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。
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。
I'd rather not have those written by people who only know their work imperfectly.
仕事を生半可に知っている人が書くことは、できれば避けたい。
The second quarter GNP growth was higher than predicted.
第2四半期のGNPの伸びは予想より高かった。
He consumed much of each day in idle speculation.
彼は毎日の大半を無駄な考え事に費やしている。
In Tokyo, the cold season starts in the middle of November.
東京では、11月半ばに寒い季節が始まります。
The second half of a man's life is made up of nothing but the habits he has acquired during the first half.
人生の後半というのは、ただ前半に会得した習慣だけで成り立っているのさ。
We are living in the latter half of the twentieth century.
私たちは20世紀の後半に生きている。
Mary went over to the United States in her late teens.
メアリーは10代後半にアメリカ合衆国に渡った。
The population of Germany is less than half that of the United States.
ドイツの人口は米国の半分以下である。
Breakfast is served from 7:30 a.m. to 11:00 a.m.
朝食は午前7時半から11時までです。
Tom is shirtless.
トムは上半身裸だ。
Class doesn't begin until eight-thirty.
授業が始まるのは8時半からだ。
School begins at eight-thirty.
学校は8時半から始まる。
I've been waiting for one and a half-hours.
一時間半もずっと待っていたのです。
Give me half of it.
半分よこせ。
The company president's welcome was so long that we were squeezed for time in the second half of the ceremony.
社長の挨拶が長くて式の後半が押せ押せになってしまった。
I am halfway through this detective story.
この推理小説はまだ半分も読んでない。
Although I broke test tubes and played about with chemicals for fun, I did occasionally manage to obey the teacher's instructions as well; repeating experiments that others had long ago undertaken.
It's quite possible that there are times I am half awake, and thus the day feels shorter.
おそらく自分には半覚醒の時間があり、そのため1日を短く感じている。
A jack of all trades is a master of none.
何でも屋は何でも中途半端。
Please wake me up at 6:30.
六時半に起こしてください。
Literature flourishes best when it is half a trade and half an art.
文字はそれが半ば商売、半ば芸術であるとき最高に栄える。
By then Tony was in his middle sixties and still able to work hard, but he had a brand-new truck now, a new mower, a lot of other equipment and three people helping him.