| act | n 1. dramatic art, seni /lakon, drama/; 2. performance, lakonan: poor ~, lakonan yg lemah. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| affecting | adj mengharukan: an ~ climax to a play, kemuncak lakonan yg mengharukan; a most ~ speech, ucapan yg mengharukan sekali; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| begin | ~ with, (st) bermula dgn; (so.) mulakan, yg memulakan: the play ~s with a prologue, lakonan itu bermula dgn prolog; let’s ~ with Hassan, biar Hassan mulakan or biar Hassan yg memulakan; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| break | 4. recess, waktu rehat; (in a journey) berhenti berehat: the play lasts for three hours with only one ~, lakonan itu tiga jam lamanya dgn sekali saja waktu rehat; during a ~ in the journey, he took photographs of the castle, sewaktu berhenti berehat dlm perjalanan, dia mengambil gambar kastil itu; /coffee, tea/ ~, waktu minum; lunch ~, waktu makan tengah hari; commercial ~, waktu iklan; 5. discontinuation, putusnya, terputus: after a ~ of two years, their correspondence was renewed, sesudah terputus selama dua tahun, perhubungan surat menyurat antara mereka diteruskan semula; 6. rupture in relationship, putusnya (hubungan), terputus: the couple had drifted apart, but the final ~ did not occur until their daughter’s marriage, hubungan pasangan itu memang sudah renggang tetapi hanya terputus sesudah anak perempuan mereka berkahwin; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| incidental | adj existing, happening in connection with st more important, sampingan: ~ details, butiran sampingan; ~ music to a play, muzik sampingan utk sst lakonan; ~ expenses, belanja sampingan; ~ to, /berkaitan, berhubungan/ dgn: the discomfort ~ to long distance travelling, ketidakselesaan yg berkaitan dgn perjalanan jauh. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| applaud | vt 1. express approval by clapping hands, memberikan tepukan kpd, memberi [sso, sst] tepukan: the play was loudly ~ed, lakonan itu diberi tepukan gemuruh; 2. show approval of, praise, memuji: his persistence must be ~ed, kegigihannya patut dipuji. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| latter | adj 1. the second mentioned of two, kedua: of the two plays, Hamlet and Macbeth, I prefer the ~, antara dua lakonan itu, Hamlet dan Macbeth, saya lebih menyukai yg kedua;2. belonging to a later time or period, akhir: the ~ part of the novel is set in Greece, bahagian akhir novel itu berlatarkan Greece; he did a lot of travelling in the ~ part of last year, dia banyak berjalan pd akhir tahun lepas; the ~ years of his life, pd tahun-tahun akhir hayatnya; the ~ part of the year, setengah tahun kedua; 3. recent, present, /akhir-akhir, kebelakangan/ ini: life has changed considerably for her in these ~ days, hidupnya banyak berubah akhir-akhir ini; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| adverse | adj 1. hostile, memburuk-burukkan (+ approp n): there were many ~ comments about the play, terdapat banyak ulasan yg memburuk-burukkan lakonan itu; 2. unfavourable, a. (of condition) buruk: ~ weather conditions, keadaan cuaca yg buruk; b. (of circumstance) menyukarkan, tak menyenangkan; c. (of decision, verdict, etc) /bertentangan, berlawanan/ dgn kepentingan (sso), merugikan (sso): an ~ decision, keputusan yg bertentangan dgn kepentingan sso; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| done | the ~ thing, perkara yg lumrah; /be, have /~ with st, sudah tinggalkan sst: the famous actor says that he’s ~ with acting, pelakon yg terkenal itu menyatakan bahawa dia sudah tinggalkan bidang lakonan; over and ~ with, (of affair, relationship) putus sama sekali; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| lead 1 | 3. see LEASH; 4. principal role in a play, film, etc, peranan utama; (attrib) utama: he is playing the ~ in the play, dia memegang peranan utama dlm lakonan itu; he was the ~ singer in the band, dia penyanyi utama dlm pancaragam itu; 5. principal news story, berita utama: the story was the ~ in every newspaper, cerita itu telah menjadi berita utama dlm semua surat khabar; ~ article, rencana utama; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |