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The clock struck half past 12.
時計が零時半を打った。
I have only half as many books as he does.
僕には彼の半分の本しかない。
It took me an hour and a half to get there by car.
車でそこへ行くのに一時間半かかった。
Making a good start is half the battle.
出だしがよければ半ば成功したも同じこと。
We have a reservation for six-thirty.
六時半に予約しています。
I've done half the work, and now I can take a break.
仕事は半分終わった、やっと休憩できる。
Don't leave your work half done.
仕事を中途半端にするな。
It's exactly half-past eight.
8時半ちょうどです。
The company is equally owned by the two groups.
同社は、二つのグループが半々ずつ所有している。
The equator divides the earth into two hemispheres.
赤道は地球を2つの半球に分ける。
School begins at eight-thirty.
学校は8時半から始まる。
Mr White arrives in Tokyo at 10:30.
ホワイト氏は10時半に東京に到着します。
We sat up half the night just talking.
我々はしゃべりづめで夜半まで起きていた。
I haven't eaten very much but have gained as much as five kilos in a half year.
私はあまり食べないのに、半年で5キロも太ってしまった。
Does school start at eight-thirty?
学校は8時半に始まりますか。
It's 4:30 in the afternoon.
今は昼の4時半だよ。
I bought ten pencils, half of which were to be given to my brother.
私は鉛筆を10本買ったが、そのうち半分は弟に与える事になっていた。
Most accidents, after all, happen around the corner, not in the rainforest.
そもそも事故の大半は熱帯雨林ではなく、身近な場所でおこるのである。
The train will get you there after half the time.
この列車で行けば半分の時間でいけますよ。
Half the students were absent.
学生の半数が休んでいた。
Most creatures in the sea are affected by pollution.
海に住む大半の生物は汚染による悪影響を受けている。
If only her husband helped her, most of her problems at home would disappear.
夫が協力してくれさえすれば、彼女は家庭から大半の悩みの種を取り除くことができるだろう。
Most Americans do not object to my calling them by their first names.
大半のアメリカ人は私が彼らをファーストネームで呼ぶことをいやがらない。
The train leaves at 2:30 p.m.
列車は午後2時半に出る。
Fire cannot be prevented by half measures.
火事は中途半端なやり方では防げない。
I'll never do anything by halves.
私は決して何事も中途半端にはしないつもりだ。
The exam was two and a half hours long.
試験時間は2時間半だった。
Deposed in a military coup in September 2006 and having effectively been in exile, the Former premier of Thailand Thaksin has returned after about a year and a half.
The majority of the successful candidates were university graduates.
合格者の過半数は大学出身者であった。
Mary is in her late twenties.
メアリーは20代後半です。
We had an early lunch and set out at 12:30.
我々はいつもより早く昼食を食べて12時半に出た。
But so that we may not cause offense, go to the lake and throw out your line. Take the first fish you catch; open its mouth and you will find a four-drachma coin. Take it and give it to them for my tax and yours.