| facilitate | vt memudahkan: there are many new appliances to ~ housework, banyak alat baru yg memudahkan kerja-kerja rumah; the new medical inventions that ~ a patient’s recovery, ciptaan perubatan yg baru yg memudahkan pemulihan pesakit. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| share | ~ in, berkongsi (approp v): children should be encouraged to ~ in the household chores, anak-anak harus digalakkan berkongsi membuat kerja-kerja rumah; they ~d in our joys and our troubles, mereka berkongsi dgn kami sewaktu senang dan susah. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| chiv(v)y | vt mengejan, menggulut: she chivied her husband to help her with the housework, dia mengejan suaminya supaya membantunya membuat kerja-kerja rumah. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| drudgery | n kerja yg sukar dan membosankan; the ~ of, sukar dan membosankan: she hates the ~ of household chores, dia benci akan kerja-kerja rumah yg sukar dan membosankan itu. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| housework | n kerja rumah. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| domestic | adj 1. of the home, rumah; (of electricity, water supply, etc) ke rumah: ~ chores, kerja-kerja rumah; ~ gadgets, alat-alat rumah; chemicals for ~ use, bahan kimia utk kegunaan rumah; different rates are fixed for ~ water supply, kadar bayaran yg berlainan dikenakan utk bekalan air ke rumah; 2. connected with family, rumah tangga: ~ problems, masalah rumah tangga; ~ responsibilities, tanggungjawab rumah tangga; 3. fond of home life, suka kehidupan di rumah; 4. of the home country, dlm negeri: for ~ consumption, utk kegunaan dlm negeri; ~ airline, syarikat penerbangan dlm negeri; the government’s ~ policies, dasar dlm negeri kerajaan; 5. (of animal) bela jinak; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| prep | n (colloq) 1. homework, kerja rumah; 2. preparatory school, sekolah persediaan. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| homework | n 1. school work done at home, kerja /rumah, sekolah/; 2. research, penyelidikan: that reporter should have done his ~ properly before writing the article, wartawan itu sepatutnya membuat penyelidikan dgn betul sebelum menulis makalah itu. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| trial | 6. so., st annoying or frustrating, menjengkelkan: she finds housework a ~, dia mendapati kerja rumah menjengkelkan; the noise of the children is a ~ at times, ada masanya kebisingan budak-budak itu menjengkelkan; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| tedium | n rasa /jemu, bosan/: the ~ of doing household chores day in and day out, rasa jemu melakukan kerja rumah dr sehari ke sehari. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |