| capital 1 | make ~ out of, mengambil kesempatan drpd: a shrewd businessman who made ~ out of the contacts he has with politicians, ahli perniagaan yg pintar yg mengambil kesempatan drpd hubungannya dengan ahli-ahli politik. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| between times, between whiles | adv bila-bila ada kesempatan: she is a very busy woman but ~ she manages to write, dia wanita yg sangat sibuk tetapi bila-bila ada kesempatan dia dapat juga menulis. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| break | a bad ~, nasib yg /malang, buruk/; a lucky ~, a. good opportunity, peluang yg baik, kesempatan; b. good luck, nasib baik, tuah; get all the ~s, a. get all the opportunities, selalu mendapat peluang; b. get all the good luck, selalu bernasib baik; give so. a ~, a. not harass so., /membiarkan, tdk mendesak/ sso; b. give opportunity, memberi sso /kesempatan, peluang/, memberikan /peluang, kesempatan/ kpd sso; make a ~, (lari) meluru: three prisoners at the end of the line tried to make a ~ for the woods, tiga orang tahanan di hujung barisan mencuba meluru ke hutan; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| impose | ~ /on, upon/, menyusahkan; (so’s good nature, indness, generosity, etc) mengambil kesempatan: you allow yourself to be ~ed upon by the children, kamu membiarkan anak-anak menyusahkan kamu; I would not want to ~ upon your good nature, saya tdk mahu mengambil kesempatan krn puan baik budi; ~ /os, o’s company/ on, menyuakan diri; (by causing inconvenience) menyusahkan: we did not invite him to join our group; he ~d himself on us, kami tdk mengajaknya bersama-sama dlm kumpulan kami; dia yg menyuakan diri; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| capitalize, capitalise | ~ on, mengambil kesempatan drpd. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| breathing-space | n kelegaan, kesempatan bernafas. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| crack | a fair ~ of the whip, /peluang, kesempatan/ utk mencuba; at the ~ of dawn,/ waktu fajar menyingsing; ~ of doom, a. thunder-peal of day of judgement, tiupan sangkakala hari kiamat; b. end of the world, hari kiamat; give so. a ~ at st., memberi sso peluang untuk mencuba; have a ~ at, (fml) mencuba (+ approp v): he’s going to have a ~ at tennis, dia akan mencuba bermain tenis; make a ~ about /so., st/, mempersendakan /sso, sst/; open (door etc) just a ~, membuka (pintu dsb) sedikit sahaja; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| bide | vt; ~ o’s time, /menanti, menunggu/ /masa, waktu/ sahaja, menunggu /kesempatan, peluang/ yg baik. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| ball1 | have the ~ at o’s feet, (colloq) mempunyai /peluang, kesempatan/ utk berjaya; keep the ~ rolling, (colloq) meneruskan + approp n; /set, start/ the ~ rolling, (colloq) memulakan + approp n: the government itself set the ~ rolling when it raised civil servants’ salaries, kerajaan sendiri yg memulakan segalanya ketika menaikkan gaji pegawai awam; who wants to set the ~ rolling by asking the first question?, siapa yg ingin memulakan acara dgn mengajukan pertanyaan yg pertama?; the ~ is in so’s court, (colloq) giliran sso utk /bertindak, mengambil tindakan/; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| avail | ~ os of, menggunakan: to ~ os of every opportunity to improve o’s education, menggunakan setiap kesempatan utk meningkatkan pelajaran sso. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |