| vicious circle | n /lingkaran, putaran/ ganas: the more she eats, the fatter she gets; the fatter she gets the more miserable she becomes; the more miserable she becomes, the more she eats. It’s a ~, lebih banyak dia makan, dia menjadi lebih gemuk; apabila dia lebih gemuk, dia menjadi lebih sengsara; apabila dia lebih sengsara, dia makan lebih banyak. Itu lingkaran ganas. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| work | in ~, bekerja: when he is in ~ he earns high wages, semasa dia bekerja, dia mendapat gaji besar; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| without | 3. not accompanied by, tanpa: he swore that he could not live ~ her, dia bersumpah dia tdk boleh hidup tanpanya; they arrived ~ their children, mereka tiba tanpa anak-anak mereka; smoke ~ fire, ada asap tanpa api; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| use | 8. exploit, memperalat: he ~s his friends to further his ambition, dia memperalat kawan-kawannya utk menjayakan cita-citanya; he feels he has been ~d, dia rasa dia telah diperalat; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| up | 8. in an elated state, riang: he has his ~ days and down days, ada hari dia riang, ada hari dia murung; ~ and /about, around/, bergerak cergas: I’m glad to see him ~ and about again, saya gembira melihat dia bergerak cergas semula; ~ for, a. presented and charged with an offence, dibawa ke muka pengadilan, dihadapkan ke mahkamah: he is ~ for murder, dia dibawa ke muka pengadilan krn membunuh; b. being considered for, dipertimbangkan: the house is ~ for sale, rumah itu dipertimbangkan utk dijual; be well ~ /in, on/, pandai dlm: he is well ~ in computer science, dia pandai dlm sains komputer; what’s ~?, apa halnya?; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| up | ~ against, menghadapi: I find myself ~ against a lot of problems, saya mendapati diri saya menghadapi banyak masalah; he knew he was ~ against a strong candidate, dia tahu dia menghadapi calon yg kuat; Johor are ~ against Selangor in the final, Johor akan menghadapi Selangor dlm perlawanan akhir; ~ to, a. be so’s responsibility, choice, /terpulang, terserah, bergantung/ kpd: it’s ~ to me to decide, terpulang kpd saya utk memutuskannya; b. as much as, sehingga: loans ~ to 90% are obtainable, pinjaman sehingga 90% boleh didapati; c. as high as, sehingga: profits were well ~ to 20% last year, keuntungan telah naik sehingga 20 peratus tahun lalu; ~ to 20,000 people attended the match, sehingga 20,000 orang menghadiri perlawanan itu; d. as far as, sampai, hingga: he walked straight ~ to the door, dia berjalan terus sampai ke pintu; the boy can count from 1 ~ to 20, budak itu boleh membilang dr 1 sampai 20; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| urge | n dorongan: he has always had an ~ to write, dia sentiasa mempunyai dorongan utk menulis; as soon as he saw the mountain he felt an ~ to climb, sebaik saja dia nampak gunung itu, dia rasa ada dorongan utk mendakinya; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| wrong | 2. malign, menyalah anggap: he realised that he had ~ed me, dia sedar bahawa dia telah menyalah anggap saya | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| write | ~ off, menulis: when he saw the advertisement he wrote off for a catalogue, apabila dia melihat iklan itu, dia menulis utk mendapatkan katalog; ~ so. off, mengetepikan sso: of the five applicants, three can be written off, drpd lima orang pemohon, tiga orang boleh diketepikan; you can ~ him off as a future leader, kamu boleh mengetepikannya sbg pemimpin masa depan; ~ st off, a. cancel st from account, (act.) menghapus kira sst; (pass.) sst hapus kira: the firm has written off thousands of dollars worth of bad debts, firma itu telah menghapus kira beribu-ribu dolar hutang lapuk; b. accept the loss or failure of st, membatalkan sst: our plan had to be written off because of the weather, rancangan kami terpaksa dibatalkan oleh sebab cuaca buruk; c. damage (esp a car) beyond repair, ranap, musnah: four cars were written off in the accident, empat buah kereta telah musnah dlm kemalangan itu; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| work | 10. think, berfikir: he was so tired that his mind wouldn’t ~, dia begitu letih hinggakan dia tdk dapat berfikir; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |