half-dead

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half-dead

adj
informal Brit very tired
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half-dead

[ˈhɑːfˈded] ADJmedio muerto, más muerto que vivo
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half-dead

[ˌhɑːfˈdɛd] adj half-dead (with)mezzo/a morto/a (da or per)
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A Crow, half-dead with thirst, came upon a Pitcher which had once been full of water; but when the Crow put its beak into the mouth of the Pitcher he found that only very little water was left in it, and that he could not reach far enough down to get at it.
On reaching the oak tree, you will find a poor, half-dead Marionette stretched out on the grass.
Half-dead with fright, and trembling in every limb, the poor children lay down to sleep on a heap of straw in the corner of the hut; but they dared not close their eyes, and scarcely ventured to breathe.
Still, I have seen ships issue from certain docks like half-dead prisoners from a dungeon, bedraggled, overcome, wholly disguised in dirt, and with their men rolling white eyeballs in black and worried faces raised to a heaven which, in its smoky and soiled aspect, seemed to reflect the sordidness of the earth below.
Bloomfield, I almost forgot to answer her polite salutation; and it afterwards struck me, that the little I did say was spoken in the tone of one half-dead or half-asleep.
But that she never thought of doing, would not have ventured to do, lying in a half-dead faint inside.
Also I dined several times at his own house, when he took care always to see his half-dead father so out of the way that I never saw him, or he me.
Louise, half-dead, caught at the arm of the captain of the musketeers, whose face betrayed unusual emotion.
A source said: "How can someone so high profile, who has offered millions not to be kept in jail while awaiting trial, be left alone long enough to be then found half-dead? "The fact that those tasked to ensure justice is done have once again given him the potential to escape justice has left many extremely angry."
like a geyser.' Kube said burying alive or half-dead was common.
I don't particularly like going out on the day - it's a rip-off because restaurants double their prices and someone tries to sell you a half-dead rose.
A hero, who sold pigs#268aneckyacute took the two men, who looked half-dead, to his home where they told him their story.
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