| fool | vi 1. tease, bermain-main, bergurau: I was only ~ing when I told you that the minister was going to visit us, saya hanya bermain-main semasa memberitahu kamu bahawa menteri akan melawat tempat kita; 2. often ~ around, ~ about, bermain-main: stop ~ing around and get down to work, jangan bermain-main lagi dan buatlah kerja; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| play | ~ /about, around/ a. amuse os, bermain-main: I watched the children ~ing about in the garden, saya memperhatikan kanak-kanak sedang bermain-main di taman; b. (colloq) have sexual relationship with, (suka) mengadakan hubungan seks: he’s the type who ~s around, dia jenis orang yg suka mengadakan hubungan seks; ~ /about, around/ st, bermain-main dekat sst: it’s dangerous for the children to ~ about the disused mining-pool, adalah berbahaya bagi kanak-kanak utk bermain-main dekat lombong bijih yg tdk digunakan lagi; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| fool | ~ /about, around/ with, a. (so.) bermain-main dgn: he’s always ~ing about with other man’s wives, dia selalu bermain-main dgn isteri orang; b. (st) bermain-main: you should never ~ about with a knife, jangan sekali-kali main-main pisau. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| sport | vi bermain-main: children ~ing in the river, kanak-kanak itu bermain-main di sungai; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| frolic | n bermain-main: the boys were having a ~ in the pool, budak-budak itu sedang bermain-main di kolam renang. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| frolic | vi bermain-main: she watched the children ~king on the beach, dia memperhatikan kanak-kanak itu sedang bermain-main di pantai. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| niggle | ~ at, bermain-main di: her parting words kept niggling at my brain, kata-katanya semasa hendak berpisah terus bermain-main di kepala saya; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| niggling | adj continually worrying, bermain-main di kepala: this ~ suspicion keeps me awake at night, syak wasangka yg bermain-main di kepala saya menyebabkan saya tdk dapat tidur. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| sky-lark | vi (old-fashioned) bermain-main: the accident occurred when the boys were ~ing in the dormitory, kemalangan itu berlaku semasa budak-budak itu bermain-main di bilik asrama. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| dabble | vi; ~ in st, a. play in water, bermain-main dlm: ducklings dabbling in the water, anak-anak itik yg sedang bermain-main dlm air; b. engage superficially in st, mencuba-cuba [+ approp v], mencuba-cuba /menceburkan, melibatkan/ diri dlm: to ~ in politics, mencuba-cuba berpolitik or mencuba-cuba menceburkan diri dlm politik; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |