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Discover LudwigThe phrase "half expected" is correct and usable in written English.
It is used to describe an outcome that was anticipated but not fully expected. For example, "I half expected her to be late, but was pleasantly surprised when she arrived early."
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Ann half expected a butler.
The admission was half expected.
Mr. Gan half expected Mae West.
I half expected the credits to roll.
We half expected Mona's father to descend on us.
Five words: half expected, and yet so utterly unimaginable.
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"I half-expected it.
It was almost as if people half-expected this decision.
In moments here, you half-expected someone to begin voguing spontaneously.
I half-expected them to start swapping gossip about agents and advances.
I half-expected him to show up when my grandmother made braciola.
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