| subject | change the ~, mengubah tajuk perbualan: in the middle of the conversation he changed the ~, ketika sedang berbual, dia mengubah tajuk perbualan; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| conversation piece | n st that provokes conversation, tajuk perbualan: the old painting has become a ~, lukisan tua itu menjadi tajuk perbualan. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| stale | vi become boring or tedious, menjadi basi: a topic that will never ~, tajuk perbualan yg tdk akan menjadi basi. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| hastiness | n 1. quickness, cepatnya: the ~ with which he changed the subject made us suspicious of him, cepatnya dia menukar tajuk perbualan itu membuat kami menaruh syak padanya; 2. rashness, precipitateness, a. (of person) tindakan yg /terburu-buru, tergesa-gesa/: his ~ in jumping to the wrong conclusion, tindakannya yg terburu-buru membuat kesimpulan yg salah; b. (of action), (dibuat secara) /terburu-buru, tergesa-gesa/: the ~ of the judgement, penilaian yg terburu-buru; c. (of words) keterlanjuran. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| religion | n 1. belief in, worship of a god or gods, agama: politics and ~ became the topics of their conversation, politik dan agama menjadi tajuk perbualan mereka; 2. particular system of belief, agama: the great ~s of the world, agama-agama besar di dunia; the Christian ~, agama Kristian; 3. st is a ~ /for, with/so., sso kaki sst: golf is like a ~ for him, dia kaki golf; make a ~ of, menjadikan [sst] ibadah: a woman who makes a ~ of cleanliness, perempuan yg menjadikan kebersihan ibadahnya. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| conversation | n perbualan: an interesting ~, perbualan yg menarik; /have a, carry on a, be in/ ~ (with), berbual (dgn): they are deep in ~, mereka asyik berbual; change the ~, menukar tajuk perbualan; enter into ~, berbual; make ~ with so., mengajak sso berbual: it is difficult to make ~ with her, susah utk mengajak dia berbual. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| subject | n 1. topic, a. (in conversation) tajuk: a ~ for discussion, satu tajuk utk perbincangan; the ~ of their conversation did not interest me, tajuk perbualan mereka tdk menarik minat saya; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| change | vt 1. alter, transform, mengubah, menukar; (person) mengubah: to ~ o’s mind, mengubah fikiran sso; to ~ o’s habit, mengubah tabiat sso; suddenly, he ~d the subject, tiba-tiba dia menukar tajuk perbualan; 2. substitute, exchange for another, menukar: he has gone to the library to ~ his book, dia ke perpustakaan utk menukar bukunya; to ~ the tyre, menukar tayar; 3. put fresh clothes, covers on, /menyalin, menukar/ + approp n: you have to ~ the baby, kamu terpaksa menyalin lampin bayi itu; 4. alight from and board another, bertukar: to ~ buses, bertukar bas; 5. give, receive (money) a. (in exchange for equivalent sum in smaller denomination) menukar; b. (in exchange for different currency) mengurup, menukar: to ~ his money to francs, mengurup wangnya kpd mata wang franc; 6. (gear) menukar; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| turn | 4. cause to change, a. (direction) membelokkan: he ~ed the car into the car park, dia membelokkan kereta masuk ke tempat letak kereta; he ~ed his boat towards the island, dia membelokkan sampannya ke arah pulau itu; b. (subject, trend, etc), menukar: he tried unsuccessfully to ~ the conversation, dia mencuba menukar tajuk perbualan itu tetapi tdk berjaya; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| sheer 2 | the conversation ~ed off from the unpleasant topic of the war, perbualan itu menyimpang drpd tajuk ttg perang yg tdk menyenangkan. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |