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Discover LudwigThe phrase "also took half of" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when describing a situation where someone has taken a portion of something, specifically half of it, in addition to something else.
Example: "In the negotiation, she also took half of the profits, leaving the other party with significantly less."
Alternatives: "also received fifty percent of" or "additionally claimed half of".
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They also took half of German culture and killed it".
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The third sailor also takes half of what remains, plus half a coconut.
But he should also take half of our huge earnings in taxes, instead of the current one-third.
It also takes half an hour at the end of each session to "mop up": to ensure that the details of every patient's symptoms have been entered into their electronic medical record.
It took half of the 80s.
"My uncle Frank took half of it," Ball remembered.
Both took half of a children's vitamin supplement daily.
With the help of a U.S. senator and a prominent publisher and attorney who took up her cause, Espiritu Chijulla Leonis won the right not only to use the name of the man she lived with for 30 years, but also to take half of his fortune.
Each side takes half of the revenues.
Take half of the freshly prepared mayonnaise.
You can't really take half of Greg Lynn and put it with half of Richard Meier".
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