IDENTIFYING MEANINGS OF WORDS

IDIOMATIC EXPRESSIONS : Notes

IDIOMATIC
NO. MEANINGS TRANSLATION IN MALAY
EXPRESSIONS
1. A bookworm One who likes to read Ulatbuku/sukamembaca
2. A close shave A narrow escape Nyaris-nyaris
3. A white elephant Useless possession Sesuatu yang tidak berguna
4. Around the corner Coming soon Semakin hampir
5. At the eleventh hour At the last minute Saat-saat akhir
6. A white lie A harmless lie that is more Terpaksa berbohong untuk
polite than true kebaikan
7. Bad blood Feeling of strong dislike Sangat tidak suka
8. Bark up the wrong tree Get wrong ideas Salah tanggapan/salahanggap
9. Bear in mind Remember Ingat!
10. Beat around the bush Talk indirectly about Berkias
something
11. Black sheep Person who is an Orang yang memalukan
embarrassment
12. Blow ones trumpet To boast Membanggadiri
13. Burn the midnight oil Study until late at night Belajarhinggalarutmalam
14. By hook or by crook By all means Sedayamungkin/seboleh-bolehnya
15. Caught red handed Caught in the act Tertangkap
16. Count me in Include me Sayaturutserta
17. Dont lose heart Dont be discouraged Janganmengalah
18. Down to earth Humble/Honest Merendahdiri
19. Drive me up the wall Make me very angry Membuatsayamarah
20. Drop a line write Tulis
21. Easier said than done Easier to talk about an idea Senangbercakapsusahnakbuat
than carry it out
22. Eye catching Attractive Menarik
23. Flying colours Good grades Gred/keputusan yang baik
24. Getting on my nerves Making me annoyed/irritated Membuatsayameluat/terganggu
25. Have green fingers Good at gardening Berbakatdalambercucuktanam
26. I am all ears I am listening Sayamendengar
27. In a twinkling of an eye Very quickly Sangatcepat
28. In high spirits Happy Gembira/bersemangat
29. In hot water In trouble Dalamkeadaanbermasalah
30. Keep an eye Look after Perhatikan
31. Keep your word Keep your promise Menepatijanji
32. Lend a hand Help Tolong
33. Let the cat out of the bag Let a secret out Pecah rahsia
34. Not kidding Not joking Tidak bergurau/serius
35. Not my cup of tea Not to my liking Saya tidak suka
36. Once in a blue moon Seldom Kadang-kadang
37. Out of the blue Unexpectedly Tidak dijangka
38. Practice makes perfect You will be good if you do it Selalu berlatih akan menjadikan
often saya lebih baik
39. Put your mind to it Concentrate Menumpukan perhatian
40. Raining cats and dogs Raining heavily Hujan lebat
41. The early bird catches the Those who are early will Mereka yang awal akan mendapat
worm benefit keuntungan
42. Throw in the towel Give up Mengalah
43. To be in the same boat To be in the same Keadaan yang sama
circumstances
44. To believe your ears To believe what you hear Percaya apa yang anda dengar
45. To face the music To take the punishment or Bersediauntukdimarahi
scolding
46. To keep ones fingers To hope for the best Mengharap yang terbaik
crossed
47. To live from hand to To live in hardship Hidup dalam kesusahan
mouth
48. To paint the town red To enjoy oneself Bergembira
49. To sit on the fence To take no sides in a debate/ a Tidak berpihak kepada mana-
quarrel mana bahagian
50. Took to heart Be upset by Sangat sedih
51. Turn over a new leaf To change for the better Berubah kearah lebih baik
52. Under the weather Slightly ill Tidak sihat
53. Where theres a will, When you are determined, Kalau bersungguh-sungguh pasti
theres a way you will succeed Berjaya
54. Work wonders Achieve very good results Mencapaikejayaancemerlang

PHRASAL VERBS
TRANSLATION IN
NO PHRASAL VERBS MEANINGS
MALAY
1 Ages ago Long ago Lama dahulu
2 Break/Broke down Stop/Stopped because of a fault Rosak
3 Break/Broke into Enter/Entered by force Masuksecarapaksa
4 Bring in Earn a profit Membawa keuntungan
5 Call on Visit Melawat
6 Carry on Continue Teruskan
7 Come across Find by chance Terjumpa
8 Crash into Hit Langgar
9 Cut down Reduce Kurangkan
10 Deal with Handle Menguruskan
11 Drop in Make a visit Singgah/melawat
12 Get along with Be friendly with Serasi
13 Get over Recover Sembuh
14 Get ready Hurry Bersedia
15 Get through Pass Berjaya/lulus
16 Give up Stop trying Mengalah/berhentimencuba
17 Hold/Held up Delay/Delayed Tertangguh/tertunda
18 Look after Take care of Menjaga
19 Look forward Expect with pleasure Ternanti-nanti
20 Look into Investigate Menyiasat
21 Look out Be careful awas
22 Look out Look for/ Search Mencari
23 Look up to Respect Menghormati
24 Make up Compensate Menebussemula
 25 Map out Plan Merancang
26 On and off Sometimes Kadang-kadang
27 Passed away Died Meninggaldunia
28 Put in To spend time or energy/contribute Menyumbang
29 Put off Postponed Menangguhkan
30 Rely on Depend on Bergantungkepada
31 Round up Gather Kumpulkan
32 Run into Meet Berjumpa/terserempak
33 Running out Lacking Kehabisan
34 Set Off Start the journey Bertolak
35 Tag along Accompany Menemankan
36 Takes after Looks like/Behaves like Mirip/serupadengan
37 Throw up Vomit Muntah
38 Turn up Attend/Arrive Hadir/tiba
39 Watch out Be careful Berhati-hati
40 Work out exercise Bersenam

