| all out | adv sedaya-upaya: they went ~ to get the contract, mereka berusaha sedaya-upaya utk mendapatkan kontrak itu. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| damnedest | n ; /do, try/ o’s ~, (colloq ) mencuba sedaya upaya: he did his ~ to rescue the children from the burning house, dia mencuba sedaya upaya utk menyelamatkan anak-anak itu dr rumah yg sedang terbakar. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| desperately | adv 1. hopelessly, incurably, teruk, kuat, keras: to be ~ ill, sakit teruk; 2. with all-out effort, sedaya upaya: ~ fighting cancer of the bone, berusaha sedaya upaya melawan penyakit barah tulang; the new government struggled ~ to restore order in the war-torn country, kerajaan baru itu berusaha sedaya upaya utk memulihkan keadaan dlm negara yg dilanda perang; 3. with reckless abandon, bermati-matian; 4. appallingly, shockingly, amat, terlalu, sangat: ~ poor, amat miskin; ~ overcrowded, terlalu sesak; 5. extremely, intensely, amat, sangat: ~ bored, amat bosan; ~ urgent, amat mendesak; ~ worried, sangat risau; to need st ~, amat memerlukan sst. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| bent 1 | to the top of o’s ~, with all o’s effort, sedaya upaya sso. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| keep | ~ so. alive, a. prevent so’s death, menyelamatkan (nyawa) sso: the doctor was struggling to ~ him alive, doktor itu berusaha sedaya upaya utk menyelamatkan nyawanya; b. let so. live, membiarkan sso hidup, tdk membunuh ss | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| budge | vi (lit. & fig.) berganjak: the mule refused to ~, baghal itu enggan berganjak; he tried his best but the car didn’t ~, dia mencuba sedaya upayanya tetapi kereta itu tdk berganjak jua; once she made a decision, she wouldn’t ~, sekali dia membuat keputusan dia tdk akan berganjak; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| best | make the ~ of /it, things, a bad job, a bad bargain, etc/, /menerima, menghadapi/ /sst, keadaan buruk, dll/ dgn sebaik-baiknya; to the ~ of o’s ability, dgn sedaya upaya; to the ~ of o’s belief, berdasarkan pertimbangan sso; to the ~ of o’s knowledge, sepanjang pengetahuan sso; to the ~ of o’s recollection, sepanjang ingatan sso; with the ~ (of them) dgn + approp n yg terbaik: he can play chess with the ~, dia boleh bermain catur dgn pemain yg terbaik; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| afloat | get st ~, a. mengapungkan: all attempts to get the ship ~ failed, segala usaha utk mengapungkan kapal itu gagal; b. (fig.) menyelamatkan: they have done everything in their power to get the company ~ again, mereka telah berusaha sedaya-upaya utk menyelamatkan syarikat itu; keep ~, terus mengapung: in her struggle to keep ~ she must have swallowed some water, semasa dia meronta-ronta utk terus mengapung, dia mungkin tertelan air; keep so. ~, a. mengapungkan sso; b. (fig.) menyara hidup sso: his employer advanced him $500 to keep him ~ until pay-day, majikannya memberinya pendahuluan sebanyak $500 utk menyara hidupnya sementara menunggu hari gaji; keep st ~, a. mengapungkan sst; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| efface | vt 1. erase, (act.) memadamkan; (pass.) padam: the drawing on the wall had been ~d, lukisan-lukisan pd dinding itu telah padam; 2. forget, melupakan: he tried very hard to ~ the memory of the awful incident, dia sedaya upaya mencuba melupakan peristiwa yg dahsyat itu; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| job | [various translations]: I gave him up as a bad ~ after he repeatedly failed to keep his promises, saya tdk berhubung lagi dengannya setelah dia berkali-kali mungkir janji; we tried very hard to make him kick his gambling habit but as he showed no sign of doing so, we gave him up as a bad ~, kami sedaya upaya mencuba membuatnya berhenti berjudi tetapi disebabkan dia tdk menunjukkan tanda-tanda bahawa dia akan berbuat demikian, kami tdk mahu lagi ambil tahu tentangnya; have a ~, (colloq) teruk juga: | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |