"Pasakalyi" is a word in CEBUANO
pasakalyi, pasakayli v [B; b6(1)] {1} do the introduction to a musical number.
{2} give a long prologue before getting around to ones real subject.
{3} [A; b] pass the time away by strolling around.
Mipasakalyi ku sa plása, I was passing the time strolling in the park.
n {1} introduction to a musical number.
Mauy nin-dut ang pasakayli kay sa kanta, The introductory portion was nicer than the song itself.
{2} round-about speech in prepara-tion for saying s.t.
else di?
cult.
Hinúgay nang pasakalyi mu.
Sulti na, Thats enough of your beating around the bush.
What do you want?
My success was not based so much on any great intelligence but on great common sense.
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A squad car driver was covering a quiet beat out in the sticks when he was amazed to find a former lieutenant on the police force covering the beat.He stopped the car and asked, "Why, Irish Mike, this wouldn't be your new beat out here in the sticks, would it?""That it is, "Irish Mike replied grimly, "ever since I arrested the judge on his way to the masquerade ball.""You mean you pinched his honor?" asked Pat."How was I to know that his convict suit was only a costume?" demanded Mike."Well," mused Pat, "there's a lesson in this somewhere.""That there is," replied Irish Mike...." 'Tis wise never to book a judge by his cover."
kalyi n street. Náa sa Kalyi Magalyánis ang mga dagkung tindáhan, The large department stores are on Magallanes Street. pasa- …
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