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They half-agreed to give up Spain—they had after all been there before—so that Waterlow might take the girl in hand without delay, the moment he had knocked off his present work.

From The Reverberator by James, Henry

Frangipani's father had already half-agreed to the match, and what remained to be done involved only a question of financial details.

From Sant' Ilario by Crawford, F. Marion (Francis Marion)