sweetness | all ~ and light, (ironic), (ref to person) buat-buat manis: he dropped his bullying tactics and became all ~ and light when a teacher entered the room, dia berhenti menggunakan taktik membuli dan buat-buat manis sebaik sahaja seorang guru masuk ke bilik. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
fake | adj palsu; (of action, quality), (di)buat-buat: ~ jewellery, barang kemas, palsu; the picture is a ~ Monet, lukisan itu ialah lukisan Monet yg palsu; a ~ laugh, ketawa yg dibuat-buat; her shyness is ~, dia buat-buat malu; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
feign | vt 1. pretend, (act.) berpura-pura, buat-buat; (pass.) dibuat-buat, berpura-pura: to ~ indifference, berpura-pura tdk peduli; her headache was ~ed, sakit kepalanya dibuat-buat; 2. (old use) make up, mengada-adakan: to ~ an excuse, mengada-adakan alasan; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
possum | n; play ~, (colloq) berpura-pura, buat-buat: I don’t think he’s exhausted. I think he’s playing ~, saya tak fikir dia letih sangat. Saya rasa dia berpura-pura. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
simulate | vt 1. make pretence of, feign, (ber)pura-pura, buat-buat: he lay with his eyes closed, simulating sleep, dia berbaring memejamkan matanya, berpura-pura tidur; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
obtuse | adj 1. slow to understand, lembap: I thought he was being wilfully ~, saya fikir dia sengaja buat-buat lembap; 2. (of angle) cakah. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
story-teller | n 1. one who tells story, penglipur lara, tukang cerita; 2. (colloq) orang yg buat-buat cerita. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
motion | go through the ~s, (colloq) a. do (st) mechanically and without real interest, buat-buat: though it was the last thing she wanted to do, she went through the ~s of welcoming the visitors, walaupun hatinya a | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
fake | vt also ~ up, a. counterfeit, memalsukan: he ~d a van Gogh, dia memalsukan karya van Gogh; 2. invent, mereka-reka: the witness ~d up the whole story, saksi itu mereka-reka seluruh cerita itu; 3. feign, simulate, buat-buat, berpura-pura; she ~d a headache and excused herself from the meeting, dia buat-buat pening kepala dan meminta keluar drpd mesyuarat; he ~d his own kidnapping, dia buat-buat kena culik. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
put | ~ st on, a. don st, /memakai, mengenakan/ sst; (on so. else), /memakaikan, mengenakan/ sst utk sso: he ~ on his coat, dia memakai kotnya; she ~ on the children’s shoes, dia memakaikan kasut utk kanak-kanak itu; b. assume, pretend, pura-pura, (mem)buat-buat: she’s not cross at all. She’s ~ting it all on, dia tdk meradang langsung. Dia hanya buat-buat saja; be ~ on, dibuat-buat: his anger is only ~ on, kemarahannya dibuat-buat saja; c. apply st, mengenakan sst [or use approp v]: ~ bandages on that wound, kenakan balutan pd luka itu or balut luka itu; ~ the brake on (st), | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |