| fun | ~ and games, (colloq) main-main: haven’t you had enough ~ and games yet?, tak puaskah kamu main-main lagi?; figure of ~, bahan ketawa; for ~, for the ~ of it, utk /seronok-seronok, suka-suka/; in ~, melawak: it was said in ~, but Rahim took it seriously, dia melawak saja berkata begitu, tetapi Rahim menganggapnya serius; make ~ of, poke ~ at, mentertawai, mengetawai: he continually poked ~ at me, dia tdk habis-habis mentertawai saya. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| fiddle | vi (colloq) 1. play a fiddle, /menggesek, bermain/ biola; 2. also ~ /about, around/, main-main: stop fiddling about and eat your dinner, makan, jangan main-main; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| business | mean ~, sungguh-sungguh, bukan main-main; mind o’s own ~, (men)jaga /urusan, hal/ sendiri; be none of so’s ~, tak kena-mengena dgn sso: where I go and what I do is none of your ~, ke mana saya pergi dan apa saya buat, tak kena-mengena dgn kamu; be nobody’s ~, saya punya fasal: it’s nobody’s ~ how I spend my money, saya punya fasallah bagaimana saya membelanjakan wang saya; on ~, (connected with work in general) atas urusan kerja; (connected with commercial or trading activity) atas urusan perniagaan; put so. out of ~, membuat sso menggulung tikar; send so. about his ~, menyuruh sso menjaga /urusannya, halnya/ sendiri. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| goat | /act, play/ the (giddy) ~, (colloq) main-main; get so’s ~, (colloq) buat sso geram. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| larka 2 | n (colloq) st done as a joke, main-main; /do st for, have /a ~, mainkan: his friend hid his shoes for a ~, kawan-kawannya sengaja menyembunyikan kasutnya utk mainkannya; let’s have a ~ with him, mari kita mainkannya; what a ~, /geli hati, lucu/ betul; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| laughing | adj riang: a ~ face, wajah riang; no ~ matter, bukan perkara /main-main, olok-olok/. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| fiddle | ~ with, a. make aimless movements with, memain-mainkan: she was fiddling with her hair, dia sedang memain-mainkan rambutnya; b. (colloq) tamper with, main-main, menggodek-godek: when the radio doesn’t work, you can ~ with the wires inside, apabila radio itu tak berbunyi, kamu boleh main-main wayar di dalamnya; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| bugger | ~ /about, around/, (colloq) a. waste time doing unnecessary things, membuang masa: stop ~ing about and do some useful work, jangan membuang masa, buatlah kerja yg berguna; b. behave irresponsibly or in a silly way, main-main: stop ~ing about with that paintbrush and fill those cracks, jangan main-main dgn brus cat. Tampal rekahan-rekahan itu; ~ so. /about, around/, (colloq) cause so. problems, membuat sso susah: they really ~ you about at the Immigration office, mereka betul-betul membuat kita susah di Pejabat Imigresen. | 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 |
| do | aux v 1. (to form questions) adakah; (with “when”, “why”, “what”, etc) [not translated]; (in negative constructions) tidakkah: ~ you smoke?, adakah saudara merokok?; when did he go?, bilakah dia pergi?; why did he leave the government service?, mengapakah dia meninggalkan perkhidmatan kerajaan?; didn’t he tell you?, tidakkah dia memberitahu kamu?; 2. (to form negative statements), [not translated]: he ~es not wish to make any comments, dia tdk berhasrat utk membuat sebarang ulasan; 3. (to stress that a verb is positive) memang: I did see him just now, saya memang jumpa dia tadi; 4. (in polite or formal invitations) sila(lah): ~ have some cakes, silalah makan kek; 5. (to strengthen o’s plea or persuasion) -lah: ~ call when you arrive there, telefonlah apabila kamu tiba di sana; 6. (with a negative in imperative constructions) jangan: ~n’t play the fool with him, jangan main-main dengannya; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |