middle 2. adj. средний; the middle reaches of the Danube - среднее течение Дуная; - middle age - middle years - the Middle Ages - the upper middle class - the lower middle class - middle finger - middle school - middle watch - the middle way...
hive off а) исчезать, уходить без предупреждения Where's Jim? I suppose he has hived off again. б) отделять(ся) The salesman was so successful that in the end he hived off from the firm into his own business. The business was becoming so large that the directors decided to hive off some parts of the work and start new firms....