demi-heure ☊ 
half an hour like: an hour → →
half an hour ago ☊ 
cách đây nửa tiếng đồng hồ ☊ half an hour later ☊ nửa tiếng sau ☊ half an hour later ☊ nửa tiếng đồng hồ sau ☊ 865
I had dinner an hour ago. ☊ Tôi đã ăn tối một tiếng trước. ☊ 884
Nicholas arrived an hour ago. ☊ Nicholas đã đến cách đây một tiếng đồng hồ. ☊ 890
It's been raining for an hour. ☊ Trời đã mưa được một tiếng. ☊ 975
I had lunch an hour ago. ☊ Tôi ăn trưa cách đây một tiếng. ☊ 1252
Feliciana says she's feeling very tired. She's going to lie down for an hour. ☊ Feliciana nói cô ấy rất mệt. Cô ấy sẽ đi nằm một tiếng. ☊ 1280
I'll be at the movies an hour from now. ☊ Tôi sẽ xem lm trong vòng một tiếng từ bây giờ. ☊ 1449
Why were you so late? — I had to wait half an hour for the bus. ☊ Sao cậu muộn như vậy? - Tôi phải đợi xe bus nửa tiếng. ☊ 2638
She said she would be here an hour ago, and she still hasn't arrived. ☊ Một tiếng trước cô ấy nói cô ấy sẽ ở đây và giờ cô ấy vẫn chưa tới. ☊ 2748
We took o an hour ago, and now we're ying AT a speed OF nine hundred (900) kilometers per hour AT an altitude OF ten thousand (10,000) meters. ☊ Chúng tôi đã cất cánh một tiếng trước và chúng tôi đang bay với tốc độ chín kilometre một giờ và ở độ cao mười nghìn metre. ☊ 2939
an hour. ☊ Máy bay của chúng tôi bị trễ trên đường nhựa và chúng tôi đã không cất cánh được trong vòng một tiếng. ☊ The wedding preparations take weeks but the actual ceremony takes less than an hour. ☊ actual ☊
After an hour I went home (= when an hour had passed). ☊ after ☊
You're allowed an hour to complete the test. ☊ allow ☊
It will take about an hour to get there, allowing for traffic delays. ☊ allow for sb/sth ☊
We waited an hour for our lunch to arrive. ☊ arrive ☊
It takes me an hour to walk there and back. ☊ back ☊
Please check in at least an hour before departure. ☊ check in (at...) ☊
I've only come for an hour. ☊ come ☊
Thousands of commuters were delayed for over an hour. ☊ delay ☊
an hour's class of exercising to music ☊ exercise ☊
Half an hour later Duncan was no farther in his quest. ☊ far ☊
The performance finally started half an hour late. ☊ finally ☊
I need about an hour to finish off this report. ☊ finish sth off ☊
Half an hour went past while we were sitting there. ☊ go ☊
He's been gone an hour (= he left an hour a go). ☊ go ☊
An hour and a half is allowed for the exam. ☊ half ☊
half an hour ☊ half ☊
We can handle up to 500 calls an hour at our new offices. ☊ handle ☊
bicycles for hire, £2 an hour ☊ hire ☊
It will take about an hour to get there. ☊ hour ☊
The interview lasted half an hour. ☊ hour ☊
I waited for an hour and then I left. ☊ hour ☊
He'll be back in an hour. ☊ hour ☊
The minimum wage was set at £5.80 an hour. ☊ hour ☊
York was within an hour's drive. ☊ hour ☊
We hope to be there within the hour (= in less than an hour). ☊ hour ☊
just (to do sth): I waited an hour just to see you. ☊ just ☊
Each game lasts about an hour. ☊ last ☊
My flight was an hour late. ☊ late ☊
It was an hour before the lights came on again. ☊ light ☊
The car must have been doing at least 100 miles an hour. ☊ mile ☊
The plane took off an hour late. ☊ plane ☊
She does an hour's piano practice every day. ☊ practice ☊
The programme lasted an hour and a quarter. ☊ quarter ☊
You will rarely, if ever, have to wait longer than an hour. ☊ rarely ☊
Most people walk at an average rate of 5 kilometres an hour. ☊ rate ☊
rest sth: Rest your eyes every half an hour. ☊ rest ☊
They had to sit in the waiting room for an hour. ☊ room ☊
I'll be round in an hour. ☊ round ☊
We stayed for an hour or so. ☊ ... or so ☊
So after shouting and screaming for an hour she walked out in tears. ☊ so ☊
They pay six pounds an hour. Something like that. ☊ something ☊
You were supposed to be here an hour ago! ☊ be supposed to do/be sth ☊
take sth: The journey to the airport takes about half an hour. ☊ take ☊
take sth to do sth: It takes about half an hour to get to the airport. ☊ take ☊
The plane took off an hour late. ☊ take off ☊
We talked on the phone for over an hour. ☊ talk ☊
It never takes more than an hour. ☊ than ☊
It took us under an hour. ☊ under ☊
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