| bat1 | off o’s own ~, (colloq) a. on o’s own initiative, atas /daya usaha, inisiatif/ sendiri, dgn /daya usaha, inisiatif/ sendiri; b. without approval from anyone, /pandai-pandai sendiri, memandai-mandai/ (sahaja): since you did it off your own ~ I will not pay for the extra cost, krn kamu melakukannya pandai-pandai sendiri sahaja, saya tdk akan membayar kos tambahan; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| clever | adj 1. intelligent, pandai: a ~ student, seorang penuntut yg pandai; she is ~ at sums, dia pandai dlm kira-kira;2. skilful, pandai: ~ at embroidery, pandai menyulam; a ~ craftsman, seorang tukang yg pandai; 3. wise, bijak: a ~ decision, keputusan yg bijak; a ~ move, langkah yg bijak; 4. shrewd, pintar: he was too ~ for his opponent, dia terlalu pintar bagi lawannya; that was certainly ~ of him, pintar betul dia; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| articulate | adj 1. able to express os clearly, fluently, pandai /bercakap, bertutur/, petah berkata-kata: a clever and ~ man, lelaki yg bijak dan pandai bercakap; he was not ~ enough to express his feelings, dia tdk begitu pandai bercakap utk melahirkan perasaannya; 2. having power of speech, dapat /bercakap, bertutur/; 3. distinct, clear, jelas, terang: his speech was not ~, pertuturannya tdk jelas; 4. (biol) artikulat; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| pedantry | n 1.tiresome display of learning, /sifat, sikap/ menunjuk-nunjuk pandai: a first class scholar, entirely lacking in ~, sarjana yg terbaik yg tdk memperlihatkan sifat menunjuk-nunjuk pandai; 2. instance of being this, unsur menunjuk-nunjuk pandai: he encourages them to cut out all pedantries and write fluent colloquial English, | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| armchair | adj 1. theoretical, hanya pandai berteori: ~ critic, pengkritik yg hanya pandai berteori; 2. sharing in another’s experience, berkongsi pengalaman + approp n orang lain: an ~ traveller, seorang yg berkongsi pengalaman pengembaraan orang lain; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| discerning | adj 1. discriminating, pandai menilai, arif: he is not very ~ in his choice of friends, dlm memilih kawan dia tdk berapa pandai menilai; 2. penetrating, tajam: a ~ eye, mata yg tajam. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| practised | adj 1. skilled, pandai: take everything she says with a pinch of salt; she’s a ~ liar, kamu kenalah tapis-tapis apa yg dikatakannya; dia pandai berbohong; 2. achieved through practice,terlatih: his ~ eye searched for any flaw in the diamond, matanya yg terlatih mencari sebarang kecacatan yg mungkin terdapat pd berlian itu; his ~ performance, persembahannya yg terlatih. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| adept | adj 1. skilled, mahir: an ~ mechanic, seorang mekanik yg mahir; 2. very clever, pandai, pintar: ~ at making excuses, pandai berbuat helah; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| politician | n 1. so. whose business is politics, ahli politik; 2. (often derog) clever and persuasive person, (orang yg) pandai berpolitik: you have to be a ~ to succeed in this company, hard work alone won’t do, kamu kenalah pandai berpolitik utk berjaya dlm syarikat ini, bekerja keras sahaja tdk cukup. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| direction | n 1. point towards which person or thing moves or faces, arah, hala: the wind blew in a south-west ~, angin bertiup ke arah barat daya; the crowd scattered in all ~s, orang ramai bertempiaran ke semua arah; ~ of flow, arah aliran; have a /good, poor/ sense of ~, /pandai, tdk pandai/ /menuju arah, mencari jalan/; in the ~ of, menghala ke: they drove in the ~ of Paris, mereka memandu menghala ke Paris; 2. order, arahan: stage ~, arahan pentas; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |