| best | the ~ part of, sebahagian besar (drpd); (rel to time) hampir: he ate the ~ part of the chicken, dimakannya sebahagian besar drpd ayam itu; the ~ part of a journey, sebahagian besar perjalanan; he hasn’t seen her for the ~ part of a week, hampir seminggu dia tdk berjumpa dengannya; the ~ part of an hour, hampir sejam; the ~ thing to do, yg paling baik dilakukan; the ~ way, cara yg /paling baik, sebaik-baiknya/; make the ~ use of st, menggunakan sst sebaik-baiknya; put o’s ~ foot forward, berusaha /sebaik-baiknya, sedaya upaya/; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| decimate | vt kill a tenth, large portion of, /menghapuskan, memusnahkan/ sebahagian besar: the plague had ~d the population of the island, wabak penyakit itu telah menghapuskan sebahagian besar penduduk-penduduk pulau itu. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| chiefly | adv 1. principally, terutamanya: the country exports minerals, ~ tin, negara itu mengeksport galian, terutamanya bijih timah; 2. for the most part, sebahagian besarnya: this substance is ~ made up of carbon, bahan ini sebahagian besarnya terdiri drpd karbon. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| iceberg | the tip of the ~, (fig.) baru sebahagian kecil drpd yg sebenarnya, baru bunganya sahaja. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| extent | to /a certain, some/ ~, setakat tertentu; to a great ~, sebahagian besarnya; to such an ~ that, sedemikian rupa sehinggakan; to the ~ of, (a certain amount), /hingga, sampai/ sebanyak; to what ~, setakat mana. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| evidence | the gun was part of the ~ used by the defence, senapang itu merupakan sebahagian drpd keterangan yg digunakan oleh pihak pembela; 3. sign, tanda: although he was annoyed, he showed no ~ of it, walaupun dia berasa gemas, dia tdk menunjukkan tanda-tandanya; there was clear ~ of struggle, terdapat tanda-tanda yg jelas pergelutan telah berlaku; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| dyke | n 1. embankment, daik: much of Holland is protected from the sea by ~s, sebahagian besar negara Belanda dilindungi drpd laut oleh daik; 2. (colloq & derog) lesbian, lesbian. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| amortize, amortise | vt melunaskan: to ~ a debt, melunaskan hutang; to ~ a great part of the estate, melunaskan sebahagian besar tanah pusaka; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| farm | ~ out, a. allow land to be used in return for rent, memajakkan: as they were short-handed, they ~ed out some of the fields, oleh sebab mereka kekurangan pekerja, mereka memajakkan sebahagian drpd ladang itu; b. send (work) to be done by so. else, memajakkan: there was such a rush of orders that he had to ~ out part of the work, oleh sebab pesanan mencurah-curah masuk, dia terpaksa memajakkan sebahagian drpd kerja itu; c. arrange for (children) to be looked after by others, mengupah orang utk menjaga: she had a choice between ~ing out the children or giving up her job, dia mempunyai pilihan sama ada hendak mengupah orang utk menjaga anaknya atau berhenti bekerja; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| glass | vt; ~ st /in, over /, mendindingkan sst dgn kaca: they ~ed in part of their verandah, mereka mendindingkan sebahagian drpd beranda dgn kaca. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |