| bedtime | n waktu tidur: ~ stories, cerita-cerita waktu tidur. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| bawdy | adj /lucah, cabul/ serta lucu: ~ stories, cerita-cerita yg lucah serta lucu. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| retell | vt menceritakan semula: English folktales retold in Malay, cerita-cerita rakyat Inggeris yg diceritakan semula dlm bahasa Malaysia. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| sob story | n (colloq or derog) cerita sedih: don’t believe his sob stories, he’s quite well off, jangan percaya cerita-cerita sedihnya, dia itu senang orangnya. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| macabre | adj gruesome, connected with death, dahsyat dan /mengerikan, menggerunkan/: ~ tales of murder, cerita-cerita pembunuhan yg dahsyat dan mengerikan. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| funny | adj 1. causing amusement, comical, lucu, melucukan, menggelikan hati: ~ stories, cerita-cerita lucu; he looked so ~, dia kelihatan begitu lucu; 2. peculiar, strange, ganjil, aneh, pelik: a ~ thing happened to me today, satu hal aneh terjadi pd saya hari ini; he has a ~ attitude towards women, dia bersikap ganjil thdp perempuan; 3. (colloq) slightly unwell, tak sedap: I felt ~ after the drink, saya rasa tak sedap selepas minum. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| story 1 | 7. suitable subject matter for this, cerita: we need an eye-catching ~ for the Sunday editions, kita memerlukan cerita-cerita yg menarik utk edisi hari Minggu; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| narrate | vt menceritakan, mengisahkan: the storyteller was good at narrating folktales, penglipur lara itu sangat pandai mengisahkan cerita-cerita rakyat; he ~d the events leading to the crime, dia mengisahkan peristiwa-peristiwa yg menyebabkan terjadinya jenayah itu. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| allure | cvt (act.) memikat, menggoda; (pass.) terpikat, tergoda, tertawan: fables of mermaids alluring sailors to destruction, cerita-cerita dongeng yg mengisahkan bagaimana ikan duyung memikat pelaut ke arah kemusnahan; to be ~d by promises, terpikat dgn janji-janji; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| spread | 3. make (st) widely known, menyebarkan: she’s been ~ing false stories about me, dia menyebarkan cerita-cerita palsu ttg saya; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |