| awkward | 5. embarrassed, serba salah; (attrib) dlm keadaan serba salah: she felt ~ about asking him for the loan, dia berasa serba salah utk meminjam wang daripadanya; an ~ silence followed his outburst, mereka terdiam dlm keadaan serba salah setelah dia menghamburkan kata-kata itu; 6. requiring tact, delicate, sulit: an ~ diplomatic situation, keadaan diplomatik yg sulit; ~ customer, a. so. who is difficult to deal with, (orang yg) banyak kerenah; b. animal that is dangerous to deal with, binatang yg berbahaya. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| difficult | be in a ~ position, (dlm keadaan) serba salah; make life ~ for so., menyusahkan hidup sso; place so. in a ~ position, menyebabkan sso serba salah: the arrival of her ex-husband placed her in a ~ position, ketibaan bekas suaminya menyebabkan dia serba salah. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| dilemma | n dilema, keadaan serba salah: there seemed to be no way out of the ~, nampaknya tdk ada jalan keluar drpd dilema itu; place so. in a ~, /menyebabkan, membuat/ sso berada dlm /dilema, keadaan serba salah/; on the horns of a ~, dlm /dilema, keadaan serba salah/. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| spot | put so. on the ~, membuat sso dlm keadaan serba salah: you’ve put me on the ~ now – I can’t tell you who the person is, kamu membuat saya dlm keadaan serba salah – saya tdk dapat memberitahu kamu siapa orang itu; weak ~, lemah: physics is my weak ~, saya lemah dlm mata pelajaran fizik; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| double bind | n keadaan serba salah, dilema. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| horn | on the ~s of a dilemma, berada dlm /dilema, keadaan serba salah/; /pull, draw/ in o’s ~, a. restrain anger, zeal, etc, membendung + approp n: as there were many people present, he had to draw in his ~s, disebabkan ramai orang yg hadir, dia terpaksa membendung kemarahannya; b. economize, berjimat cermat; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| awkwardness | n 1. clumsiness, ungainliness, kekekokan, kecanggungan; (of sentence ) kejanggalan; 2. embarrassment, serba salah. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| agony | ~ column, ruangan duka; (be in) an ~ of despair, dlm keadaan putus /asa, harapan/; (be in) an ~ of doubt, (dlm) keadaan serba salah; ~ of mind, keseksaan /jiwa, batin/; (be in) an ~ of remorse, /(rasa) sesal, penyesalan/ yg amat sangat; death ~, nazak. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| situated | with no job and many debts to settle, I was very badly ~, saya berada dlm keadaan yg teruk krn tdk mempunyai pekerjaan dan menanggung banyak hutang; the President was awkwardly ~ as he had to make a decision that would antagonise his supporters, Presiden itu berada dlm keadaan yg serba salah krn terpaksa membuat keputusan yg akan membuat penyokong-penyokongnya marah. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| position | 8. job, jawatan: the ~ has become vacant, jawatan itu telah kosong; he obtained a ~ as clerk in a legal firm, dia mendapat jawatan sbg kerani di pejabat guaman itu; 9. circumstances, keadaan, kedudukan: this change in plans leaves me in an awkward ~, adanya pertukaran dlm rancangan membuat saya dlm keadaan serba salah; what is the ~ of the firm now?, bagaimana kedudukan firma itu sekarang?; 10. (sport) kedudukan: the centre forward ~, kedudukan forward tengah; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |