| Sammansatta former: |
| Engelska | Svenska |
and a half,
a [sth] and a half n | informal (extreme example) | och mer därtill uttr |
| och dubbelt så mycket uttr |
| You have to do all of that by Sunday? That's a task and a half! |
| and a half expr | (plus 0.5) | och en halva, och en halv uttr |
| If you divide three oranges equally between two people, each person will have one and a half oranges. |
| better half n | figurative, informal (partner or spouse) (bildlig) | bättre hälft s |
| I'll have to ask my better half if we are free that weekend. |
half a dozen,
a half dozen n | (six) | ett halvt dussin s |
| sex stycken s |
| The price for half a dozen buns is three dollars; it is five dollars for a dozen. |
half-a-dozen,
a half-dozen adj | (six of [sth]) | ett halvt dussin adj |
| sex räkn |
| I bought a half-dozen eggs and a loaf of bread. |
| half an hour n | (30 minutes) | en halvtimme, halvtimme s |
| It only takes me half an hour to get ready in the morning. |
| half as much n | (50 percent of) | hälften så mycket uttr |
| I'll have half as much of the pie as he has. |
| half as much expr | (50 percent less) | hälften så mycket uttr |
| The coat cost half as much on sale. |
| half-asleep adj | (dopey, not alert) | halvsovande adj |
| halvvaken adj |
| I was half-asleep when you called this morning so I don't remember what you said. |
| Davina made breakfast for the still half-asleep teenagers. |
half blind,
half-blind adj | (partially sighted) (kan vara anstötande) | halvblind adj |
| (politiskt korrekt) | synskadad adj |
| Anmärkning: A hyphen is used when the adjective comes before the noun it modifies. |
half board,
half-board n | mainly UK (lodging arrangement) | halvpension s |
| We prefer half board to full board because it's less restrictive. |
half brother (mainly US),
half-brother (mainly UK) n | (male sibling by one parent) | halvbror s |
| (vardagligt) | halvbrorsa s |
| My half-brother and I have different fathers. |
half day,
half-day n | (half the day) | halvdag s |
| halva dagar spl |
| Janice is only working half days at the moment. |
| half-day n as adj | (lasting half the day) (förled) | halvdags- adj |
| Jim decided to take a half-day holiday to go fishing in the afternoon. |
| half-day n | (day when only half is worked) | halv arbetsdag s |
| (vardagligt) | halvdag s |
| When I was a child, Wednesdays were half-days for the post office and a lot of the shops. |
half hour,
half an hour n | (30 minutes) | halvtimme s |
| I ran for a good half hour. |
| It only takes me half an hour to get ready in the morning. |
half measure,
half-measure n | disapproving, often plural (incomplete attempt) | halvmesyr s |
| Teaching people how to cook healthy meals is only a half-measure if they cannot afford the ingredients. |
| It is not a time for half measures: we need radical change now. |
half past,
half prep | (thirty minutes after (the hour)) (exempel: halv två) | halv prep |
| 30 minuter över, trettio minuter över uttr |
| School usually finishes at half past three, but today we finished at half two! |
| half past adj | informal (thirty minutes after (the hour)) (vardagligt) | halv adj |
| 30 minuter över, trettio minuter över uttr |
| I finish work at 5, so I'll drop by to pick you up at about half past. |
| half pension n | US (room with breakfast and evening meal) | halvpension adj |
half price,
half-price n | (cost: 50% reduction) | halva priset adj + s |
| The shop is selling lots of clothes at half price in the sale. |
half sister (mainly US),
half-sister (mainly UK) n | (female sibling by one parent) | halvsyster s |
| (vardagligt) | halvsyrra s |
| My half-sister's 15 years younger than me. |
| half term n | (school, etc.: mid-trimester break) | halvtermin s |
| mittermin s |
| (förled) | halvtermins- adj |
| (förled) | mittermins- adj |
| We're planning to spend a few days in Wales during half term. |
| half-term n as adj | (relating to mid-trimester break) (förled) | halvtermins- adj |
| mittermins- adj |
| half-baked adj | figurative (badly thought out) | ogenomtänkt adj |
| (bildlig) | halv-hjärtad adj |
| dumdristig adj |
| half-cut adj | UK, slang (drunk) (vardaglig) | full adj |
| berusad adj |
| (slang) | på lyset, på lyran adj |
| You can't drive! You're half-cut. |
half-length,
half length adj | (portrait: waist up) | i halvfigur adj |
| Anmärkning: A hyphen is used when the adjective precedes the noun. |
half-length,
half length adj | (boots, trousers: to mid thigh) | halvlånga adj |
| Anmärkning: A hyphen is used when the adjective precedes the noun. |
half-life,
half life n | (radioactivity decrease) | halveringstid s |
| The half-life of uranium-238 is about 4.47 billion years. |
half-life,
half life n | (finance: principal decrease) | den tid som det tar att halvera en summa - |
| Anmärkning: Det finns ingen exakt översättning. |
| The time taken to repay half the mortgage debt is referred to here as the half-life of the mortgage. |
| half-price n as adj | (50% reduction) | halva priset adj + s |
| Alice always looks out for half-price items in the supermarket. |
| half-price adv | (at a 50% reduction) | till halva priset adv |
| I bought this dress half-price in the sale. |
half-time,
also US: halftime n | (sport: break at mid point) | halvtid s |
| At half-time the home team was winning easily. |
half-time,
also US: halftime adj | (taking place midway though sports match) (förled) | halvleks-, halvtids- adj |
half-witted,
halfwitted adj | pejorative (unintelligent) (vardagligt) | halvhjärnad adj |
| osmart adj |
| trög adj |
| korkad adj |
halfhearted (US),
half-hearted (UK) adj | figurative (unenthusiastic) | halvhjärtad adj |
| in half adv | (into two equal parts) | i halvor prep + spl |
| After the divorce their assets were divided in half. |
not bad,
not half bad adj | (reasonably good) | inte dålig, inte illa adj |
| hyfsad adj |
| That sauce isn't very good, but it's not bad, either. |
| [sb]'s other half n | figurative, informal (spouse, significant other) (bildlig) | ngns andra hälft adj + s |
| (bildlig) | ngs bättre hälft adj + s |
| the other half n | figurative (different economic class) (bildlig) | den andra hälften uttr |
