager ein kleines Helles

III. adv

1. (almost) fast, nahezu, beinahe

they had been frightened \half out of their minds sie wären fast verrückt geworden vor Angst

2. (partially, to some extent) halb, zum Teil

she was \half afraid she'd have to make a speech sie hatte schon fast befürchtet, eine Rede halten zu müssen

I was \half inclined to call you last night ich hätte dich gestern Abend fast angerufen

it wasn't \half as good das war bei Weitem nicht so gut

\half asleep halb wach

\half cooked halb gar

\half empty/full halb leer/voll

\half naked halb nackt

to be \half right person zum Teil Recht haben; thing zur Hälfte richtig sein

3. (time)

[at] \half past nine [um] halb zehn; ( fam)

meet me at home at \half past on the dot, okay? du bist dann um Punkt halb bei mir, o. k.? fam

4. (by fifty percent)

▪ \half as... as... halb so... wie...

my little brother is \half as tall as me mein kleiner Bruder ist halb so groß wie ich

he is \half my weight er wiegt halb so viel wie ich

5. (intensifies negative statement)

not \half BRIT ( fam) unheimlich fam, wahnsinnig fam, irre sl

he wasn't \half handsome er sah unverschämt gut aus fam

she didn't \half shout at him sie hat ihn vielleicht angebrüllt fam; (affirms positive opinion)

did you enjoy the film? — not \half! hat dir der Film gefallen? — und wie!

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[hAːf]
1. n pl halves

1) Hälfte f

two halves make a whole — zwei Halbe machen ein Ganzes

the first half of the year — die erste Jahreshälfte

to cut sth in half — etw halbieren; (with knife also) etw in zwei Hälften or Teile schneiden; salary etc etw um or auf die Hälfte kürzen

to break/tear sth in half — etw durchbrechen/durchreißen

half of it/them — die Hälfte davon/von ihnen

half the book/money — die Hälfte des Buches/Geldes, das halbe Buch/Geld

half my life — die Hälfte meines Lebens, mein halbes Leben

half a million dollars — eine halbe Million Dollar

he gave me half — er gab mir die Hälfte

half a cup/an hour — eine halbe Tasse/Stunde

half a lifetime — ein halbes Leben

he's not half the man he used to be — er ist längst nicht mehr das, was er einmal war

half a second! —

I'll be round in half a second (inf) — ich komme gleich ( mal) hin

to listen with half an ear — nur mit halbem Ohr zuhören

to take half of sth — die Hälfte von etw nehmen

to go halves (with sb on sth) — (mit jdm mit etw) halbe-halbe machen (inf)

that's only half the story — das ist nur die halbe Geschichte

have half of my apple — willst du einen halben Apfel von mir haben?

bigger by half — anderthalbmal so groß

to increase sth by half — etw um die Hälfte vergrößern

he is too clever by half ( Brit inf ) — das ist ein richtiger Schlaumeier

he's too cocky by half ( Brit inf ) — er hält sich für wer weiß was (inf)

one and a half — eineinhalb, anderthalb

an hour and a half — eineinhalb or anderthalb Stunden

he's two and a half — er ist zweieinhalb

he doesn't do things by halves — er macht keine halben Sachen

half and half — halb und halb

that's a hill and a half! (inf) — das ist vielleicht ein Berg!

I haven't told you the half of it yet (inf) — und das ist noch nicht einmal die Hälfte (inf)

2) (SPORT of match) (Spiel)hälfte f, Halbzeit f; (= player) Läufer(in) m(f)

3) (of ticket) Abschnitt m der Fahrkarte; (= travel, admission fee) halbe Karte (inf)

return half (Brit) — Abschnitt m für die Rückfahrt

two adults and one half, please — zwei Erwachsene und ein Kind, bitte

two and a half (to London) — zweieinhalb(mal London)

4) (= beer) kleines Bier, Halbe f (dial), Halbe(s) nt, Kleine(s) nt; (Scot, = whisky) einfacher Whisky, Einfache(r) m

5)

(= husband etc) or other half — meine bessere Hälfte

2. adj
halb
a half cup — eine halbe Tasse

with half his usual strength — nur mit halber Kraft

at or for half price — zum halben Preis

half one thing half another — halb und halb, halb das eine und halb das andere

half man half beast —

it's neither opera nor operetta but sort of half and half — es ist so ein Zwischending nt zwischen Oper und Operette

3. adv

1) halb

I half thought... — ich hätte fast gedacht...

I was half afraid that... — ich habe fast befürchtet, dass...

half melted — halb geschmolzen

the work is only half done — die Arbeit ist erst halb or zur Hälfte erledigt

that's half right — das ist zur Hälfte richtig

to be half awake — halb wach sein

half laughing, half crying — halb lachend, halb weinend

half laughing, half crying he told me... — mit einem lachenden und einem weinenden Auge erzählte er mir...

he half rose to his feet —

I half think that... — ich habe beinahe den Eindruck, dass...

he only half understands — er begreift or versteht nur die Hälfte

the book was half in German, half in English — das Buch war zur Hälfte auf Deutsch und zur Hälfte auf Englisch

she's half German and half Russian — sie ist zur Hälfte Deutsche und zur Hälfte Russin

2) (Brit inf)

he's not half stupid/rich etc — er ist vielleicht or unheimlich dumm/reich etc

it didn't half rain — es HAT vielleicht geregnet

not half bad — gar nicht schlecht

not half! — und wie! und ob!

3)

it's half past three or half three — es ist halb vier

4)

he is half as big as his sister — er ist halb so groß wie seine Schwester

half as big again — anderthalbmal so groß

he earns half as much as you —

he earns half as much again as you — er verdient die Hälfte mehr als du or anderthalbmal so viel wie du

give me half as much again — gib mir noch die Hälfte dazu

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half [hɑːf; US hæf]

A adj

1. halb:

a half mile, meist half a mile eine halbe Meile;

a half share ein halber Anteil, eine Hälfte;

half an hour eine halbe Stunde;

at half the price zum halben Preis;

two pounds and a half, two and a half pounds zweieinhalb Pfund;

a fish and a half umg ein Mordsfisch;

a fellow and a half umg ein Pfundskerl;

a woman and a half umg eine Superfrau

2. halb, oberflächlich:

half knowledge Halbwissen n, Halbbildung f

B adv

1. halb, zur Hälfte:

half full;

my work is half done;

half cooked halb gar;

half as long halb so lang;

half as much halb so viel;

half as much ( oder as many) again anderthalbmal so viel;

she is half his age sie ist halb so alt wie er

2. halb(wegs), fast, nahezu:

half dead halb tot;

he half wished (suspected) er wünschte (vermutete) halb oder fast

3. not half

a) bei Weitem nicht, lange nicht:

not half big enough,

b) umg (ganz und) gar nicht:

not half bad gar nicht übel

c) umg gehörig, mordsmäßig:

he didn’t half swear er fluchte nicht schlecht

4. (in Zeitangaben) halb:

half past (US a. after) two zwei Uhr dreißig, halb drei;

half three Br umg halb vier

5. SCHIFF …einhalb:

half three dreieinhalb (Faden)

C pl halves [hɑːvz; US hævz] s

1. Hälfte f:

the first half of the year die erste Jahreshälfte;

one half of it die eine Hälfte davon;

half of the girls die Hälfte der Mädchen;

waste half of one’s time die halbe Zeit verschwenden; → better¹ A 1

2. SPORT

a) (Spiel)Hälfte f, Halbzeit f:

first (second) half;

in the first (second) half auch vor (nach) dem Seitenwechsel;

a game of two different halves ein Spiel mit zwei verschiedenen Halbzeiten

b) auch half of the field (Spielfeld)Hälfte f

c) first (second) half of the season Vorrunde (Rückrunde) f

3. → halfback

4. Golf: Gleichstand m

5. Fahrkarte f zum halben Preis

6. → half-hour A

7. halbes Pint (besonders Bier):

I only had a half ich hab nur ein kleines Bier getrunken

8. obs Halbjahr nBesondere Redewendungen: half of it is ( oder half of them are) rotten die Hälfte (davon) ist faul;

half the amount die halbe Menge oder Summe, halb so viel;

cut in(to) halves ( oder in half) etwas halbieren oder in zwei Hälften teilen;

do sth by halves etwas nur halb tun;

do things by halves halbe Sachen oder Halbheiten machen;

not do things by halves Nägel mit Köpfen machen;

too clever by half bes Br umg oberschlau;

go halves with sb in ( oder on) sth etwas mit jemandem teilen, mit jemandem bei etwas halbpart machen;

not good enough by half bei Weitem nicht gut genug; → battle Bes Redew, eye A 2, mind A 5

hf abk half

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1.
[hɑːf]noun, pl. halves [hɑːvz]

1) (part) Hälfte, die

half [of something] — die Hälfte [von etwas]

half of Europe — halb Europa

I've only half left — ich habe nur noch die Hälfte

half [of] that — die Hälfte [davon]

cut something in half or into [two] halves — etwas in zwei Hälften schneiden

divide something in half or into halves — etwas halbieren

one/two and a half hours, one hour/two hours and a half — anderthalb od. eineinhalb/zweieinhalb Stunden

she is three and a half — sie ist dreieinhalb

not/never do anything/things by halves — keine halben Sachen machen

be too cheeky/big by half — entschieden zu frech/groß sein

go halves or go half and half [with somebody] — halbe-halbe [mit jemandem] machen (ugs.)

how the other half lives — wie andere Leute leben

that's only or just or not the half of it — das ist noch nicht alles

2) (coll.): (half-pint) kleines Glas; (of beer) kleines Bier; Kleine, das (ugs.)

a half of bitter — etc. ein kleines Bitter usw.

3) (Footb. etc.): (period) Halbzeit, die
2. adjective
halb

half the house/books/staff/time — die Hälfte des Hauses/der Bücher/des Personals/der Zeit

he is drunk half the time — (very often) er ist fast immer betrunken

half an hour — eine halbe Stunde
3. adverb
1) (to the extent of half) zur Hälfte; halb [öffnen, schließen, aufessen, fertig, voll, geöffnet]; (almost) fast [fallen, ersticken, tot sein]

half as much/many/big/heavy — halb so viel/viele/groß/schwer

half run [and] half walk — teils laufen, teils gehen

I half wished/hoped that... — ich wünschte mir/hoffte fast, dass...

only half hear what... — nur zum Teil hören, was...

half listen for/to — mit halbem Ohr horchen auf (+ Akk.)/zuhören (+ Dat.)

half cook something — etwas halb gar werden lassen

2) (by the amount of a half-hour) halb

half past — or (coll.)

half twelve/one/two/three — etc. halb eins/zwei/drei/vier usw

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adj.

halb adj. n.

(§ pl.: halves)

= Hälfte -n f.

English-german dictionary > half
17 much

[mʌtʃ] 1.
avverbio

1) (to a considerable degree) molto

much smaller — molto più piccolo

much better than — molto meglio di

much more interesting — molto più interessante

much less demanding — molto meno esigenti

it's much too dangerous — è un po' troppo pericoloso

he doesn't much care for them — non gli importa un granché di loro

she doesn't worry much about it — non se ne preoccupa molto

we'd much rather stay here — noi preferiremmo di gran lunga restare qui

they are much to be pitied — devono essere compatiti

your comments would be much appreciated — i vostri commenti saranno molto graditi

he's not much good at doing — non è molto bravo a fare

does it hurt much? — fa tanto o molto male?

she's much the best teacher here — è di gran lunga l'insegnante migliore che c'è qui

much to my surprise — con mia grande sorpresa

2) (often) molto, spesso

we don't go out much — non usciamo molto

do you go to concerts much? — vai spesso ai concerti?

3) (nearly) più o meno, pressappoco, all'incirca

to be much the same — essere quasi uguale (as a)

it's pretty much like driving a car — è più o meno come guidare una macchina

in much the same way — più o meno nello stesso modo (as di)

much the same is true of — quasi lo stesso si può dire di

4) (specifying degree to which something is true)

too much — troppo

very much — (a lot) molto; (absolutely) moltissimo, tantissimo

he misses you very much — gli manchi da morire

thanks very much — molte o mille grazie

it's very much the norm — è piuttosto normale

I felt very much the foreigner — mi sono sentito veramente un estraneo

so much — (così) tanto

I wanted so much to meet you — avevo così tanta voglia di incontrarti

it's so much better — è davvero molto meglio

he hates flying so much that — odia talmente volare che

as much — tanto (as quanto)

I like them as much as you (do) — li amo tanto quanto te

they hated each other as much as ever — si odiavano così come sempre

I thought as much — me l'aspettavo

however much — sebbene, per quanto

you'll have to accept the decision however much you disagree — dovrai accettare la decisione anche se non sei d'accordo

5) (emphatic)

not so much X as Y — non tanto X, ma piuttosto Y

the discovery wasn't so much shocking as depressing — la scoperta fu più deprimente che scioccante

6) much as per quanto, anche se

much as we regret our decision we have no choice — anche se ci dispiace o per quanto ci dispiaccia dover prendere una tale decisione non abbiamo scelta

7) much less tanto meno

I've never seen him much less spoken to him — non l'ho mai visto, né tanto meno gli ho parlato

8) so much as

without so much as saying goodbye, as an apology — senza neanche salutare, senza neanche scusarsi

if you so much as move — se ti azzardi a muoverti

9) so much for

so much for that problem — chiudiamo l'argomento

so much for equality — colloq. addio uguaglianza

so much for saying you'd help — meno male che avevi detto che avresti dato una mano

10) much- in composti

much-loved — amatissimo

much-respected — molto rispettato

much-maligned — molto chiacchierato

much-needed — indispensabile
2.
quantisostantivo femminile molto, tanto

I haven't got (very) much time — non ho molto tempo

does he watch much TV? — guarda molto la televisione?

she didn't speak much English — non parlava molto bene l'inglese

too much energy — troppa forza

to spend too much money — spendere troppi soldi

we don't have too much time — non abbiamo troppo tempo

don't use so much salt — non mettere così tanto sale

we paid twice as much money — abbiamo pagato il doppio (dei soldi)

how much time have we got left? — quanto tempo ci rimane?
3.
pronome

1) (a great deal) molto m., tanto m.

do you have much left? — ne avete ancora molto?

we have much to learn — abbiamo molto da imparare

there isn't much to do — non c'è un granché da fare

he doesn't have much to complain about — non ha molto da lamentarsi

it leaves much to be desired — lascia molto a desiderare

there's much to be said for — ci sono molti argomenti a favore di

much of — gran parte di

much of the difficulty lies in — gran parte della difficoltà sta in

I don't see much of them now — non li frequento molto al momento

to make much of sth. — (focus on) dare importanza a qcs.

I couldn't make much of her last book — non ho capito molto del suo ultimo libro

2) (expressing a relative amount, degree)

so much — così tanto

we'd eaten so much that — abbiamo mangiato così tanto che

so much of her work is gloomy — gran parte delle sue opere sono cupe

so much of the time, it's a question of patience — nella maggior parte dei casi è una questione di pazienza

too much — troppo

it costs too much — è troppo caro

it's too much! — è troppo! (in protest) questo è troppo!

she's late again? that's a bit much! — è ancora in ritardo? adesso (si) esagera!

he was too much of an egotist to do — era troppo egoista per fare

the heat was too much for them — faceva troppo caldo per loro

he was too much for his opponent — era troppo forte per il suo avversario

he's read this much already — ha già letto tutto questo

I'll say this much for him, he's honest — posso dirti questo di lui: è una persona onesta

this much is certain, we'll have no choice — una cosa è certa, non avremo scelta

twice as much — due volte tanto

if we had half as much as you — se avessimo la metà di quello che hai tu

as much as possible — per quanto (è) possibile

it can cost as much as Ј 50 — si può arrivare a pagarlo 50 sterline

it was as much as I could do not to laugh — sono riuscito a malapena a trattenere le risate

it is as much as to say — equivale a dire

how much? — quanto fa?

tell us how much you won — dicci quanto hai vinto

how much do they know? — quanto ne sanno?

do you know how much this means to me? — sai quanto significa questo per me?

3) (focusing on limitations, inadequacy)

it's not o nothing much non è niente di che; it's not up to much BE non è un granché; he's not much to look at (fisicamente) non è un granché; she doesn't think much of him non ha una buona opinione di lui; I'm not much of a reader non sono un gran lettore, non amo molto leggere; it wasn't much of a life così non era vivere; I'm not much of a one for cooking — colloq. cucinare non è il mio forte

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there isn't much in — BE o

to — AE

it — (in contest) = sono molto vicini

there isn't much in it for us — (to our advantage) non ci guadagnamo un granché
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Note:

When much is used as an adverb, it is translated by molto: it's much longer = è molto più lungo; she doesn't talk much = lei non parla molto. For particular usages, see I below. - When much is used as a pronoun, it is usually translated by molto: there is much to learn = c'è molto da imparare. However, in negative sentences non... un granché is also used: I didn't learn much = non ho imparato un granché. - When much is used as a quantifier, it is translated by molto or molta according to the gender of the following noun: they don't have much money / much luck = non hanno molto denaro / molta fortuna. For particular usages, see II below

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comparative of; see more

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[mʌtʃ] 1.
avverbio

1) (to a considerable degree) molto

much smaller — molto più piccolo

much better than — molto meglio di

much more interesting — molto più interessante

much less demanding — molto meno esigenti

it's much too dangerous — è un po' troppo pericoloso

he doesn't much care for them — non gli importa un granché di loro

she doesn't worry much about it — non se ne preoccupa molto

we'd much rather stay here — noi preferiremmo di gran lunga restare qui

they are much to be pitied — devono essere compatiti

your comments would be much appreciated — i vostri commenti saranno molto graditi

he's not much good at doing — non è molto bravo a fare

does it hurt much? — fa tanto o molto male?

she's much the best teacher here — è di gran lunga l'insegnante migliore che c'è qui

much to my surprise — con mia grande sorpresa

2) (often) molto, spesso

we don't go out much — non usciamo molto

do you go to concerts much? — vai spesso ai concerti?

3) (nearly) più o meno, pressappoco, all'incirca

to be much the same — essere quasi uguale (as a)

it's pretty much like driving a car — è più o meno come guidare una macchina

in much the same way — più o meno nello stesso modo (as di)

much the same is true of — quasi lo stesso si può dire di

4) (specifying degree to which something is true)

too much — troppo

very much — (a lot) molto; (absolutely) moltissimo, tantissimo

he misses you very much — gli manchi da morire

thanks very much — molte o mille grazie

it's very much the norm — è piuttosto normale

I felt very much the foreigner — mi sono sentito veramente un estraneo

so much — (così) tanto

I wanted so much to meet you — avevo così tanta voglia di incontrarti

it's so much better — è davvero molto meglio

he hates flying so much that — odia talmente volare che

as much — tanto (as quanto)

I like them as much as you (do) — li amo tanto quanto te

they hated each other as much as ever — si odiavano così come sempre

I thought as much — me l'aspettavo

however much — sebbene, per quanto

you'll have to accept the decision however much you disagree — dovrai accettare la decisione anche se non sei d'accordo

5) (emphatic)

not so much X as Y — non tanto X, ma piuttosto Y

the discovery wasn't so much shocking as depressing — la scoperta fu più deprimente che scioccante

6) much as per quanto, anche se

much as we regret our decision we have no choice — anche se ci dispiace o per quanto ci dispiaccia dover prendere una tale decisione non abbiamo scelta

7) much less tanto meno

I've never seen him much less spoken to him — non l'ho mai visto, né tanto meno gli ho parlato

8) so much as

without so much as saying goodbye, as an apology — senza neanche salutare, senza neanche scusarsi

if you so much as move — se ti azzardi a muoverti

9) so much for

so much for that problem — chiudiamo l'argomento

so much for equality — colloq. addio uguaglianza

so much for saying you'd help — meno male che avevi detto che avresti dato una mano

10) much- in composti

much-loved — amatissimo

much-respected — molto rispettato

much-maligned — molto chiacchierato

much-needed — indispensabile
2.
quantisostantivo femminile molto, tanto

I haven't got (very) much time — non ho molto tempo

does he watch much TV? — guarda molto la televisione?

she didn't speak much English — non parlava molto bene l'inglese

too much energy — troppa forza

to spend too much money — spendere troppi soldi

we don't have too much time — non abbiamo troppo tempo

don't use so much salt — non mettere così tanto sale

we paid twice as much money — abbiamo pagato il doppio (dei soldi)

how much time have we got left? — quanto tempo ci rimane?
3.
pronome

1) (a great deal) molto m., tanto m.

do you have much left? — ne avete ancora molto?

we have much to learn — abbiamo molto da imparare

there isn't much to do — non c'è un granché da fare

he doesn't have much to complain about — non ha molto da lamentarsi

it leaves much to be desired — lascia molto a desiderare

there's much to be said for — ci sono molti argomenti a favore di

much of — gran parte di

much of the difficulty lies in — gran parte della difficoltà sta in

I don't see much of them now — non li frequento molto al momento

to make much of sth. — (focus on) dare importanza a qcs.

I couldn't make much of her last book — non ho capito molto del suo ultimo libro

2) (expressing a relative amount, degree)

so much — così tanto

we'd eaten so much that — abbiamo mangiato così tanto che

so much of her work is gloomy — gran parte delle sue opere sono cupe

so much of the time, it's a question of patience — nella maggior parte dei casi è una questione di pazienza

too much — troppo

it costs too much — è troppo caro

it's too much! — è troppo! (in protest) questo è troppo!

she's late again? that's a bit much! — è ancora in ritardo? adesso (si) esagera!

he was too much of an egotist to do — era troppo egoista per fare

the heat was too much for them — faceva troppo caldo per loro

he was too much for his opponent — era troppo forte per il suo avversario

he's read this much already — ha già letto tutto questo

I'll say this much for him, he's honest — posso dirti questo di lui: è una persona onesta

this much is certain, we'll have no choice — una cosa è certa, non avremo scelta

twice as much — due volte tanto

if we had half as much as you — se avessimo la metà di quello che hai tu

as much as possible — per quanto (è) possibile

it can cost as much as Ј 50 — si può arrivare a pagarlo 50 sterline

it was as much as I could do not to laugh — sono riuscito a malapena a trattenere le risate

it is as much as to say — equivale a dire

how much? — quanto fa?

tell us how much you won — dicci quanto hai vinto

how much do they know? — quanto ne sanno?

do you know how much this means to me? — sai quanto significa questo per me?

3) (focusing on limitations, inadequacy)

it's not o nothing much non è niente di che; it's not up to much BE non è un granché; he's not much to look at (fisicamente) non è un granché; she doesn't think much of him non ha una buona opinione di lui; I'm not much of a reader non sono un gran lettore, non amo molto leggere; it wasn't much of a life così non era vivere; I'm not much of a one for cooking — colloq. cucinare non è il mio forte

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there isn't much in — BE o

to — AE

it — (in contest) = sono molto vicini

there isn't much in it for us — (to our advantage) non ci guadagnamo un granché
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Note:

When much is used as an adverb, it is translated by molto: it's much longer = è molto più lungo; she doesn't talk much = lei non parla molto. For particular usages, see I below. - When much is used as a pronoun, it is usually translated by molto: there is much to learn = c'è molto da imparare. However, in negative sentences non... un granché is also used: I didn't learn much = non ho imparato un granché. - When much is used as a quantifier, it is translated by molto or molta according to the gender of the following noun: they don't have much money / much luck = non hanno molto denaro / molta fortuna. For particular usages, see II below

English-Italian dictionary > much
18 half

{ha:f}
I. 1. половин (к) а
a good HALF, fully a HALF поне половината
more than HALF (of) the time разг. повечето време, почти винаги
to go halves with someone деля на половина по равно с някого
bigger/smaller by HALF с половина по-голям/по-малък
too clever by HALF прекалено хитър
to do things by halves върша нещата наполовина/половинчато/не както трябва
HALF as much на половината
HALF as much again толкова и още половината отгоре
2. семестър, срок, полувреме
3. футб. разг. half-back
4. четвърт литър
5. половин долар
6. билет с 50% намаление
7. юр. страна (в договор, спор)
that was a match and a HALF това беше мач и половина
how the other HALF lives как живеят хората
II. a половин, полу
HALF (a) mile половин миля
HALF conviction незатвърдено убеждение
HALF smile лека усмивка
one can see with HALF an eye съвсем очевидно е
III. 1. наполовина
HALF cooked полусварен
HALF as far на половината път, два пъти по-близо
2. почти, доста, донякъде
HALF dead полумъртъв, полужив, разг. изтощен, капнал
to be HALF inclined to почти съм склонен да
I HALF wish донякъде ми се иска
3. с not означава недостатъчна степен далеч, много
not HALF long enough далеч, недостатъчно дълъг, къс
not HALF sweet enough недостатъчно сладък, разг. съвсем не, никак
not HALF bad много/доста добър
sl. и още как, ама че
he didn't HALF get angry! ама се ядоса! they didn't lick them, not HALF напердашиха ги и още как
me do that, not HALF! аз да направя това? ами, как не! никога!

