| mend | on the ~, (colloq) semakin baik: the patient is on the ~, pesakit itu semakin baik; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| sound 1 | your cough ~s better, batuk kamu nampaknya semakin baik; it ~s as though he is very angry with you, nampaknya spt dia sangat marah pd kamu; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| look | ~ up, a. see vi (sense 1.); b. (colloq) improve, /bertambah, semakin/ baik: at last, things are ~ing up for them, akhirnya, keadaan mereka bertambah baik; ~ so. up, (colloq) pay so. a visit, /menjenguk, menengok/ sso: if you ever come here again, do ~ us up, jika kamu datang ke sini lagi, jenguklah kami; ~ st up,seek certain information (usu in reference book) mencari sst: if you do not know the meaning of a word, you should ~ it up in the dictionary, jika kamu tdk tahu akan makna suatu perkataan, kamu harus mencarinya dlm kamus; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| pick 1 | ~ up, a. (of health, economy, etc) improve, /semakin, bertambah/ /baik, pulih/: after having his treatment changed, father at last began to ~ up, setelah cara rawatannya ditukar, kesihatan bapa akhirnya semakin pulih; business has ~ed up in recent months, perniagaan menjadi semakin baik sejak beberapa bulan kebelakangan ini; b. (of weather), /semakin, bertambah/ baik: I hope the weather will ~ up soon. It’s been bad for the last few weeks, saya harap cuaca bertambah baik. Sejak beberapa minggu yg lalu, cuaca buruk; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| worse | for the ~, [sst] /lebih, bertambah, semakin/ /buruk, teruk/: there have indeed been changes, but only for the ~, memang sudah ada perubahan, tetapi keadaan semakin buruk; /might, could /do ~ than..., lebih /elok, baik/ kalau: after those disastrous exam results, Fairuz might do ~ than rethink his study plans, setelah mendapat keputusan peperiksaan yg teruk itu, lebih elok kalau Fairuz memikirkan semula rancangan pelajarannya. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| growing | adj 1. a. (in size) sedang membesar: usually a ~ child has a good appetite, biasanya, budak-budak yg sedang membesar mempunyai selera makan yg baik; b. (in number), (semakin) bertambah: a ~ population, bilangan yg semakin bertambah; c. (in degree) semakin /+ approp adj, bertambah /: the ~ animosity between them, permusuhan yg semakin mendalam antara mereka; 2. rel to, suitable for growth, pertumbuhan: ~ season, musim pertumbuhan; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| slide | let /it, st, things/ ~, membiarkan sst menjadi semakin + approp adj: he had been a good worker but lately he had let things ~, dia pekerja yg baik tetapi sejak kebelakangan ini, dia membiarkan kerjanya menjadi semakin tdk terurus; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| come | e. improve in health, semakin sihat: the patient is coming along nicely, pesakit itu semakin sihat; f. make progress, berjalan lancar; (interrog) berkembang, perkembangan: the project is coming along very well, projek itu sedang berjalan lancar; how is the dictionary coming along?, bagaimana dgn perkembangan kamus itu?; g. improve, bertambah baik: his Japanese is coming along fine, penguasaan bahasa Jepunnya bertambah baik; h. arrive by chance, ada: when the opportunity ~s along I’ll take it, bila ada peluang saya akan mengambilnya; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| progress | vi 1. move forward in place, mara, bergerak: as the army ~ed southward, conditions became more difficult, semakin askar itu mara ke arah selatan, keadaan menjadi semakin sulit; 2. advance towards a better, more complete state, menunjukkan kemajuan; (of a sick person) bertambah baik: the work is ~ing satisfactorily, kerja itu menunjukkan kemajuan yg memuaskan sekali; the patient is ~ing after his operation, pesakit itu bertambah baik selepas pembedahannya; 3. move forward in time, [various translations]: it become warmer as the day ~ed, cuaca bertambah panas apabila hari semakin petang; the reasons for the dispute became clear as the enquiry ~ed, sebab-sebab mengapa pertelingkahan itu berlaku bertambah jelas apabila penyiasatan itu diteruskan; later she ~ed to more difficult tasks, kemudian dia diberikan tugas-tugas yg lebih berat; 4. move on, beralih, berpindah: from there we ~ed to a discussion on the Gulf crisis, selepas bercakap-cakap ttg perkara itu, kami beralih kpd perbincangan ttg krisis Teluk. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| stride | make /great, rapid/ ~s, dapat mencapai kemajuan yg besar; (from illness etc) bertambah baik: the manufacturing industry has made great ~s in the past ten years, industri pengeluaran telah dapat mencapai kemajuan yg besar sejak sepuluh tahun kebelakangan ini; the patient is making rapid ~s towards full recovery, pesakit itu semakin bertambah baik dan akan sembuh sepenuhnya; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |