| boomerang | ~ on, berbalik kpd: his evil intention has ~ed on him, niat jahatnya berbalik kpd dirinya sendiri. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| circle | a ~ of /people, animals, things/ around /so., st/, /orang-orang, binatang, benda/ di sekeliling /sso, sst/; argue in ~s, berhujah berbalik-balik; come full ~, pulang ke asal; go round in ~s, a. move about confusedly, berpusing-pusing: the tourist went round in ~s trying to find their hotel, pelancong itu berpusing-pusing mencuba mencari hotelnya; b. use long complicated method, bercakap berbelit-belit: he always goes round in ~s when he tries to explain something, dia selalu bercakap berbelit-belit apabila dia mencuba menghuraikan sesuatu; c. go over the same ideas, berbalik-balik: they kept going round in ~s trying to decide what to do next, mereka berbalik-balik semasa mencuba menentukan apa yg harus dibuat selepas itu; /sit, stand, etc/ in ~ around /so., st/, /duduk, berdiri, dll/ /mengelilingi, di keliling/ /sso, sst/; vicious ~, a chain of cause and effect, lingkaran /ganas, syaitan/; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| boomerang | vi berbalik kpd diri sendiri; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| joke | the ~ is on so., persendaan itu berbalik pd sso; the ~ is that..., yg /menggelikan hati, lucunya/,...; do st for a ~, bergurau, melawak, berseloroh: I did it for a ~, saya hanya bergurau; have a ~ with so., /bergurau, melawak, berseloroh/ dgn sso: he was having a ~ with his friend when I arrived, dia sedang berseloroh dgn kawannya apabila saya tiba; make a ~ about /so., st/, mempersendakan: he made a ~ about his baldness, dia mempersendakan kepala lelaki yg botak itu; be no ~, (not easy) bukan /mudah, senang/; (a serious matter) bukan perkara kecil; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| boomerang | n 1. bumerang; 2. (fig.), (sst yg) berbalik kpd diri sendiri; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| grace | fall from ~, a. fall out of favour, tdk disukai lagi: he fell from ~ and soon resigned his post as Permanent Secretary, dia tdk disukai lagi dan tdk lama kemudian meletakkan jawatannya sbg Setiausaha Tetap; b. fall back into bad old ways of behaving, berbalik kpd perangai lama; have the ~, ada budi bahasa: at least he had the ~ to apologize for being late, sekurang-kurangnya dia ada budi bahasa dan meminta maaf krn terlewat; be in so’s good ~s, disukai (oleh) sso: he was certainly not in his teacher’s good ~s, dia memang tdk disukai gurunya; with (a) /good, bad/ ~, dgn /rela hati, berat hati/; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| lapse | ~ into, a. sink, pass into, [various translations]: after quite a lively discussion we ~d into our own thoughts, selepas perbincangan yg begitu hidup kami diam utk berfikir; she’d been tossing and turning for most of the night but at last ~d into sleep, dia menggelisah sepanjang malam tetapi akhirnya tertidur; he has ~d back into his old ways, dia telah berbalik semula kpd tabiat lamanya; b. (of language etc) slip into certain style, bertukar kpd: every now and then he would ~ into the local dialect, sekali sekala dia bertukar kpd loghat daerahnya; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |