| 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 |
| beforehand | adv 1. in anticipation, (ter)lebih dahulu: you ought to have told me all this ~, sepatutnya saudara sudah memberitahu saya semua ini terlebih dahulu; please let us know your plans ~, harap beritahu kami rancangan tuan lebih dahulu; 2. (in reference to payment) dahulu: they paid him ~, mereka membayar gaji kepadanya dahulu; be ~ with (st), awal + approp v (sst): she is always ~ with the rent, dia selalu awal membayar sewa; 3. early, awal: to come an hour ~, datang satu jam awal; it’s a good thing to be ~ with your packing, baiklah berkemas-kemas awal. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| be | it was not to ~, tdk jadi: they were supposed to be married, but it was not to ~, mereka sepatutnya berkahwin tetapi tdk jadi; 11. travel to, visit, [various translations]: I’ve never been in that theatre, saya belum pernah masuk ke panggung itu; has the doctor been?, sudahkah doktor datang?; where have you been?, ke mana engkau (tadi)?; he’s been and gone, tadi dia di sini tetapi sekarang sudah pergi; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| contact | be /in, out of/ ~ with, /berhubungan, tdk berhubungan/ dgn; (of fighting units), /bertempur, tdk bertempur lagi/ dgn; (of wires), /bersentuhan, tdk bersentuhan/ dgn: I have not been in ~ with him for a long time now, sudah lama saya tdk berhubungan dengannya; the wires should not be in ~ with one another, dawai itu tdk sepatutnya bersentuhan; bring so. into ~ with, mendedahkan sso kpd: we must bring these young people into ~ with new ideas, kita mesti mendedahkan anak-anak muda ini kpd idea-idea baru; come into ~ with, a. touch, bersentuhan dgn; b. come across, meet, bertemu dgn; (ideas, opinion, etc) menemui: in his job, he comes into ~ with people from different backgrounds, dlm kerjanya, dia bertemu dgn orang dr latar belakang yg berlainan; he came into ~ with several opposing opinions, dia menemui beberapa pendapat yg bertentangan; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |