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“agaw-buhay”
Literally: “snatching life”
Means: at death's door, barely alive
Agaw-buhay ang pasyente.
The patient is at death's door.
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matang-lawin
sharp-eyed
Magdilang-anghel ka sanaI hope what you said comes true.
nagpupuyos sa galitseething with anger
hampas-lupaa pauper, a nobody
Ilaw ng tahananMother.
pumasok sa isang tenga, lumabas sa kabilain one ear and out the other
sa ayaw at sa gustolike it or not
madulas ang dilasmooth-talking, quick to lie