middle

mezzo, centro

Punto a uguale distanza dai lati o dalle estremità di qualcosa.

In inglese semplice: The place halfway between the sides or ends of something.

• Stand in the middle.
• She cut the rope down the middle.
• A car stopped in the middle of the road.

Come si usa: middle of something (Put the bowl in the middle of the table.)

Sinonimi: centre, midpoint

Contrari: edge

Espressioni comuni: in the middle, middle of something, down the middle, exact middle

metà, mezzo

Parte di un periodo o di un’attività tra l’inizio e la fine.

In inglese semplice: The part of a period or activity between its beginning and end.

• I woke up in the middle of the night.
• The story becomes exciting near the middle.
• She left in the middle of our conversation.

Come si usa: middle of something (The phone rang in the middle of the lesson.)

Sinonimi: midpoint

Espressioni comuni: middle of something, in the middle, towards the middle

centrale, intermedio

Situato tra altre cose o a uguale distanza dai lati o dalle estremità di qualcosa.

In inglese semplice: Between other things, or halfway between the sides or ends of something.

• Put it on the middle shelf.
• She is the middle child of three.
• The middle seats were already taken.

Sinonimi: central

Contrari: outer

Espressioni comuni: middle seat, middle child, middle shelf