Semi is a correct and usable word in written English
You can use it as a prefix to indicate a partial amount or action, or to refer to something that is intermediate or halfway between two extremes. For example: "We took a semi-relaxed approach to the project."
By the time of the 1994 Cup semi Irwin was lining up for United and Royle was referring to Alex Ferguson as a robber for stumping up only around £600,000 for him.
Back at home meanwhile they had just got planning permission to turn the garage beside their humble two-up-two down semi in Finglas into a games room for the kids which would be equipped with the latest plasma 36" TV screens, full-size pool table, sofa beds for sleepovers, fridges, microwaves and all the other mod cons to keep their offspring happy and out of mum and dad's hair.
"My coach Mark Rowland told me to treat this race like a heat or a semi".
Palace's players had arrived at the Amex for the second leg of the semi-final to find the tension in the tie had clearly already had an explosive effect.
Neil reckons that the tense, topsy-turvy nature of their semi-final could give them an edge over Middlesbrough, whose victory over Brentford was relatively straight-forward.
They found two semi-automatic pistols, a revolver, a shotgun and a rifle in the vehicle, along with a laptop, he said.
In her only French Open junior appearance in 2013, she reached the semi-finals, losing to now-top-40 player Belinda Bencic of Switzerland.
Brengle's run to the semi-finals on the indoor clay in Stuttgart was a shocker; her losses this spring to Serena Williams, Keys, Petkovic and Kerber rather less so.
This time last year they were challenging for promotion under Rösler (they eventually finished fifth) and were about to inflict FA Cup defeat on Manchester City for the second season in a row and give Arsenal a scare in the Wembley semi-final.
His tally of 486 runs in eight innings in the tournament, at an average of more than 60 and a strike rate of 87, is second only to Glamorgan's Jacques Rudolph, and has included half-centuries in the quarter and semi-final victories over Essex and Kent respectively, as well as two centuries during the group stage.
Guardian Cities will announce the list of 10 semi-finalists on 6 May.
