| lull | n a. (during a storm etc), /reda, berhenti/ (sebentar): after a ~, the storm renewed itself with increased vigour, selepas reda sebentar, ribut turun dgn lebih kencang; a brief ~ in the wind, angin reda sebentar; b. (of military activity), /reda, terhenti/ (sebentar): there was a two-week ~ in the fighting, pertempuran itu terhenti selama dua minggu; c. (in conversation) terhenti (seketika, sebentar, sekejap): there was a ~ in the conversation when she entered the room, perbualan terhenti sebentar apabila dia masuk ke bilik itu; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| jiffy , jiff | n (colloq) sebentar, sekejap: wait a ~, tunggu sebentar; in a ~, /sebentar, sekejap/ lagi. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| flying visit | n kunjungan /sebentar, sekejap/; pay so. a ~, /melawat, mengunjungi/ sso /sebentar, sekejap/: he paid us a ~ visit, dia melawat kami sebentar sahaja. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| while | n; a /little, short/ ~, /sebentar, sekejap/ lagi: I’ll come in a little ~, saya datang sebentar lagi; he only stayed a short ~, dia hanya tinggal sebentar saja; a long ~ (ago), lama (dulu): it happened a long ~ ago, peristiwa itu berlaku lama dulu; I haven’t seen her in a long ~, saya telah lama tdk berjumpa dengannya; /all the, the whole/ ~, selama: he was ill all the ~, selama ini dia sakit; for a ~, sebentar, sekejap, seketika: I wish you’d rest for a ~, saya harap kamu berehat sebentar; once in a ~, sesekali, sekali-sekala: he calls in on us once in a ~, dia melawat kami sekali-sekala; make it worth o’s ~, memberikan ganjaran yg berpatutan: if you do the job for him I’m sure he’ll make it worth your ~, kalau kamu membuat kerja itu utk dia, saya pasti dia akan memberikan ganjaran yg berpatutan; quite a ~, agak lama juga: it will take quite a ~ to do it properly, agak lama juga utk membuatnya dgn betul; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| moment | a few ~s later he heard a knock at the door, sebentar kemudian, dia terdengar bunyi ketukan di pintu; just a ~, /sebentar, sekejap/ (ya): just a ~, I want to tell you something, sebentar ya, saya ingin memberitahukan sst kpd kamu; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| awhile | adv sebentar, sekejap: would you wait ~, please, boleh tuan tunggu sebentar. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| pop 1 | ~ into, pergi /sebentar, sekejap/: I’m just going to ~ into the office for a minute, saya akan pergi sebentar ke pejabat; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| second 2 | 2. very short period of time, sebentar, sekejap: wait a ~!, tunggu sekejap!; ~ s later, /sejurus, sebentar/ kemudian: ~ s later, they heard a tremendous roar, sejurus kemudian mereka terdengar bunyi tempikan yg gemuruh; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| pop 1 | ~ out, (colloq) go out for a short while, keluar /sebentar, sekejap/: I’m going to ~ out and buy a newspaper, saya akan keluar sebentar utk membeli surat khabar; ~ o’s head out, /menjengukkan, menjengahkan/ kepala ke luar: she ~ped her head out of the window and called the children inside, dia menjengukkan kepalanya ke luar tingkap dan memanggil anak-anaknya masuk; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| hold 1 | ~ on, a. also ~ on a /minute, second/, wait, tunggu (sebentar, sekejap): ~ on, I’ll go and get her, tunggu sebentar, saya akan pergi memanggilnya; b. cling tightly, berpaut: I can’t ~ on much longer, my hands are tired, saya tdk boleh berpaut lebih lama lagi, tangan saya sudah lenguh; c. continue in spite of difficulties, bersabar: we were told to ~ on as help would reach us soon, kami diberitahu supaya bersabar krn pertolongan akan sampai tdk lama lagi; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |