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Having seen Fischer-Dieskau perform toward the end of his career in the 1980s, I had already half-learned this lesson.

From New York Times • Jun. 4, 2023

Chairman Hugh Scott Jr., had only half-learned the lesson of 1948.

From Time Magazine Archive

I might make a query of this; but it is clearly a mistake of some half-learned or ill-understood informant.

From Notes and Queries, Number 21, March 23, 1850 by Various

Dorama gave the swami a frightened glance, and began in a faltering voice as though she were repeating a half-learned lesson.

From The Outcaste by Penny, F. E.

Would the politician then require a half-learned king, or a king without any learning at all?

From Literary Character of Men of Genius Drawn from Their Own Feelings and Confessions by Disraeli, Isaac