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{ha:f} n (pl haives {ha:vz}) 1. половин(к)а; a good half, fully a(2) {ha:f} а половин, полу; half (a) mile половин миля; half convictio{3} {ha:f} adv 1. наполовина; half cooked полусварен; half as far на п

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почти; наполовина;

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1. a good half, fully a half поне половината 2. bigger/smaller by half с половина по-голям/по-малък 3. half (a) mile половин миля 4. half as far на половината път, два пъти по-близо 5. half as much again толкова и още половината отгоре 6. half as much на половината 7. half conviction незатвърдено убеждение 8. half cooked полусварен 9. half dead полумъртъв, полужив, разг. изтощен, капнал 10. half smile лека усмивка 11. he didn't half get angry! ама се ядоса! they didn't lick them, not half напердашиха ги и още как 12. how the other half lives как живеят хората 13. i half wish донякъде ми се иска 14. i. половин (к) а 15. ii. a половин, полу 16. iii. наполовина 17. me do that, not half! аз да направя това? ами, как не! никога! 18. more than half (of) the time разг. повечето време, почти винаги 19. not half bad много/доста добър 20. not half long enough далеч, недостатъчно дълъг, къс 21. not half sweet enough недостатъчно сладък, разг. съвсем не, никак 22. one can see with half an eye съвсем очевидно е 23. sl. и още как, ама че 24. that was a match and a half това беше мач и половина 25. to be half inclined to почти съм склонен да 26. to do things by halves върша нещата наполовина/половинчато/не както трябва 27. to go halves with someone деля на половина по равно с някого 28. too clever by half прекалено хитър 29. билет с 50% намаление 30. половин долар 31. почти, доста, донякъде 32. с not означава недостатъчна степен далеч, много 33. семестър, срок, полувреме 34. футб. разг. half-back 35. четвърт литър 36. юр. страна (в договор, спор)
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half [ha:f] I. n (pl halves [ha:vz]) 1. половина, половинка; one and a \half едно (един) и половина; an hour and a \half (one and a \half hours) час и половина; a good \half (fully a \half) of поне половината от; more than \half (of) the time разг. повечето време; to fold ( cut) in \half ( in halves) сгъвам (разрязвам) на две (наполовина); to go halves with s.o. деля наполовина (поравно) с някого; to cry halves искам своя дял (част); искам да деля наполовина; \half and \half наполовина, наравно; и да, и не; bigger ( smaller) by \half по-голям (по-малък) с половина; много по-голям (по-малък); too clever by \half прекалено хитър; to do things by halves върша нещата наполовина (половинчато, не както трябва); my better \half разг. половинката ми, благоверната ми, жена ми; outward \half, return \half половинка за отиване, половинка за връщане (от билет за отиване и връщане); 2. уч. семестър, срок; сп. полувреме; 3. билет с 50% намаление (напр. детски); 4. страна (в спор, договор и пр.); 5. разг. нещо значително, изключително; it was a party and a \half беше купон и половина; 6. сп. = halfback; II. аdj 1. половин; полу-; \half a mile ( a yard, an hour etc.) половин миля (ярд, час и пр.); one can see with \half an eye очевидно е; \half a loaf is better than no bread човек трябва да се задоволява с каквото му дават; a \half share половин дял; to have \half a mind to решил съм да, мисля да; 2. недостатъчен; a \half conviction непълно (незатвърдено) убеждение; to go off at \half cock провалям се поради недомислие (прибързаност); III. adv 1. наполовина; донякъде; he only \half understands той разбира само донякъде; \half as much наполовина; \half as much again толкова и още половината отгоре; \half dead ( asleep) полумъртъв (полузаспал); \half as far на половината път; два пъти по-близо; she was \half crying, \half laughing тя хем плачеше, хем се смееше; 2. почти; доста; he felt \half dead with tiredness той беше полужив от умора; he isn't \half lucky той е голям късметлия; not \half bad доста добър; 3. грубо за усилване ама че; not \half и още как; ирон. хич, и таз добра; they did not lick them, not \half напердашиха ги и още как, ама че ги напердашиха! me do that, not \half! аз да направя това? и таз добра!

