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What does half-expecting mean?

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Verb
  1. present participle of half-expect
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Ever since Morisco told me what he knew, I've been half-expecting this would happen.
So, after a peek at the paintings and assemblages in the local art gallery we set off at a steady pace half-expecting to meet them.
Gingerly prising the door open half-expecting a private party or aftermath of a wedding reception, we were pleasantly surprised to be ushered in and offered drinks.
I spent the evening half-expecting a horde of physicians to descend on me, but Mai was the only one who visited me.
Now he reached for the keys, turned the ignition key and waited, half-expecting the car not to start.
He was half-expecting a call from the lingua, telling him to stop arsing around, but his com stayed silent, so it looked like a certain amount of arsing around was allowed.

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