| conversation | n perbualan: an interesting ~, perbualan yg menarik; /have a, carry on a, be in/ ~ (with), berbual (dgn): they are deep in ~, mereka asyik berbual; change the ~, menukar tajuk perbualan; enter into ~, berbual; make ~ with so., mengajak sso berbual: it is difficult to make ~ with her, susah utk mengajak dia berbual. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| conversation piece | n st that provokes conversation, tajuk perbualan: the old painting has become a ~, lukisan tua itu menjadi tajuk perbualan. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| subject | n 1. topic, a. (in conversation) tajuk: a ~ for discussion, satu tajuk utk perbincangan; the ~ of their conversation did not interest me, tajuk perbualan mereka tdk menarik minat saya; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| strike | b. (usu colloq) begin a friendship or conversation, mula (approp v): the two boys seemed to have struck up a friendship, kedua-dua budak itu nampaknya telah mula berkawan; I struck up a conversation with a fellow traveller who knew the place well, saya mula berbual dgn seorang yg seperjalanan dgn saya yg tahu betul ttg tempat itu; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| buzz | ~ of conversation, bunyi percakapan; give so. a ~, (colloq) menelefon sso; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| peter | b. (conversation, meeting, etc) tamat, selesai: the discussion ~ed out after an hour, perbincangan itu selesai selepas satu jam; c. diminish in amount, /beransur, semakin/ habis: the supplies ~ed out, and the soldiers had to live off the land, bekalan beransur habis, jadi askar itu terpaksa makan apa saja yg ada di hutan itu. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| sheer 2 | the conversation ~ed off from the unpleasant topic of the war, perbualan itu menyimpang drpd tajuk ttg perang yg tdk menyenangkan. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| talk | n 1. conversation, perbualan, percakapan, berbual, bercakap; (about serious matter) perbincangan: he just came in for a ~, dia datang hanya utk berbual-bual saja; we had a long ~ about the problem, kami mengadak | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| pleasantry | n polite remarks, light conversation, beramah mesra: we stood about the V.I.P. lounge exchanging pleasantries, kami berdiri-diri di ruang V.I.P. sambil beramah mesra. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| dialogue | n 1. conversation, perbualan, percakapan, dialog; 2. exchange of views between two parties, dialog: a ~ between the representatives of the two governments, dialog antara wakil kedua-dua kerajaan; 3. (in drama, novel, etc) dialog. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |