| stretch | 3. strain a. (resource etc) menyebabkan [ss] terbatas: buying the new house has ~ed their credit to the limit, dgn membeli rumah yg baru itu kewangan mereka telah menjadi terbatas; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| keep | ~ so. alive, a. prevent so’s death, menyelamatkan (nyawa) sso: the doctor was struggling to ~ him alive, doktor itu berusaha sedaya upaya utk menyelamatkan nyawanya; b. let so. live, membiarkan sso hidup, tdk membunuh ss | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| memory | commit st to ~, menghafaz sst; have a /~, mind/ like a sieve, pelupa, mudah lupa: the old man has a ~ like a sieve, lelaki tua itu pelupa; if ~ serves, kalau betul ingatan saya; /in, to the/ ~ of so., utk memperingati ss | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |