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What does "I did but half fancy" mean?

As was mentioned by Oldcat, "half fancy" means to not be excited about traveling. Replace half with hardly and it makes a little more (modern) sense.
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The second one seems more natural to me in the following sense: we don't know if they will become great musicians or not at this point (although clearly there is some promise). But, in the future, w …
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