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
Ветка разломалась пополам от сильного ветра.
The branch broke in half because of the strong wind.
Молния, расщепившая дерево пополам, испугала всех.
The lightning that split the tree in two frightened everyone.
Он легко переламывает толстую ветку пополам.
He easily breaks the thick branch in two.
Fixed expressions
- с го́рем попола́мwith difficulty
- с грехо́м попола́мwith great difficulty; after a fashion
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