"Apike" is a word in HILIGAYNON
apíke - (Sp. a pique) On the point of,
impossible for lack of time or opportunity,
too late, past mending, etc. Indì na akó
makahingágaw sa pagtahî sang ímo báyò,
kay apíke na. I cannot finish sewing your
jacket, because there is not time enough.
Daw sa dílì na makitáan sing bulúng ang
íya balatían, kay apíke na ang íya
pagbátì. It is now almost impossible to
cure him, for his disease is too far gone.
And no wonder; for the new technique of "subliminal projection," as it was called, was intimately associated with mass entertainment, and in the life of civilized human beings massed entertainment now plays a part comparable to that played in the Middle Ages be religion.
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A pious man who had reached the age of 105 suddenly stopped going to synagogue. Alarmed by the old fellow's absence after so many years of faithful attendance the Rabbi went to see him. He found him in excellent health, so the Rabbi asked, "How come after all these years we don't see you at services anymore?"The old man looked around and lowered his voice. "I'll tell you, Rabbi," he whispered. "When I got to be 90, I expected God to take me any day. But then I got to be 95, then 100, then 105. So I figured that God is very busy and must've forgotten about me, and I don't want to remind Him!"
sóbol - Close by, near by, on the point of, too late, impossible for lack of time. Sóbol na nga …
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