aleck


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aleck

(ˈælɪk)
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'Speakun' o' Auckland--of course, Captun, you was never un Auckland?' 'Yus,' I says, 'I was un there very recent.' 'Oh, ho,' he says, very angry-like, 'so you was the smart Aleck thot fetched me thot letter from the owners: "We note item of fufteen pounds for pilotage ot Auckland.
Some even circumvent it, nagiging pilosopo pa sila saying ang beer naman is not alcohol, beverage daw 'yun (some are even trying to be a smart aleck, reasoning out that beer is not an alcohol but a beverage).
The team is composed of Francwin Basanes, Ezykiel Bautista, Jose Emmauiel Cahilo, Francis Cyrus Carino, Raven Paul Cuarto, Niccolo Armando de Castro, John Allen dela Cruz, Khristian Aleck Ferrolino, Marco Daniel Flores, Kim Darwin Jarito, Eman Jesie Javier, Gerry Asher Laylo, Ram Gauvin Matanguihan, Mark Morillo, John Mark Natanawan, Virgilio Jake Roxas, Roan Vrix Terrible and Axl Ross Vispo.
In the veterans division, male category, Aleck Musariri of Tsela Riders snatched position one while Matshidiso Ebudilwe from the same stable grabbed position one in the 110 kilometers elite division female category and Nolan Hoffman won the 110 kilometers elite division male category.
So I did, and it was then I saw that the smart aleck guy was right after all.
I'm finished." However, Athletics South Africa president Aleck Skhosana appeared to play down suggestions Semenya could quit by describing her as "an outstanding athlete who has a continuous hunger for great results".
The city's hopes for a possible title are pinned on its cast having Johanna Alcuzar, Jaben David, Katharina Espero, Rosemar Evangelio, Jana Igna, Irina Escandor, Chare Ishel Nablea, Alshaila Noro, Khey Aleck Pablo, Mariane Polancos, Allexa Mae Quilaton and Rika Sasaki with Henry Labio calling the shots.
But Sammy Bedell Smith, a historian, recently told (https://www.nbcnews.com/pop-culture/tv/crown-did-prince-philip-cheat-queen-elizabeth-n838066) NBC News that it is impossible for Prince Philip to cheat on his wife even though he is a bit of a "smart aleck." "I think it's a very one-dimensional portrait.
In an interview with Empire magazine, Aleck said, "I can understand people saying [ Batman v Superman ] was too dark, or this was outside the tone of what I'm used to seeing with a Batman story, and I think that's a fair criticism.
A key part of her own journey, she said, was her adoption into the Grizzly Clan of the Lytton Band of the Nlaka'pamux First Nation, and having Coyote Terry Aleck, who was one of six residential school survivors of St.
Another popular term for a "know-it-all" was "smart aleck." The origin of the term could be the basis for a popular documentary or TV series.