Most people who are not religious prefer to be completely dead rather thanhalfdead.
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They preferred a daughterhalfdeador four-fifths dead to no daughter at all.
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So the local authorities are carrying a register that is virtuallyhalfdead; it should be kept alive.
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These ordnance factories must be efficient, and yet they are reallyhalfdead.
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It appears to be either tied up or stunned, because it appears to behalfdeadalready.
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They broke her left arm completely and left herhalfdead.
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The plumes of these beautiful birds are cut from them before they arehalfdeadduring the breeding season, and the young ones are left to starve to death.
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The children's story is bolstered by the fact that they lookhalfdead.
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This often refers to something that ishalfdeador on the verge of death.
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The eldest five of the captives were released inhalfdeadcondition.
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The force of the blow stuns the fish, and they roll from under the rockhalfdead, when the binner throws them out with his hand.
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