| fail | 4. be unable, neglect (to do st), tidak, gagal, [sometimes tdk dapat]; (in negative construction), [no specif translation]: he had ~ed to turn off the gas, dia tidak menutup gas; some of the seeds ~ed to germinate, sesetengah biji benih tidak tumbuh; to ~ to obtain any information, gagal mendapatkan sebarang maklumat; the crane ~ed to haul the sunken boat up, kren itu tdk dapat menarik keluar perahu yg karam; an answer which cannot ~ to please him, jawapan yg pasti akan menyenangkan hatinya; I shall not ~ to do so, saya pasti akan berbuat demikian; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| comparison | /bear, stand/ ~ with, /setanding, sebanding/ dgn: that’s a good novel but it bears no ~ with this, novel itu baik tetapi tdk setanding dgn yg ini; /beyond, without/ ~, tdk ada /bandingnya, banding/; (of beauty), tdk ada /bandingan, tolok bandingnya/; /by, in/ ~, secara perbandingan: their progress is slow by ~, secara perbandingan kemajuan mereka adalah lambat; /by, in/ ~ /with, to/, /berbanding, jika dibandingkan/ dgn: the population in the east coast is small in ~ with that in the west coast, penduduk di pantai timur adalah kecil berbanding dgn penduduk di pantai barat; make a ~, membuat perbandingan; there is no ~, dlm hal ini tidak dapat dibuat perbandingan. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| believe | vt percaya akan, mempercayai; (preceding a clause) percaya: it is difficult to ~ his story, sukar mempercayai ceritanya; don’t ~ everything you read, jangan percaya akan semua yg kamu baca; do you ~ him?, kamu mempercayainya or kamu percaya akan kata-katanya?; I ~ he has retired, saya percaya dia telah bersara; a large amount of gold is ~d to have been hidden here, orang percaya bahawa banyak emas telah disembunyikan di sini; ~ it or not, would you ~ it?, (colloq) percaya tak?; ~ (you) me, percayalah; /can, could, would, etc/ ~ it of so., percaya sso /dapat, boleh/ melakukannya; I could scarcely ~ my /eyes, ears/, saya terperanjat /melihat, mendengar/ sst; I ~ not, rasanya tidak, rasa saya tidak; make ~, berpura-pura: they made ~ that they were cowboys, mereka berpura-pura bahawa mereka koboi; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |