| time | take a long ~, /mengambil masa, memakan waktu/ yg lama: the meeting will take a long ~, mesyuarat itu akan mengambil masa yg lama; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| time | take o’s ~, mengambil /masa, waktu/: take your time, ~ there’s no need to hurry, ambillah masa, tdk perlu berebut-rebut; you certainly took your ~, getting here, amboi, kamu betul-betul mengambil masa utk datang ke sini; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| take | 19. need, require, memerlukan; (an amount of time) mengambil masa; (colloq) makan: the jumper will 14 ounces of wool, jumper itu memerlukan 14 auns benang bulu; she ~s hours to dress, dia mengambil masa berjam-jam | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| occupy | 7. engage, fill, involve, (person) banyak mengambil masa, tenaga dan perhatian sso; (attention) tertumpu, ditumpukan: the task of setting up a home for these abandoned children so occupied her that she had little time left for leisure, tugas menubuhkan rumah utk kanak-kanak yg ditinggalkan ibu bapa ini terlalu banyak mengambil masa, tenaga dan perhatiannya sehingga dia ada cuma sedikit sahaja masa utk bersenang-senang; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| recuperate | vi pulih: he took weeks to ~ from his operation, dia mengambil masa berminggu-minggu utk pulih drpd pembedahan; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| tabulate | vt menjadualkan: it took hours to ~ the results, menjadualkan keputusan-keputusan itu mengambil masa berjam-jam lamanya. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| tabular | vt menjadualkan: it took hours to ~ the results, menjadualkan keputusan-keputusan itu mengambil masa berjam-jam lamanya. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| systematize | vt mensistemkan: they spent years systematizing and cataloguing the vast library, mereka mengambil masa bertahun-tahun mensistemkan dan mengkatalogkan perpustakaan yg besar itu. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| give | it will take one hour to fly to Penang, ~ or take a few minutes, akan mengambil masa sejam utk terbang ke Pulau Pinang, campur tolak beberapa minit; b. except for, kecuali, melainkan: ~ or take one or two, everyone enjoyed the puppet show, kecuali seorang dua, yg lain semuanya berasa seronok menonton persembahan boneka itu; ~ os, (in sexual intercourse) menyerahkan tubuh: she would have ~n herself to him, dia sanggup menyerahkan tubuhnya kpd lelaki itu; ~ so. o’s word, berjanji kpd sso; ~ so. to /believe, understand/, | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| work | 8. become effective, bertindak: the pill takes some time to ~, pil itu mengambil masa utk bertindak; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |