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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

The half-learned sneered at the title as absurd and at the style as vulgar.

From The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 10 by Rudd, John

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.

Those half-learned critics, so numerous in the world, who are far more injurious to art than the ignorant, will rave against our opera.

From Joseph II. and His Court by Mühlbach, L. (Luise)