попола́м

fairly common #4703C2

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

Она разрезала я́блоко пополам.
She cut the apple in two.
Когда он боро́лся с тобой, его се́рдце разрыва́лось пополам.
When he was fighting with you, his heart broke half-and-half.
Она разрезала торт пополам.
She cut the cake in half.
Ветка разломалась пополам от сильного ветра.
The branch broke in half because of the strong wind.
Том разрезал торт пополам.
Tom cut the cake in half.
Подпаливаемая свечой нитка быстро перегорела пополам.
The thread being singed by the candle quickly burned through in the middle.
Разре́жьте её пополам.
Cut it in half.
Он разломил стручок пополам.
He broke the pod in half.