| bandy | vt 1. exchange, give and receive (st), [various translations]: ~ blows, berbalas-balas pukulan or berpukul-pukulan or pukul-memukul; ~ insults, bercaci-cacian or caci-mencaci or saling mencaci; ~ compliments, puji-memuji or saling memuji; ~ words (with), bertikam lidah (dgn), bertegang leher (dgn); 2. often ~ about, discuss casually, disparagingly, (act.) menjadikan [sst] buah mulut orang, menyebut-nyebut [sst]; (pass.) menjadi buah mulut (orang), disebut-sebut (orang). | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| beat | ~ st in, a. add st in by beating, memasukkan sst dan memukul: cream the butter and sugar and then ~ in the eggs, putarkan mentega dan gula dan selepas itu masukkan telur dan pukul; b. injure st by battering, memukul sst hingga cedera parah: the angry villagers ~ his head in, penduduk kampung yg marah itu memukul kepalanya hingga cedera parah; c. damage st by battering, memecahkan sst: the rescue party had to ~ the door in, pasukan penyelamat terpaksa memecahkan pintu; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| belt | be below the ~, a. (boxing) pukul curi; b. unfair, tdk adil; hit so. below the ~, a. (boxing) memukul curi sso; b. attack so. unfairly, mencela sso: his ex-wife’s remarks seemed to be hitting him below the ~, komen bekas isterinya seolah-olah mencelanya; tighten o’s ~, berjimat cermat, berhemat-hemat; (of person) mengikat perut: in these hard times, many companies are forced to tighten their ~s, semasa susah begini, beberapa banyak syarikat terpaksa berjimat cermat; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| back | adv 1. towards the rear, ke belakang: to step ~, melangkah ke belakang; 2. at a position behind, di belakang: a few miles ~, beberapa batu di belakang; 3. in the past, dahulu, dulu: it happened ~ in the days of Queen Victoria, peristiwa itu berlaku pd zaman Ratu Victoria dahulu; 4. ago, lalu, lepas, dahulu, dulu: a few days ~, beberapa hari lalu; 5. a. (to o’s home, country) pulang, balik: my husband will be ~ at six o’clock, suami saya akan pulang pd pukul enam; b. (to a former place, position or condition) kembali, balik: the manager is out, but he is expected ~ at any minute, pengurus tdk ada, tetapi dia dijangka kembali pd bila-bila masa sekarang; he is ~ in his old post again, dia sudah kembali ke jawatannya yg lama; to nurse so. ~ to health, merawat sso hingga pulih kembali; 6. in return, balik, kembali, [sometimes not translated ]: if he hits you, hit him ~!, kalau dia memukul kamu, (kamu) pukul dia balik!; ask him to ring me ~ when he is not busy, minta dia menelefon saya kembali apabila dia lapang; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |