3. to cut short, to end suddenly: tumapos (matapos, tapusin) nang biglaan, biglang tumapos (matapos, tapusin)
4. to fall short, to fail to reach: di makarating, di umabot
5. to be insufficient: kapusin, magkulang, kulangin
6. for short, to make shorter: paikliin
7. in short, briefly: sa maikling salita, sa isang saglit, sa madalit sabi
8. to run short, not to have enough: magkulang, kulangin, kapusin, kulang, kapos
sudden
adj.
1. not expected: bigla, biglaan, di inaasahan
2. quick, rapid: bigla, mabilis, kagyat
3. all of a sudden, unexpectedly or quickly: walang anu-ano, kaginsa-ginsa, biglang-bigla
once
adv.
1. one time: minsan, nang minsan
2. formerly: dati
n.
single occasion: minsan, isang pagkakataon conj. 1. if ever, whenever: pag, pagka, kung, kapag
2. all at once, suddenly: bigla na lamang, kaginsaginsa na lamang, bigla na lamang
3. at once, immediately: karakaraka, kapagkaraka, kapagdaka, agad, agad-agad
4. once and for all, finally or decisively: wakasan, minsan na lamang, minsan pa, katapusan na
5. once in a while, now and then: paminsan-minsan, maminsan-minsan, manaka-naka, panaka-naka
6. once upon a time, long ago: noong unang panahon, nang matagal nang panahon
7. once more, again: muli, minsan pa
duck
n.
1. a swimming bird: pato, bibi, bibe, itik
2. a sudden lowering of the head or bending of the body: biglang uko (yuko), biglang pag-uko
3. a quick plunge under water: biglang lublob (lubog)
v.
1. to lower the head or bend the body quickly to keep off a blow: yumukong (mayukuang) bigla
2. to dodge: umilag, ilagan, umiwas, iwasan
3. to plunge or dip the head or the whole body under water and come up quickly: maglubog (maglublob) na bigla ng ulo o katawan, ilubog na bigla ang ulo o katawan