halfway

halfway
halfway [ˈhα:fˈweɪ]
adverb
(in distance) à mi-chemin
• to be halfway along the road être à mi-chemin
• halfway along vers le milieu
• halfway between ... à mi-chemin entre ...
• halfway down à mi-pente
• halfway up the tree à mi-hauteur de l'arbre
• he was halfway down/up the stairs il avait descendu/monté la moitié de l'escalier
• her hair reaches halfway down her back ses cheveux lui arrivent au milieu du dos
• to be halfway there être à mi-chemin
• halfway through the film au milieu du film
• halfway to Paris à mi-chemin de Paris
• anything halfway decent will be incredibly expensive pour avoir quelque chose d'à peu près correct, il faut compter une fortune
• to go halfway faire la moitié du chemin
• the decision goes halfway to giving the strikers what they want cette décision va dans le sens des revendications des grévistes
• I'll meet you halfway (between two places) j'irai à votre rencontre ; ( = I'll compromise) coupons la poire en deux (inf)
► halfway house noun (for rehabilitation) centre m de réadaptation ; ( = compromise) compromis m
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[ˌhaːf'weɪ], US [ˌhæf-] 1.
adjective

the halfway stage — la mi-étape

to reach the halfway mark ou point — être à la moitié

2.
adverb
1) (at the mid-point) à mi-chemin (between entre; to de)

I went halfway — j'ai fait la moitié du chemin

halfway up ou down — à mi-hauteur de [stairs, tree]

halfway down the page — à mi-page

halfway across — au milieu de [room, ocean]

to travel halfway across ou round the world for something — faire des kilomètres et des kilomètres pour quelque chose

halfway through (something) — au milieu (de quelque chose)

to be halfway through doing something — avoir à moitié fini de faire quelque chose

2) fig

to go halfway to ou towards GB something/doing — être à mi-chemin de quelque chose/de faire

I met him halfway — j'ai fait un compromis avec lui

3) (colloq) (in the least) [decent, competent] raisonnablement

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