drag | be a ~ on, melambatkan: domestic problems were a ~ on his success, masalah rumah tangga melambatkan dia mencapai kejayaan; take a ~ on, (sl) menyedut [n] lama-lama: he took a ~ on his cigar, dia menyedut cerutnya lama-lama; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
drag | ~ o’s /feet, heels/, a. berjalan dgn menyeret kaki; b. (fig.) melengah-lengahkan, melambat-lambatkan: the government was accused of ~ging its feet over the reforms, kerajaan dituduh melengah-lengahkan pembaharuan; ~ /at, on/, menyedut lama-lama: when he smokes, he ~s at his cigarette, apabila dia merokok, dia menyedutnya lama-lama; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
enduring | adj lasting, lama bertahan: a poet of ~ greatness, penyair yg keagungannya lama bertahan; ~ peace, keamanan yg lama bertahan. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
age-old | adj /telah, sudah/ lama + approp v: ~ customs, adat resam yg telah lama diamalkan; the ~ feud between the two families, perseteruan yg telah lama wujud antara kedua-dua keluarga itu. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
lama | n lama. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
imminent | adj pasti akan + approp v (tdk lama lagi); (of death) berada di ambang [maut]: war is ~, peperangan pasti akan meletus tdk lama lagi; a storm is ~, ribut pasti akan melanda tdk lama lagi; like one faced with ~ death, spt orang yg berada di ambang maut. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
interval | after a long ~, lama selepas itu: after a long ~, he finally replied my letter, lama selepas itu, barulah dia menjawab surat saya; at ~s, a. occasionally, sekali-sekali: the machine would stop making its whirring sound at ~s, sekali-sekali jentera itu berhenti mengeluarkan bunyi yg bergetar; b. happening regularly after particular periods of time, pd waktu-waktu tertentu: the bell rang at ~s, loceng berbunyi pd waktu-waktu tertentu; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
for | ~ a long time, sudah lama: I haven’t met him ~ a long time, lama saya tdk berjumpa dengannya; ~ /days, months, years, etc /, /berhari-hari, berbulan-bulan, bertahun-tahun/ (lamanya); ~ life, seumur hidup; (liter.) seumur hidup, sepanjang hayat; ~ miles and miles, berbatu-batu jauhnya; ~ once, buat pertama kali: ~ once she did not object, buat pertama kali dia tdk membantah; ~ os, sendiri: she wanted to see it ~ herself, dia ingin melihatnya sendiri; ~ the present, buat masa /ini, sekarang/; be (in) ~ it, (colloq) kena engkau: you’ll be in ~ it if your sister catches you wearing her new shoes, kena engkau, jika kakak engkau nampak engkau memakai kasut barunya; /but, were it not, except /~, kalau tdk krn: but ~ her, Salleh would have died, kalau tdk krn dia, Salleh tentu mati; word ~ word, perkataan demi perkataan; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
high time | adv sepatutnya sudah lama: it’s ~ she got married, she’s nearly forty, sepatutnya sudah lama dia berkahwin, umurnya hampir empat puluh tahun. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
donkey’s years | n (colloq) lama betul: I haven’t been there for ~, lama betul saya tak ke sana. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |