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
Разре́жьте его пополам.
Cut it in half.
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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