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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a half glass" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to a glass that is filled to the halfway point, often in contexts related to beverages or measurements.
Example: "I poured myself a half glass of water to stay hydrated during the meeting."
Alternatives: "a half-full glass" or "a half cup".
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"I'd take a half glass of vodka, and cover my hands with pig's fat against the cold," he said.
He drank a half glass of water, and ate in the employees' cafeteria at about 6 p.m.
It was all the more surprising considering that she rarely consumes more than a half glass of wine on any occasion.
Mr. Jankovic also recommended that I sample the white wine made by a vendor named Govo, and that I should drink it the traditional way — mixed with a half glass of mineral water.
I'm not talking about sex, but we used to have a chat before we went to bed, with a half glass of beer or something, about what was happening in the world.
I opt for a sweeter semi-dry semillon ($7 a glass or $24 a bottle) to start, and a half glass (I'm driving, after all) of shiraz to round things out.
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He serves one and a half glasses of tea with every order.
For me just three and a half glasses do the trick.
"I'm a two-glass-of-wine person at home, but now it's three, three and a half glasses.
I only had one-and-a-half glasses,' he says, pleading tiredness after driving back from a wedding yesterday.
This equated to approximately 6.59 fluid ounces of wine, or approximately one-and-a-half glasses of wine per day.
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