One of them, a Mr Yang, said the group had been working on a 17-storey apartment building in Xianghe County, just outside Beijing, but construction had stopped and their wages were only half paid. 一名姓杨的男子表示,他们此前在北京边上的香河县一栋17层公寓楼的工地上工作,但这栋楼已经停建,他们只拿到一半工资。
Of the $ 22 billion, about half was paid for in 2013. 在这220亿美元罚款中,2013年缴纳的约有一半。
I now pay you half the sum, with the other half to be paid next week. 我现在先付你一半,剩下的一半下周付清。
In the second half, we paid for playing extra time in the Cup and we lost a bit of brightness. 下半场,我们为欧冠中的那个加时付出了代价,我们丧失了灵气。