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1 halve
1) (to divide (something) into two equal parts: He halved the apple.) dele likt/på midten/i to2) (to make half as great as before; to reduce by half: By going away early in the year, we nearly halved the cost of our holiday.) halvere, sette ned til det halveverb \/hɑːv\/1) halvere, dele likt, dele på midten2) sette ned til det halve, redusere til det halve -
2 half
1. plural - halves; noun1) (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.) halv(del), halv-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.) omgang, periode2. adjective1) (being (equal to) one of two equal parts (of something): a half bottle of wine.) halv2) (being made up of two things in equal parts: A centaur is a mythical creature, half man and half horse.) halvparten/-delen3) (not full or complete: a half smile.) halv-3. adverb1) (to the extent of one half: This cup is only half full; It's half empty.) halvt2) (almost; partly: I'm half hoping he won't come; half dead from hunger.) nesten, halvveis, så smått•- 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 halfhalv--------halvdelIsubst. (flertall: halves) \/hɑːf\/1) halv, halvdel, halvpart2) ( sport) omgang, periode3) (amer. fotball, basketball) pause, halvspilt kamp, to omganger4) (britisk, hverdagslig, spesielt om øl) en kvartliter øl (en halv pint, ca. 2,5 dl)• half a Guinnes, please5) ( hverdagslig) forklaring: billett til halv pris, spesielt for et barndo something by halves gjøre noe halvhjertetgo halves with someone dele likt med noenhow the other half lives hvordan de fattige eller de rike (den andre delen av befolkningen) leverjobben hennes ved Ascot gav henne et godt innblikk i hvordan de rike leverone half of halvparten av, den ene halvparten, halvetoo clever by half ( spøkefullt) litt for smart• I don't trust Jimmy, he's too clever by halfjeg stoler ikke på Jimmy, han er litt for smartIIadj. \/hɑːf\/halvhalf a crown ( historisk) 2 1\/2 shilling (1\/8 pund)half an hour en halvtime, en halv timehalf of halvparten avhalf title (typografi, også half-title)smusstittelIIIadv. \/hɑːf\/1) halvt, halveis, halv-• you haven't half got a cheek!2) halvt om halvt, nestennot half ( hverdagslig) ikke i det hele tatt, langt ifranot half! ( hverdagslig eller spøkefullt) det kan du banne på!• he was not half good! -
3 occupy
1) (to be in or fill (time, space etc): A table occupied the centre of the room.) oppta, inneha2) (to live in: The family occupied a small flat.) (be)bo3) (to capture: The soldiers occupied the town.) okkupere, legge beslag på•- occupant- occupation
- occupational
- occupieropptaverb \/ˈɒkjʊpaɪ\/1) bebo, bo i, bo på2) ( om tid) ta, vare3) ( om plass) (opp)ta4) sysselsette, oppta5) inneha, være innehaver av, innta6) ( militærvesen) okkupere, besette, innta7) ( om eiendom eller husvære) okkupere, sette seg i besittelse av, ta i besittelsebe occupied (in) doing something holde på med å gjøre noebe occupied with something holde på med noeoccupying power okkupasjonsmaktoccupy oneself with\/in something sysselsette seg med noe, holde på med noeoccupy somebody's time oppta noens tid
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