English-Bulgarian dictionary > half
19 much

[mʌtʃ] adj <more, most> + sing

viel;

there wasn't \much post es kam nicht viel Post;

how \much...? wie viel...?;

how \much time have we got? wie viel Zeit bleibt uns?;

half/twice as \much halb/doppelt so viel;

not/so \much nicht/so viel;

[\much] too \much [viel] zu viel;

a bit too \much etwas [o ein bisschen] [zu] viel pron

1) ( relative amount) viel;

this \much is certain so viel [o eines] ist sicher;

I don't know \much about fishing ich hab nicht viel Ahnung vom Angeln;

he left without so \much as an apology er ging ohne auch nur ein Wort der Entschuldigung;

half/twice as \much halb/doppelt so viel;

too \much zu viel

2) ( great deal) viel;

\much of what you say is right vieles von dem, was Sie sagen, ist richtig;

you didn't miss \much Sie haben nicht viel verpasst;

well, I guess our picnic won't come to \much ich glaube, aus unserem Picknick wird nichts werden;

my new stereo isn't up to \much meine neue Anlage taugt nicht viel ( fam)

I'm not up to \much really ( not much planned) ich hab nicht viel vor;

( not fit for much) mit mir ist nicht viel los ( fam)

3) with negative

(pej: poor example)

I've never been \much of a dancer ich habe noch nie gut tanzen können;

she's not \much of a believer in horoscopes sie glaubt nicht wirklich an Horoskope;

he's not \much to look at er sieht nicht gerade umwerfend aus

4) ( larger part)

\much of the day der Großteil des Tages;

\much of sb's time ein Großteil von jds Zeit

5) ( be redundant)

so \much for... das war's dann wohl mit...;

the car's broken down again - so \much for the trip to the seaside das Auto ist schon wieder kaputt - das war's dann wohl mit unserem Ausflug ans Meer

6) with interrogative

how \much is it? was kostet das? adv <more, most>

1) ( greatly) sehr;

we would very \much like to come wir würden sehr gerne kommen;

she would \much rather have her baby at home than in the hospital sie würde ihr Kind viel lieber zu Hause als im Krankenhaus zur Welt bringen;

I've been feeling \much healthier lately ich fühle mich in letzter Zeit viel besser;

\much to our surprise zu unserer großen Überraschung;

to not be \much good at sth in etw dat nicht sehr gut sein

2) ( by far) bei weitem;

she's \much the best person for the job sie ist bei weitem die Beste für den Job

3) ( nearly) fast;

things around here are \much as always hier ist alles beim Alten;

as \much as so gut wie;

he as \much as admitted that... er hat so gut wie zugegeben, dass...;

\much the same fast so;

I am feeling \much the same as yesterday ich fühle mich ungefähr genauso wie gestern

4) ( specifying degree)

as \much as so viel wie;

I like him as \much as you do ich mag ihn genauso sehr wie du;

they fought with each other as \much as ever sie stritten sich wie eh und je;

so \much so [sehr];

it hurts so \much to see him like that es tut so weh, ihn so zu sehen;

I wanted so \much to meet you ich wollte dich unbedingt treffen;

very \much sehr;

thank you very \much herzlichen Dank;

that's very \much the done thing around here das ist hier so üblich

5) ( exactly that) genau das;

I had expected as \much so etwas hatte ich schon erwartet;

it was as \much as I could do to get out of bed ich konnte gerade noch aufstehen

6) ( often) häufig;

we don't go out \much wir gehen nicht viel [o oft] weg;

do you see \much of her? siehst du sie öfters?

7) ( setting up a contrast)

they're not so \much lovers as friends sie sind eher Freunde als ein Liebespaar conj

( although) auch wenn, wenngleich ( geh)

\much as I like you,... so gern ich dich auch mag,...;

\much as I would like to help you,... so gerne ich euch auch helfen würde,...;

he can barely boil an egg, \much less cook a proper dinner er kann kaum ein Ei kochen, geschweige denn eine richtige Mahlzeit;

however \much you dislike her... wie unsympathisch sie dir auch sein mag,...

English-German students dictionary > much
20 half

[hɑːf] [AE hæf] 1.
nome (pl. halves)

1) (one of two parts) metà f., mezzo m.

half (of) the page — metà della pagina

to cut sth. in half — tagliare qcs. a metà

2) (fraction) mezzo m.

four and a half — quattro e mezzo

3) sport (pitch area) metà f. campo; (time period)

the first, second half — il primo, secondo tempo

4) sport halfback

5) BE colloq. (half pint) mezza pinta f.

6) BE (half fare) biglietto m. ridotto, tariffa f. ridotta
2.
aggettivo

a half page — mezza pagina

a half circle — un semicerchio

a half-litre half a litre mezzo litro; two and a half cups — due tazze e mezza
3.
pronome

1) (50%) metà f.

only half passed — solo la metà è stata promossa

to cut sth. by half — dimezzare qcs.

that was a meal and a half! — colloq. (quello sì che) è stato un pranzo come si deve!

2) (in time)

an hour and a half — un'ora e mezza

it's half (past) two — sono le due e mezza

it starts at half past — comincia a e mezza

the buses run at half past the hour — gli autobus passano ai trenta di ogni ora

3) (in age)

she is ten and a half — ha dieci anni e mezzo
4.
avverbio [full, asleep, drunk, cooked] mezzo; [understood, remembered] a metà

to half close the window — chiudere la finestra a metà

it's half the price — è a metà prezzo

half as much money, as many people — metà (del) denaro, (delle) persone

half as big — grande la metà

he's half my age — ha la metà dei miei anni

he's half Spanish half Irish — è per metà spagnolo e per metà irlandese

he was only half serious — era serio solo a metà

half disappointed half relieved — in parte deluso e in parte sollevato

if it was half as easy as they say — se fosse facile la metà di quello che dicono loro

I was half hoping that — quasi speravo che

I half expected it — me l'aspettavo quasi

he wasn't half angry — colloq. altroché se era arrabbiato

it doesn't half stink! — colloq. puzza eccome!

not half! — colloq. eccome! altro che!

not half bad — colloq. niente male

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half a minute o second un minuto, un attimo; how the other half lives (the rich) come vivono i ricchi; if given half a chance se solo ne avessi la benché minima possibilità; to have half a mind to do avere una mezza intenzione o idea di fare; one's better o other half la propria (dolce) metà; to go halves with sb. fare a metà con qcn.; he's too clever by half — colloq. è troppo furbo per i miei gusti

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1. plural - halves; noun
1) (one of two equal parts of anything: He tried to stick the two halves together again; half a kilo of sugar; a kilo and a half of sugar; one and a half kilos of sugar.) metà, mezzo

2) (one of two equal parts of a game (eg in football, hockey) usually with a break between them: The Rangers scored three goals in the first half.) tempo
2. adjective
1) (being (equal to) one of two equal parts (of something): a half bottle of wine.) mezzo

2) (being made up of two things in equal parts: A centaur is a mythical creature, half man and half horse.) metà, mezzo

3) (not full or complete: a half smile.) mezzo
3. adverb
1) (to the extent of one half: This cup is only half full; It's half empty.) a metà, mezzo

2) (almost; partly: I'm half hoping he won't come; half dead from hunger.) quasi; mezzo

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- half-
- halve
- half-and-half
- half-back
- half-brother
- half-sister
- half-caste
- half-hearted
- half-heartedly
- half-heartedness
- half-holiday
- half-hourly
- half-term
- half-time
- half-way
- half-wit
- half-witted
- half-yearly
- at half mast
- by half
- do things by halves
- go halves with
- half past three
- four
- seven
- in half
- not half
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[hɑːf] [AE hæf] 1.
nome (pl. halves)

1) (one of two parts) metà f., mezzo m.

half (of) the page — metà della pagina

to cut sth. in half — tagliare qcs. a metà

2) (fraction) mezzo m.

four and a half — quattro e mezzo

3) sport (pitch area) metà f. campo; (time period)

the first, second half — il primo, secondo tempo

4) sport halfback

5) BE colloq. (half pint) mezza pinta f.

6) BE (half fare) biglietto m. ridotto, tariffa f. ridotta
2.
aggettivo

a half page — mezza pagina

a half circle — un semicerchio

a half-litre half a litre mezzo litro; two and a half cups — due tazze e mezza
3.
pronome

1) (50%) metà f.

only half passed — solo la metà è stata promossa

to cut sth. by half — dimezzare qcs.

that was a meal and a half! — colloq. (quello sì che) è stato un pranzo come si deve!

2) (in time)

an hour and a half — un'ora e mezza

it's half (past) two — sono le due e mezza

it starts at half past — comincia a e mezza

the buses run at half past the hour — gli autobus passano ai trenta di ogni ora

3) (in age)

she is ten and a half — ha dieci anni e mezzo
4.
avverbio [full, asleep, drunk, cooked] mezzo; [understood, remembered] a metà

to half close the window — chiudere la finestra a metà

it's half the price — è a metà prezzo

half as much money, as many people — metà (del) denaro, (delle) persone

half as big — grande la metà

he's half my age — ha la metà dei miei anni

he's half Spanish half Irish — è per metà spagnolo e per metà irlandese

he was only half serious — era serio solo a metà

half disappointed half relieved — in parte deluso e in parte sollevato

if it was half as easy as they say — se fosse facile la metà di quello che dicono loro

I was half hoping that — quasi speravo che

I half expected it — me l'aspettavo quasi

he wasn't half angry — colloq. altroché se era arrabbiato

it doesn't half stink! — colloq. puzza eccome!

not half! — colloq. eccome! altro che!

not half bad — colloq. niente male

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half a minute o second un minuto, un attimo; how the other half lives (the rich) come vivono i ricchi; if given half a chance se solo ne avessi la benché minima possibilità; to have half a mind to do avere una mezza intenzione o idea di fare; one's better o other half la propria (dolce) metà; to go halves with sb. fare a metà con qcn.; he's too clever by half — colloq. è troppo furbo per i miei gusti

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