| 2. small quantity that can be held between forefinger and thumb, cubit: a ~ of ginger will improve the flavour, secubit serbuk halia akan menyedapkan rasa; 3. critical period, keadaan /tersepit, terdesak/: when it comes to the ~ he is likely to go back on all his promises, apabila dlm keadaan terdesak dia biasanya tdk akan menepati janjinya; 4. usu the ~, stress, hardship, tersepit: denied access to certain markets, the farmers started to feel the ~, dihalang memasuki beberapa pasaran, para petani mula berasa tersepit; | 2. small quantity that can be held between forefinger and thumb, cubit: a ~ of ginger will improve the flavour, secubit serbuk halia akan menyedapkan rasa; 3. critical period, keadaan /tersepit, terdesak/: when it comes to the ~ he is likely to go back on all his promises, apabila dlm keadaan terdesak dia biasanya tdk akan menepati janjinya; 4. usu the ~, stress, hardship, tersepit: denied access to certain markets, the farmers started to feel the ~, dihalang memasuki beberapa pasaran, para petani mula berasa tersepit; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |