10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «NOT HALF BAD»
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not half bad in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
not half bad and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Not Half No End: Militantly Melancholic Essays in Memory of ...
... 'not half' can function, as it were, either side of half, moving undecidably in
either direction from the halfway line: 'it's not half bad' means it's less than half
bad, and therefore not so very bad, really quite good: but the rejoinder 'Not half!
Geoffrey Bennington, 2011
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Studies in English, Written and Spoken: For the Use of ...
Proper, pretty proper (3, 9), tidy (12, 150), and not half bad (16), are illustrative of
a marked tendency in colloquial and vulgar English to cultivate a certain mock-
modesty of expression, a studied speaking "within the mark", an ostentatious ...
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Deconstruction Is
Not What You Think: And other Short Pieces ...
Not half good; not half bad. Radical evil would be less a very bad evil, an evil
worse than ordinary evil, but the necessary possibility that good turn evil, turn to
evil or into evil. But this evil, which is radical, is perhaps not so bad, not half bad,
...
Geoffrey Bennington, 2005
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Cambridge Dictionary of American Idioms
Well-educated social workers know all too well how the other half lives in
desperately poor circumstances. not half bad esp. spoken almost good ♢ He didn'
t look half bad by the time he'd had a bath and put on clean clothes. ♢ Related ...
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English-Albanian Dictionary of Idioms
'Not half ' 2. aspak □ It's not half bad, your new flat. not have a bean s'kam asnje'
grosh (asnje dysh) □ 'You know there is a young man hanging around?' 'Yes. He
hasn't a bean. ' Dinny smiled. □ 'Have you money left, Jack?' 'Not a bean.
Cut avocados in halves and prepare as described. (MWDEU). not. half. 1И1 (1)
The food's noi half bad. (LDCE) ( 2 ) The show was лог Ла// goo</ . , not half bad
fP not half good Г,Й Л:££0|Ив? И. not. Do you like chocolates?M**Oh» not lialfl" ...
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The Grammar of Polarity: Pragmatics, Sensitivity, and the ...
Elsewhere (Israel 1998a) I have suggested that the English expressions not half
bad (as in The show wasn't half bad) and can't seem to (as in I can't seem to get
the hang of it) only occur with an overt, tautoclausal sentence negation. But this ...
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Program of the Tenth Annual Conference of the Cognitive ...
With intuitive theories, half right is not half bad: One is often pleased with an
explanatory value noticeably better than zero, and the domain of applicability of
such theories is usually quite restricted (e.g., one child or one automobile).
Intuitive ...
Cognitive Science Society (U.S.). Conference, 1988
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Selected Writings of Otto Jespersen (Routledge Revivals)
In slang, not half bad means, however, 'not at all bad, quite good'. In the following
quotation, not half-alive (with strong stress on half) means 'more than half alive',
as shown also by the continuation: Bennett C. 1. 285 At any rate she was not ...
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Rajpal Dictionary Of English Idioms & Phrases
Not half bad: Not bad at all * It really isn't half bad as it looks Not half such a: Not
nearly * He is not half such a fool as they think Not have a penny to one's name:
Be without money * A person not having a penny to his name cannot fight an ...
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «NOT HALF BAD»
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A Review of the Sharp LC50UB30U 50-Inch 4K Ultra HD 60Hz …
Color saturation is not half bad in this TV. If you want even more interesting levels of color and vibrancy, you're better off going for one of ... «4k, Jul 15»
Watch snoring girl play piano while sleepwalking - she's not half bad
A sleepwalking girl somehow plays the piano while slumped over the instrument in this bizarre video. Isabelle, 12, was filmed by amused ... «Irish Mirror, Jul 15»
LG's watch not as smart as it looks
LG's G Watch Urbane might be saddled with a truly hideous name, but it actually looks not half bad. The knob on the side isn't as useful as ... «Independent Online, Jul 15»
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Tricia: Fruit is nature's candy—and it's not half bad for you either! Get your kids excited about the berries, cherries and peaches that are ... «MyNorth.com, Jul 15»
2015 Ford Mustang Shelby GT350 EPA Figures Revealed by …
The Ford Mustang Shelby GT350 still has a few details that have remained unrevealed, and while this marketing scheme is not half bad, we're ... «autoevolution, Jul 15»
County 0 FC Halifax Town 0
This was not half bad from County as Rule saw a shot charged down by one of a line of white shirted defenders. Evans kept the momentum ... «Vitalfootball, Jul 15»
Dodgers Call-Up Zach Lee
So, I'd think you would want to look at his stats, well here you go: With 11 starts, Zach Lee holds a WHIP of just 1.19. That's not half bad. But, he ... «SportsBlog.com, Jul 15»
Huffington Post: We're moving our coverage of Trump's campaign to …
... it's not half bad. Besides, I can't throw stones: If we end up with a Bush/Clinton election, I'll be so checked out that every campaign post will ... «Hot Air, Jul 15»
2015 Offseason: Clippers Or Lakers?
They had to add an extra shooter in the lineup so that pick was not half bad, although Russell has been struggling a bit in the Summer League, ... «SportsBlog.com, Jul 15»
Sex and a Salad
You don't always feel like doing it all of the time anymore, but once you get started it is not half bad, and it is definitely the healthier choice for ... «Huffington Post, Jul 15»
