| intermarriage | n kahwin campur. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| dowry | n hantaran kahwin. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| hitch | ~ a /ride, lift/, (colloq) menumpang; get ~ed, (sl) kahwin. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| forced | adj 1. enforced, paksa: ~ labour, kerja paksa; ~ marriage, kahwin paksa; 2. strained, unnatural, dibuat-buat, dipaksa-paksa: a ~ laugh, ketawa yg dibuat-buat; his manner was stiff and ~, perilakunya kaku dan dipaksa-paksa; 3. emergency, kecemasan: ~ landing, pendaratan kecemasan. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| elope | vi 1. run away (with a lover) lari (bersama kekasih): the lovers ~d across the border, pasangan kekasih itu lari menyeberangi sempadan; 2. marry by elopement, kahwin lari: do you know your mother and I ~d?, tahukah kamu bahawa emak dan ayah kahwin lari?. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| go | d. also ~ out together, spend time together regularly, sering keluar bersama; e. be distributed, diedarkan: I was under the impression the wedding invitations have all ~ne out, saya bertanggapan kad jemputan kahwin telah diedarkan; f. be broadcast, disiarkan; g. cease to be fashionable, tdk lagi menjadi fesyen: bell-bottoms went out years ago, seluar kaki kembang sudah bertahun-tahun tdk lagi menjadi fesyen; h. be out of date, sudah ketinggalan zaman; ~ out and about, ke sana ke mari; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| deal | ~ with, a. be about, membincangkan, membicarakan, memperkatakan: the book ~s with all aspects of landscape architecture, buku itu membincangkan segala aspek seni taman; a report ~ing with the dowry system in India, satu laporan yg membincangkan sistem hantaran kahwin di India; b. behave towards, handle, menghadapi; (in a polite, courteous, etc manner) melayani: how to ~ with a drunken husband, bagaimana hendak menghadapi seorang suami yg pemabuk; he ~s politely with customers, dia melayani pelanggan dgn sopan santun; c. tackle, attend to, bertindak thdp, menangani, mengatasi: how would you ~ with such a problem, bagaimana kamu bertindak thdp masalah yg spt itu; d. do business with, berurusan dgn: she no longer ~s with that shop, dia tdk lagi berurusan dgn kedai itu; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| approve | vi 1. think well, /berkenan, suka/ (akan): his father-in-law did not ~ of him, bapa mertuanya tdk berkenan akan dia; I chose this colour; I hope you ~, saya memilih warna ini; saya harap saudara berkenan; 2. express (usu formally) favourable opinion, bersetuju: he does not ~ of intermarriages, dia tdk bersetuju dgn kahwin campur; the police entirely ~ of the measures we have taken, pihak polis bersetuju sepenuhnya dgn langkah-langkah yg telah kami ambil; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| late | ~ in the day, a. at too advanced a stage, sudah /terlewat, terlambat/: your suggestion came a bit ~ in the day, cadangan kamu itu sudah agak terlambat; b. at a late stage, towards the end, lewat: reinforcement that arrived ~ in the day helped win the battle, bantuan ketenteraan yg tiba lewat membantu mereka menang dlm pertempuran itu; ~ in life, lewat, lambat: she married ~ in life, dia kahwin lewat; as ~ as, sehingga: as ~ as yesterday, he hadn’t made up his mind whether to go or not, sehingga semalam pun dia belum memutuskan sama ada hendak pergi atau tdk; of ~, (sejak) /akhir-akhir, kebelakangan/ ini: he has been very moody of ~, dia kelihatan murung akhir-akhir ini. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| ghost | n 1. spirit of dead person, (regarded as benevolent) roh; (regarded as malevolent) hantu: the ~ of Hamlet’s father appeared before him, roh bapa Hamlet menjelma di hadapannya; ~ stories, cerita-cerita hantu; 2. (liter.) faint trace, bayangan: the ~ of a smile, bayangan senyuman; haven’t (got) the ~ of a chance, (colloq) tak ada can langsung: you haven’t the ~ of a chance of marrying her, kamu tak ada can langsung utk kahwin dgn dia; 3. see GHOST-WRITER; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |