No. 800 in Swedish
halvleken
"Halvleken" means "the half" or "the halftime" in sports.
In a sentence
Halvleken avslutades med ett mål.
The halftime concluded with a goal.
Here, 'halvleken' refers to a specific halftime period in a sports game.
Vi förberedde oss under halvleken.
We prepared ourselves during the halftime.
In this example, 'halvleken' is used to describe a timespan during the break of a sports match.
Halvleken tog längre tid än vanligt på grund av förseningen.
The halftime took longer than usual due to the delay.
Here, 'halvleken' denotes an extended period of a usual halftime, highlighting a temporal context.
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