| fortune | win a ~, memenangi wang yg banyak; worth a ~, sangat berhaga; 2. fate, destiny, nasib: we must accept such incidents as the ~s of war, kita mesti menerima peristiwa spt itu sbg nasib semasa perang; it was his ~ to fail, although he nearly succeeded, sudah nasibnya dia gagal, walaupun dia hampir-hampir berjaya; F~ smiles on /so., st/, nasib menyebelahi /sso, sst/; seek o’s ~, merantau mencari untung nasib; tell so’s, ~, /menilik, menengok, menenung/ nasib sso; 3. chance, luck, nasib: he tried his ~ at the roulette table, dia mencuba nasibnya di meja roulette; by a stroke of ~, krn bernasib baik; have the good ~, bernasib baik, beruntung: she had the good ~ to travel far and wide, dia bernasib baik dapat mengembara jauh; have the ill ~, bernasib malang. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| job | a (bloody, jolly, very, etc) good /~, thing/, (colloq) nasib baik(lah), untung(lah), mujur(lah): it’s a good ~ you didn’t buy the watch; it’s a fake!, mujur kamu tak beli; jam itu palsu!; give st up as a bad ~, (colloq) tdk mahu meneruskan usaha itu lagi: after weeks of trying to assemble the model plane he gave it up as a bad ~, setelah berminggu mencuba memasang model kapal terbang itu, dia tdk mahu meneruskan usaha itu lagi; give so. up as a bad ~, | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| cast | ~ a horoscope, meramalkan nasib; ~ a shadow on (st), (lit.) membayangi (sst); ~ a slur on so’s reputation, mencemarkan nama baik sso, memburuk-burukkan (nama sso); ~ a spell on, put a spell on, menyihir; ~ a vote, membuang undi; ~ adrift, menghanyutkan; ~ an eye (over), melihat /sepintas lalu, sekali imbas/; ~ anchor, melabuhkan sauh; be ~ ashore, terdampar di pantai; ~ aspersions on, melemparkan celaan thdp; ~ in o’s lot with, turut mengadu untung dgn; ~ lots, mencabut undi; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |