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Fall in.                   

Bentuk barisan.

- soldiers! Fall in!

Stand at ease!     

 Istirahat di tempat, gerak!

Attention!           

Siap gerak!

Get the dragon.    

Halitosis – nafas bau

- oh boy! You’ve got the dragon.

Don’t fall a part.

Jangan goyah.

Flyblown.             

Sudah dihingapi lalat

- Flyblown food.

Cross your finger,pray.

Berdoa

- What we can do just cross our finger now.

Swain.                   

Pria yang lagi kasmaran.

- See that! John is a swain,he’s falling in love now.

Hayseed.              

Katrok, orang kampungan.

- What a poor heyseed!

Fishwife.        

Perempuan yang suka mengomel, judes.

- My girlfriend is a fishwife.

Kip.                 

Sleep – tidur.

- It’s late, I want to kip.

Double dutch .    

Bahasa atau kata – kata yang susah untuk dimengerti.

-  I don’t see what you say, that’s really a double dutch.

Dutch courage. 

Keberanian yang datang setelah minum atau mabuk.

- I’ll have a couple of drinks to give me Dutch courage.

Lifespan         

Jangka lama hidup

-  The human lifespan.

Better half.   

Belahan jiwa.

- Dina.. you’re my better half.

Despise.         

Membenci, memandang hina.

- He despised himself for being selfish.

Ever so.          

Easy – sangat.

- She’s ever so beautiful.

Goner                

Orang yang tidak bisa diselamatkan lagi.

- I thought that i was a goner.

                           

Crime scene      

TKP. Tempat kejadian perkara.

Cold steel          

Senjata tajam.

Catch a wind.  

Cari angin. Jalan – jalan.

- It’s Saturday nite, let’s catch a wind!

Same different.   

Sama saja, tidak ada bedanya.

- That’s all same different to me.

Toothy smile     

Tersenyum dengan gigi yang kelihatan.

- The girl gave me a toothy smile.

Easy-peasy.          

Sangat mudah

- That’s an easy-peasy question.

                               

Knees-up.            

Pesta pora

- We had a bit of a knees-up last night.

Pronto = quickly.

Cepat

- Go get him, pronto!

Double bind   

Seperti memilih buah si malahkama.Pilih yang mana saja salah.

- Students are caught in a double bind between unemployment and cuts in education.

Lifer                

Tahanan seumur hidup.

- The man is a lifer.

Afternoon coverage.

Liputan siang.

- I was wacthing the afternoon coverage when you called me.

Doff

Mengangkat topi sebagai rasa hormat.

- The manager doffed his hat to her

Loathe, dislike.

Sangat tidak suka.

- They loathe each other.

To be crossed

Dikhianati.

- he had been crossed in love.

The morrow.

Tomorrow

- I’ll go the morrow.

First fruit

Hasil pertama

- This is my first fruit after three years work as a teacher.

Money minded.

Mata duitan.

- don’t go with Ferry, he’s money minded.

Finicky

Sifat orang yang suka berkomentar akan sesuatu yang tidak penting.

- Johnny is a finicky eater.

Bloodshot

Mata merah.

- After three hours browsing on the net i got my eyes bloodshot.

Toerag.

Sebutan kepada orang yang kamu benci.

- I hate you, toerag!

Dour

Tidak asik

- A hard, dour, humourless fanatic

Just for fad

Untuk iseng – iseng saja.

- I do it just for fad.

The Big Apple

Kota New York

- I have a dream to live in the Big Apple.

Mother hen.

Orang yang terlalu peduli pada orang lain hingga jadi sangat menjengkelkan.

- Stop it! You’re just like a mother hen. I can do it myself ok!

Cut-up

Orang caper, suka cari perhatian orang.

- She’s a cutup, especially in the class.

Lovate

Love and hate = benci tapi cinta

Greasy spoon

Wartek, warung nasi kecil

- It’s very cheap to eat in that greasy spoon.

Stroppy

Ngambek.

- She gets stroppy easily.

Clever clogs, clever dick.

Sok tahu, sok pinter.

- She’s such a clever Dick, you can’t tell her anything

You bet = yes

Iya.

- Do you like her? You bet man.

Kept woman

Istri simpanan.

- He has a kept woman somewhere.

Roving eye.

Mata keranjang.

- Maria’s husband is kind a roving eye.

Crash course

Kursus kilat

-  I must take a crash course in Japanese.

Indigent

Sangat miskin

- an indigent man.

Coin

Membuat atau menciptakan kata – kata baru.

- Teenagers like to coin words nowadays.

Speed hump, speed bump, sleeping policeman (BrE).

Polisi tidur

- This road has too many speed bumps.

Fall back, retreat.

Mundur.

- Soldiers!  Fall back!

Zone out

Melamun

- Stop zoning out! Get to work!

Cut dead

Cuek bebek

- Anne was cut dead at the party last night.

Give it up.

Sambutlah

- Ladies and gentelmen! Give it up! .........

Refreshments

Makanan atau minuman khususnya makanan ringan.

- I need refresments here.

Bang-up

Sangat bagus.

- That’s bang up! I love it!

Breather

Istirahat sebentar

-  We had breather after playing succer and went home afterwards.

Dig in

Mulai makan

-  Help yourselves every body, dig in!

Set book

Buku atau bacaan untuk bahan ujian

- I think I will study the set book before the examination.

Subconcious

Bawah sadar

- My subconscious fear

Afters

Makanan penutup

- Everyone in the party enjoyed the afters very much.

Fluke

Durian runtuh, keberuntungan yang tiba – tiba datang.

- Their victory was a bit of a fluke

In situ

Pada tempatnya.

- Her guests were all in situ.

Prezzie, pressie. 

Kado biasanya hadiah untuk ulang tahun

- A birthday card and prezzie for Chris.

Ken = know

Mengetahui, tahu.

- They kenned nothing aboit it.

Meddler, nosy parker, busy body

Orang yang suka mencampuri urusan orang lain.

- Stop being meddler! I really hate that.

Grass root

Orang bawahan

- Never level the poor as grass roots.

Mickey mouse

Terlalu mudah

- It’s just a mickey mouse job.

Mendacious

Suka berbohong

- A mendacious child.

Litterbug, litter lout (BrE)

Orang yang suka buang sampah sembarangan.

- This town has a lot of litterbugs.

Without further ado

Tanpa panjang lebar lagi..

- Ladies and gentelmen,without further ado ......................!

Stilt

Enggrang

- To walk with stilts.

Hopscotch

Main jingkat, engklek

- I used to play hopscotch as a child.

Be caught short, be taken short.

Kebelet mau buang air besar.

- Those caught short in the store will have to pay £1 to use the toilets.

There is nothing to it

Sangat mudah

- Worry not boys! There’s nothing to it.

Gratis

Gratis , tidak pake duit.

- A monthly programme was issued gratis.

Nothing but, only

Hanya

- I want nothing but you.

Notorious

Terkenal karena kejahatannya

- He’s notorious for his womanizing.

Mulatto

Anak yang punya orang tua satu berkulit hitam dan satu berkulit putih.

- Dion is a mullato.

Fulsome

Terlalu mudah bilang maaf, menjemukkan, memuakkan, munafik.

- The press are embarrassingly fulsome in their appreciation

Meek

Penurut, baik.

- She brought her meek little husband along.

Talk is cheap

Bicara itu mudah

- You think it’s easy, talk is cheap bro!

Fickle

Suka berubah – ubah

- A fickle friend.

Talking point

Pokok masalah

- Let’s get to the talking point!

Conclude

Menutup, mengakhiri sebuah acara.

- We conclude a meeting with a pray.

To be compromised

Ketahuan.

- We have been compromised, it’s better for us to go away.

Muffle

Meredam

- I try to muffle the sound of the clock.

I tell you what.

Begini saja.

- I tell you what, it’s better for us to go to the market first and to the beach afterwards.

You can say that again, I’ll say, don’t I knew it = I agree

Saya setuju.

- A: can we just stop and find some refreshments?

  B: yeah... you can say that again.

Derision

Ejekan

- My stories were greeted with derision and disbelief.

What say you?

Apa pendapatmu?

- What say you john about all of it?

Sugar daddy

Tua – tua keladi

- Your father is a sugar daddy, isn’t he?

Freeloader

Orang yang sukanya gratisan.

- Deddy is such a freeloader.

Down under

Australia or New Zealand

- Take a flight down under in September.

Mouthy

Banyak cakap, omong.

- An especially mouthy eleven-year-old.

Make a monkey face at

Mengolok – olok, mengejek.

- Don’t make a monkey face at me!

Sweet-talk

Bicara manis.

- Detectives sweet-talked them into confessing.

You know what?

Kamu tahu tidak?

- Hey.. Andre, you know what?

Footman

Pelayan, tukang buka pintu

- The footman is waiting for the guest.

New man

Lelaki rumah tangga. Lelaki yang mengerjakan perkerjaan wanita.

- He is the epitome of a new man, leaving the office to arrive home in time to bath his daughter

Disown

Memungkiri, tidak mengakui.

- Lovell’s rich family had disowned him because of his marriage.

At a loose end

Lontang lantung, tidak punya tujuan.

- Why don’t you stay to eat, if you’re at a loose end?

Kiss of life = artificial respiration.

Nafas buatan.

- Just give him a kiss of life!

Come again = I beg your pardon.

Maaf, kamu bilang apa?

- Come again sir? I don’t catch what you just said.

Hobson’s choice

Tidak ada pilihan lain cuma tinggal satu pilihan.

- Take it or leave it, cause it’s a hobson’s choice.

 Be a talker than a doer

Lebih banyak bicara dari pada melakukan

- He’s more a talker than a doer.

Gait

Kiprah, gaya berjalan

- I never like your gait.

Disposition

Watak

- His disposition is ever so bad.

Gofer, dogsbody, gopher.

Kacung, pesuruh.

- He had worked his way from a gofer in the front office to general manager.

Freeze

Jangan bergerak! Diam di tempat!

- Freeze! You are under a rest.

Let’s talk over coffee

Mari berbicara sambil minum coffee.

Hear out

Dengarkan dulu baru berbicara

- Please hear me out! Don’t interrupt me like this.

Cling

Menempel

- The dirt clings to my shirt.

Scapegoat, fall guy.

Kambing hitam

- He will be a scapegoat if he doesn’t get out of that company.

Faith healing

Penyembuhan melalui doa atau keyakinan.

- Some believe the faith healing but some don’t.

Crave for

Mengidam

- My wife is craving for manggos.

Dead to the world

Tertidur pulas

- When going home from work I found him dead to the world.

How come

Bagaimana mungkin

- How come I can’t see what you say?

Flat broke

Sangat bokek, tidak punya uang.

- It’s been for four days for me not to go to the movie, i am flat broke.

Share and share alike

Bagi sama rata.

- We all share and share alike in camp.

Used your head, use your loaf.

Pakai akalmu

- Use your head and don’t be so stupid.

Word

Benar, iya

- A: I got a lot of friends at the party last night?

 B: Word?

 A: Word.

All present and correct

Semuanya sudah hadir, ada.Tidak ada yang tertinggal.

- OK guys, all present and correct!

Busker

Pengamen

-There are a lot of buskers  in the town like this.

Admit defeat

Mengaku kalah

- After searching for an hour, she finally had to admit defeat.

Buy = believe

Percaya

- Don’t buy his story.

Selfpity

Mengasihani diri sendiri

- He seems to be wallowing in self-pity.

Booger, boogey.

Upil, tahi hidung.

Premeditate

Brerencana, merencanakan

- Premeditated murder.

Blush

Wajah merona

- She blushed at the unexpected compliment.

pipe down

Kecilkan suaranya, jangan terlalu ribut.

- Pipe down, will you, I’m on the phone

Nothing doing

Tidak bisa, tidak boleh.

- A: Can you lend me $100?

  B: Nothing doing man!

What’s the damage? = how much is it? 

Berapa harganya?

- What’s t the damage for this meal?

Stand corrected.

Terima kalau lagi salah.

- Yes, you are right! I stand corrected.

Dead loss

Orang yang sudah tidak ada artinya lagi.

- I am just a dead loss now.

Black Maria

Mobil tahanan, mobil penjara.

    

Stand somebody up

Buat janji palsu

- She threw eggs over his car after he stood her up.

Mosh

Jingkrak – jingkrak, biasanya saat menonton conser rock.

- The boys began to mosh, slamming shoulder to shoulder with abandon

Panhandler

Pengemis, peminta-minta dengan membawa mangkuk.

- The panhandler did his action along the road.

Over the counter

Dijual bebas

- Over-the-counter medicines.

Putrid

Bau busuk

- The putrid smells from the slaughterhouses.

On tap

Siap sedia kapan saja.

- Trained staff are on tap from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m.

On the level = honest

Jujur

- Eddie said my story was on the level.

Cocky

Terlalu percaya diri.

- We were young, brash, cocky—we knew everything

Return favor

Membalas budi

- She’s very kind to me and I don’t know how I will return favor.

Radiant

Berseri – seri

- You look radiant.

Remunerate

Memberi upah

- They should be remunerated fairly for their work.

Moonstuck

Mabuk kepayang

- He’s been a moonstruck since he knew Tinny.

Saving club

Arisan

- My mother goes for the saving club every Saturday.

Swot, grind

Orang yang menghabiskan waktunya untuk belajar.

- Kids swotting for the test.

Philter

Pelet, ramuan yang bisa bua torang jatuh cinta.

- Be careful, he likes to use philter in going after the girls.

Turn on the waterworks

Mulai menangis

- She is an expert at turning on the waterworks to manipulate others

Gingerly

Hati – hati sekali biar tidak rusak ataupun berisik.

- He opened the box gingerly and looked inside.

Give up the ghost.

Mati, meninggal dunia.

- My grand father gave up the ghost when I was still in my mother.

Gratuity = tip

Uang tip

- The guest always give the gratuity to the bellboy.

Defector

Pembelot

- Mr Otto is a defector in the party.

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