| well1 | 3. (often preceded by “as” ) advisable, sebaiknya, (lebih) baik: it would be as ~ to tell them so yourself, sebaiknya kamu sendiri yg memberitahu mereka; 4. usu just as ~, fortunate, untung, nasib baik, mujur: it’s just as ~ you arrived early or you’d have missed him, nasib baik kamu datang awal, kalau tdk, kamu tdk dapat berjumpa dgn dia; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| well1 | c. (following “may”, “might”, “could” , etc) eloklah, (lebih) baik, sebaiknya: you might as ~ tell me now, before I hear it from someone else, eloklah kamu beritahu saya sekarang, sebelum saya mendengarnya dr orang lain; it’s a fine day, so we might as ~ walk, hari ini cerah, jadi baik kita berjalan kaki saja; you may as ~ confess now, because we’re bound to find out sooner or later, sebaiknya kamu mengaku sekarang, krn lambat-laun kami pasti akan mendapat tahu juga; [see also WELL adj, sense 4.]; do ~, [approp n, v, etc +] (cukup) baik: apples do ~ in this climate, pokok epal tumbuh dgn baik dlm iklim ini; Tony did ~ in the English course, Tony mencapai prestasi yg baik dlm kursus bahasa Inggeris; we did ~ to get as far as Keningau, considering the bad state of the roads, sampai ke Keningau pun sudah cukup baik, memandangkan keadaan jalan yg teruk; he did ~ out of the business, dia mendapat laba yg baik drpd perniagaan itu; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| idea | put ~s into so’s head, memberi sso idea, memberikan idea pd sso; that’s an ~, (colloq) itu satu cadangan yg baik; that’s the ~, itulah yg sebaiknya; the very ~!, what an ~! (colloq), (in exclamation) merepek!, arut!; what’s the (big) ~ ?, (colloq) nak buat apa ni?; you’ve no ~, tdk dapat dibayangkan: she was so angry, you’ve no ~, tdk dapat dibayangkan betapa marahnya dia. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| well1 | /eat, dine, etc/ ~, makan sepuas-puasnya; /leave, let/ ~ (enough) alone, membiarkan (keadaan) begitu saja, tdk mengubah apa-apa: why alter the present method? It’s better to leave ~ alone, utk apa meminda kaedah yg ada sekarang? Lebih baik membiarkan keadaan begitu saja; live ~, (comfortably) hidup selesa; (prosperously) hidup senang; (luxuriously) hidup mewah; marry ~, berkahwin dgn orang baik-baik; (colloq) kahwin dgn orang baik-baik; sleep ~, tidur (dgn) /nyenyak, lena/; sleep ~!, selamat malam!; speak ~ of /so., st/, memuji /sso, sst/: they speak very ~ of her in her department at Oxford, mereka benar-benar memujinya di jabatannya di Oxford; would do ~ to, (foll by v) sepatutnya, sebaiknya: he would do ~ not to pay any heed to such stories, sepatutnya dia tdk mengendahkan cerita-cerita spt itu; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |