| chaff 1 | vt chop, mencencang: to ~ straw, mencencang jerami. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| broom | n implement for sweeping, penyapu; (with brush made of straw) penyapu (roman); (with brush made of rib of palm frond) penyapu lidi; new ~, penyapu baru. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| interweave | vt weave together, menjalinkan; (people’s lives) saling berjalin: to ~ pandanus straw of various colours, menjalinkan jalur-jalur mengkuang yg berbagai-bagai warna; the author interwove reality with fiction in his novel, pengarang itu menjalinkan kehidupan nyata dgn rekaan dlm novelnya; their lives seemed to be ~d, kehidupan mereka nampaknya saling berjalin. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| chaff 1 | n 1. separated grain husks, sekam; 2. chopped hay or straw, jerami cencang; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| focus | vi 1. adjust for clearer vision, memfokus: after the accident he fnd difficulty in ~ing, selepas kemalangan itu, dia mendapati sukar utk memfokus; if I’m sitting more than two metres away from the TV, my eyes cannot ~ on the subtitles, kalau saya duduk lebih dr dua meter dr TV, mata saya tdk boleh memfokus pd sari kata; 2. (rays of light) converge on, terfokus: hold the magnifying glass so that the rays of sunlight ~ on the straw, pegang kaca pembesar supaya sinar cahaya matahari terfokus pd jerami kering itu; 3. centre, tertumpu; (deliberately) ditumpukan: the discussion ~ed mainly on the immigrants’ problems, perbincangan tertumpu pd masalah imigran; during this course attention will ~ on the history of Malacca in the 15th century, semasa kursus ini, perhatian akan ditumpukan pd sejarah Melaka dlm kurun ke-15; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| brick | n 1. rectangular block for building purposes, (batu) bata: a house made of red ~s, rumah yg dibuat drpd bata merah; a ~ wall, tembok bata; 2. block (of st) bata: a ~ of ice, sebata ais; 3. (UK) child’s rectangular block, bongkah; 4. (sl) good, helpful person, (orang yg) baik betul; 5. see BRICK RED; /knock, hit, run/ o’s head against a ~ wall, membuat kerja yg sia-sia; come down on so. like a ton of ~s, mengamuk dgn sso: when he found out that we had broken his window, he came down on us like a ton of ~s, apabila dia dapat tahu kami telah memecahkan cermin tingkapnya, dia mengamuk dgn kami; drop a ~, (sl) buat silap; make ~s without straw, membuat kerja tanpa bahan yg cukup; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |