| dull | lembap, lembam: a ~ student, murid yg lembap; 9. sluggish, lembap, tdk cergas: business is ~ today, perniagaan lembap hari ini; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| backward | adj 1. directed towards the rear, ke belakang: without a ~ glance, dgn tdk menoleh ke belakang; 2. reversed, ke belakang: a ~ movement, gerakan ke belakang; 3. reluctant, hesitant, teragak-agak, segan-segan: he was not ~ in pressing his claim, dia tdk teragak-agak mendesakkan tuntutannya; 4. slow to learn, lembam, lembap; 5. behindhand, ketinggalan, tercicir: his long illness had left him ~ in his work, sakitnya yg berlarutan menyebabkan dia ketinggalan dlm kerjanya; 6. undeveloped, (masih) mundur, belum dimajukan: the ~ parts of the country, daerah-daerah yg masih mundur di negeri itu; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| head | put /our, your, their/ ~s together, sama-sama /berunding, berbincang, bermuafakat/: if we put our ~s together, we can come up with a solution, jika kita sama-sama berunding, kita akan mendapat penyelesaian; a swollen ~, besar kepala; take it into o’s ~, a. (to do st), tiba-tiba tergerak di hati sso: he took it into his ~ to go on a holiday, tiba-tiba tergerak di hatinya utk pergi bercuti; b. (to think st) tiba-tiba terfikir; turn so’s ~, make so. conceited, menyebabkan sso lupa diri; weak in the ~, berotak lembam; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |