"Atraka" is a word in HILIGAYNON, CEBUANO

atraka HILIGAYNON
Definition:

atráka - (Sp. atracar) To approach,
overtake; overcome, lay low, break down.
Walâ silá makaatráka sang amó nga
talútug. They could not break down that
palisade. Atrakáha siá. Lay him low. Knock
him down.

atraka CEBUANO
Definition:

atráka v [A; a12] {1} get close to s.t.
not easy to approach.
Mu rag dílì muatráka sa kaláyu ang mga bumbíru, It looks as though the firemen will not get close to the fire.
Dì ku kaatráka níya kay dátù, I feel ashamed to approach her because she is rich.
{2} attack a job with dispatch.
Ug dílì ka muatráka sa trabáhu, wà kay umintu, If you dont do your work with dispatch, you wont make progress.
Atrakáha lang siya pagpaningil, Get in there and press her to pay you.
{3} [A2; a12] hold ones own in a conversation.
Burung.
Dì kaatrákag kukabildu, She lacks social grace.
She cant keep a conversation going.

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I know not what quintessence of all this mixture, which, seizing my whole will, carried it to plunge and lose itself in his, and that having seized his whole will, brought it back with equal concurrence and appetite to plunge and lose itself in mine.

Michel de Montaigne

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