"Mata-Mata" is a word in HILIGAYNON

mata-mata HILIGAYNON
Definition:

matá-máta - Dim. of matá—eye. Also:
the thin membrane surrounding maizekernels near the part attached to the cob;
the eye, bud, shoot (of a plant or tuber).

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... as a reminder that a white man could still kill him for nothing.

Yaa Gyasi, Homegoing

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Laugh your heart out.

One day an out of work mime is visiting the zoo and attemptsto earn some money as a street performer. Unfortunately, assoon as he starts to draw a crowd, a zoo keeper grabs him anddrags him into his office. The zoo-keeper explains to the mime that the zoo's mostpopular attraction, a gorilla, has died suddenly and thekeeper fears that attendance at the zoo will fall off. Heoffers the mime a job to dress up as the gorilla until theycan get another one. The mime accepts. So the next morning the mime puts on the gorilla suit andenters the cage before crowd comes. He discovers that it's agreat job. He can sleep all he wants, play and make fun ofpeople and he draws bigger crowds than he ever did as a mime.However, eventually the crowds tire of him and he tires ofjust swinging on tires. He begins to notice that the people are paying moreattention to the lion in the cag e next to his. Not wanting tolose the attention of his audience, he climbs to the top ofhis cage, crawls across a partition, and dangles from the topto the lion's cage. Of course, this makes the lion furious,but the crowd loves it. At the end of the day the zoo-keepercomes and gives the mime a raise for being such a goodattraction. Well, this goes on for some time, the mime keeps tauntingthe lion, the crowds grow larger, and his salary keeps goingup. Then one terrible day when he is dangling over thefurious lion, he slips and falls. The mime is terrified. Thelion gathers itself and prepares to pounce. The mime is so scared that he begins to run round and roundthe cage with the lion close behind. Finally, the mime startsscreaming and yelling, "Help, Help me!" but the lion is quickand pounces. The mime soon finds himself flat on his back looking up atthe angry lion and the lion says, " Shut up you idiot! Do youwant to get us both fired?"

Extortion LAW AND LEGAL

Any oppression by color or pretense of right, and particularly the exaction by an officer of mouey, by color of …

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deturn ENGLISH
alao HILIGAYNON

aláo - A slight affection of the skin which becomes a little swollen and inflamed or covered with rash. Walking …

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misusage ENGLISH

Bad treatment; abuse.

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immovable ENGLISH

That which can not be moved.

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snobbery ENGLISH

The quality of being snobbish; snobbishness.

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glossal ENGLISH

Of or pertaining to the tongue; lingual.

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buang CEBUANO

búang a {1} insane, crazy. Gigaugáu sa kabatáan ang búang, The children are making fun of the insane person. Irung …

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untraded ENGLISH

Unpracticed; inexperienced.

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effrontery ENGLISH

Impudence or boldness in confronting or in transgressing the bounds of duty or decorum; insulting presumptuousness; shameless boldness; barefaced assurance.

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greith ENGLISH

Goods; furniture.

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tupok HILIGAYNON

tupók - See tapúk—to be fragile, brittle, etc.

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obedience ENGLISH

A following; a body of adherents; as, the Roman Catholic obedience, or the whole body of persons who submit to …

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fraise ENGLISH

To protect, as a line of troops, against an onset of cavalry, by opposing bayonets raised obliquely forward.

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lavoltateer ENGLISH

A dancer of the lavolta.

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enthusiast ENGLISH

One moved or actuated by enthusiasm; as: (a) One who imagines himself divinely inspired, or possessed of some special revelation; …

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upas HILIGAYNON

úpas - To fight, quarrel, (especially of horses, pigs, dogs, etc.). Tambagí ang mga kabáyo nga nagaulúpas. Separate the horses …

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