попола́м
fairly common #4884C2
- 1.
in half, in two
Разре́жь я́блоко попола́м.
Cut the apple in half.
With verbs of cutting, breaking, folding.
- 2.
half-and-half, fifty-fifty, in equal shares
Мы заплати́ли за у́жин попола́м.
We split the bill for dinner fifty-fifty.
Of costs, work or mixtures shared equally between two.
Examples
Разре́жьте её пополам.
Cut it in half.
Фома и Маша заплати́ли пополам.
Tom and Mary shared the cost.
Молния, расщепившая дерево пополам, испугала всех.
The lightning that split the tree in two frightened everyone.
Разре́жьте бума́гу пополам.
Cut the paper in half.
Fixed expressions
- с го́рем попола́мwith difficulty
- с грехо́м попола́мwith great difficulty; after a fashion
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Lucian edited word type 6 years ago.
