In England the waiter asked us, "How much beer would you like, a half pint or a pint?" Having no idea how much that would be, we asked him to show us the glasses. - English example sentence

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Dejo December 7, 2017 December 7, 2017 at 5:29:23 PM UTC

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It is difficult to find hard an fast rules about hyphenization. Collins Dictionary write ''half pint'' without a hyphen.
https://www.collinsdictionary.c...lish/half-pint

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This sentence was initially added as a translation of sentence #738858In England fragte uns der Kellner: Wie viel Bier wollen Sie, ein halbes Pint oder ein Pint? Ratlos, wie viel das sein könnte, baten wir ihn, uns die Gläser zu zeigen..

In England the waiter asked us, "How much beer would you like, a half pint or a pint?" Having no idea how much that would be, we asked him to show us the glasses.

added by Dejo, February 12, 2011

➜ #738858In England fragte uns der Kellner: Wie viel Bier wollen Sie, ein halbes Pint oder ein Pint? Ratlos, wie viel das sein könnte, baten wir ihn, uns die Gläser zu zeigen.

linked by Dejo, February 12, 2011

➜ #1142634V Anglii se nás číšník zeptal ''Kolik piva byste si dali, půl pinty, nebo celou?'' Jelikož jsme neměli ponětí, kolik by to mohlo být, požádali jsme ho, aby nám ukázal sklenice.

linked by tommy390, October 2, 2011

➜ #1173401En Angleterre, le serveur nous demanda : "-Combien de bière désirez-vous, une demi pinte ou bien une pinte ?". N'ayant aucune idée de ce que ça pouvait représenter, nous lui demandâmes de nous montrer les verres.

linked by Sibelius, October 13, 2011

➜ #1235432En Inglaterra el mesero nos preguntó, "¿Cuánta cerveza van a querer, media pinta o una pinta?". Sin tener idea de cuánto sería eso, le pedimos que nos mostrara los vasos.

linked by marcelostockle, November 13, 2011

➜ #3262810Na Inglaterra o garçom nos perguntou: "Quanta cerveja vocês gostariam, meia pinta ou uma pinta?" Não tendo ideia de quanto isso seria, pedimos a ele para nos mostrar os copos.

linked by piterkeo, May 18, 2014

➜ #7673868В Англии официант спросил нас: «Сколько вам пива, полпинты или пинту?» Не представляя, сколько это может быть, мы попросили его показать нам стаканы.