EXAMPLES
PHRASAL FIGURATIVE
VERB MEANING EXPRESSION MEANING
Back out withdraw time and again many times
Drop by visit the in thing in fashion
Go for attack newly picked fresh
Hold on wait make sense have a meaning
Move up promote take French leave absent without permission
bring up raise steal the show attract all attention
given in surrender a wet blanket discouraging person
let down disappoint a close shave a narrow escape
pick out choose completely at sea puzzled / tertanya-tanya
speak for represent with a high hand arrogance / sombong
take after resemble / look alike keep a ball rolling keep things going
comes
along is available a bird's eye view a very good view
take a long time to
sleep on it think bosom friend good friend
shut down close to turn tail run away
back away move backwards apple pie order perfect order
freak out panic blow own trumpet boast / cakapbesar
turn to ask for help put an end stop
broke out started keep an eye look after
brush out discuss in a daze confuse state / celaru
pass on die once in a blue moon rarely / jarang-jarang
check in register rain cats and dogs very heavy rain
take away remove the blink of an eye quickly
expert/have done it many
go ahead go first an old hand times
chew on forget it given the sack dismiss from job / dipecat
put away keep caught red handed caught in the act of
talk back scold hold your horses be patient / bersabar
step up improve forth night 2 weeks / 2 fortnight
never judge a book by its don't judge by the way it
cough up give cover looks.
call off cancel give you a yell shout at you
work out exercise forty winks a nap / tidursekejap
let down disappointed had my hands full Busy
cough up block sick to death fed up
put on showed round the corner nearby / sangatdekat
put off postpone burn a hole in the pocket cost a lot / habisduit
tied up busy two cents worth opinion/ pendapat

ENRICHMENT VOCABULARY FOR PT3

No Word SYNONYMS
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1. a lot of countless scores of abundance ample numerous
2. afraid scared Frightened terrified horrified intimidated
3. angry annoyed Irritated fuming infuriated incensed
4. bad terrible Disastrous horrendous horrible dreadful
5. beat strike Hammer thump thrash pound
6. beautiful gorgeous Stunning striking attractive lovely
7. big great Large huge enormous mammoth
8. clever intelligent Smart knowledgea sharp wise
ble
9. cruel malicious Spiteful vindictive ruthless merciless
10. excited thrilled Animated spirited enthusiastic dynamic
11. expensive luxurious classy exclusive costly pricey
12. fake paste artificial imitation forged sham
13. fast speedy rapid swift express hasty
14. fat overweight obese chubby stout portly
15. fierce violent ferocious brutal vicious furious
16. force compel impose oblige drive constrain
17. full jam-packed crammed teeming swarming congested
18. fun enjoyment amusement happiness entertainmen merriment
t
19. happy blissful exhilarated joyous delighted thrilled
20. hardworkin meticulous reliable diligent thorough industrious
g
21. hate despise detest loathe resent scorn
22. honest truthful candid reliable virtuous sincere
23. important significant vital essential crucial imperative
24. interesting attractive motivating appealing fascinating remarkable
25. juicy succulent luscious thirst moist tender
quenching
26. kind caring sympathetic thoughtful compassiona considerate
te
27. lazy indolent lethargic sluggish slothful listless
28. love admire fascinated fond of idolise adore
29. modern contemporar current fashionable trendy chic
y
30. nice beautiful wonderful magnificent lovely fantastic
31. loud noisy earsplitting piercing raucous deafening
32. open unlock unfasten release untie unwrap
33. poor unfortunate underprivileged pitiable destitute poverty-
stricken
34. real genuine authentic pure bona fide original
35. rich wealthy prosperous affluent loaded well-off
36. run sprint scamper dart dash scurry
37. sad disheartened unhappy depressed desolate distressed
38. scared frightened terrified fearful petrified anxious
39. serious solemn stern sober humourless grave
40. slow sluggish unhurried leisurely dawdling lingering
41. small tiny minute little meager petite
42. soon almost quickly shortly presently momentaril
immediately y
43. strange peculiar bizarre outlandish eccentric weird
44. stupid foolish idiotic absurd ignorant nonsensical
45. talk converse gossip chatter ratter utter
46. tasty delicious appetising scrumptious sumptuous delectable
47. thankful grateful appreciative pleased gratified indebted
48. thin slim skinny lanky lean gangly
49. ugly deformed hideous gruesome ghastly horrible
50. walk saunter stroll amble toddle totter