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VOCABULARY I

 Actually : sebenarnya
 As a matter of fact : sebenarnya
 As follow : sebagai berikut
 As the time goes by : seiring waktu berlalu
 According to … : Menurut ………
 All wrong : serba salah
 Above all : yang terpenting
 Abruptly : dengan kasar (He said it abruptly)
 Absent-minded : lupa-lupa, linglung
 Absolutely : sama sekali (he is absolutely right)
 Accidentally : secara tidak sengaja
 Aching : sakit-sakitan (he is aching)
 Across the board : berlaku untuk semua orang
 Addlebrained (adj) : tak karuan, kacau
 Afterward : setelah itu, lalu, kemudian
 Age-long : kekal abadi, terus-menerus
 Albeit : sekalipun (he has decided to stay there, albeit it is expensive)
 All over : dimana-mana (Things are bad all over)
 All at once : sekaligus

VOCABULARY II

 All-round : serba bisa


 Allegedly : kata orang
 Among other things : diantaranya, antara lain
 Appointed : yg ditetapkan (at the appointed time)
 Approximately : kira-kira (approximately how much is it?)
 As for : kalau (as for me)
 As is : sebagaimana adanya (you are going to buy HP as is)
 As one : serentak
 As of : sampai (as of yesterday)
 Ask around : bertanya2 (kemana2)
 Ask for : meminta
 Asking : Cuma-Cuma (the book is yours for the asking)
 Assorted ; macam-macam (assorted colors)
 At all : sama sekali (she does not like the cake at all)
 At all costs : bagaimanapun juga (I feel I must go at all costs)
 At least ; setidaknya
 At most : paling-paling
 At once : segera, seketika itu juga
 At will : sekehendak/sekehendak hati
 Attached : dempet (attached house)
VOCABULARY III

Awkwardly : janggal (his house is awkwardly situated)


Back and forth : mundar mandir
Bar none : tanpa kecuali (Everyone is welcome, bar none)
Bedlam : hiruk-pikuk
In behalf of ; demi kepentingan (she worked in behalf of charity)
On behalf of : atas nama (On behalf of WDH, we welcome you)
Beyond belief : ajaib, mustahil
Besides : lagi pula, tambahan
Black-and-blue : babak belur
Bloodstained : berlumuran darah
Blow-by-blow : bagian demi bagian, langkah demi langkah
Out of the blue : secara tiba-tiba
Bluff : gertak sambal (I see his through his bluff)
Bluntly ; berterus terang, blak-blakan
At first blush : Selayang pandang, sepintas lalu
In the same boat : bernasib sama (we are in the same boat/senasib)
Body and soul : jiwa raga
Bingo : persis
By the book : menurut peraturan
Bookworm : kutu buku

VOCABULARY IV

Blow-by-blow : bagian demi bagian


Boarder : orang yang kos
Bill of health : surat keterangan bebas dari penyakit
Birth certificate : akte kelahiran
Black and white : hitam di atas putih
Bread-and-butter : mata pencaharian
Bread winner : pencari nafkah
Broke : boke (ga punya duit) (I’m broke)
Broad daylight : siang bolong (in the broad day light)
In bulk : dalam jumlah besar (borongan)
Bull session ; perdebatan sengit (slank)
Bundle off : menyuruh cepat-cepat (My mother bundle me off to school)
By and by : segera (I hope to go by and by)
By the by : oh, ya (by the by, what is your job now?)
By product : hasil sambilan (sampingan)
Bylaw : perda (peraturan daerah)
Bagatelle : sepele
Bad luck : nasib malang
Balk : menolak keras
Barefoot : nelapak (he went barefoot)
VOCABULARY V
Before long : tidak lama lagi (before long, I’m going to Mecca)
Do one’s best : melakukan yang terbaik (I’ll do my best)
Beware : hati-hati (beware of dog)
Bigot : orang yang fanatik
Go by the board : berlalu begitu saja
Brunch : makan antara pagi dan siang (breakfast and lunch)
Bugaboo : momok (hal yang menakutkan)
Call the roll : mengabsen
Call off : membatalkan
Canard : desas-desus, omong kosong
In case of : andai kata (in case of rain, the meeting will be postponed)
In most cases : pada umumnya, pada banyak kejadian
Cash advance : uang panjer (uang muka)
Casually : begitu saja (I know her casually)
Catcall : ejekan
Catchword : semboyan
Catchy : mudah diingat
Categorically : secara mentah-mentah (He categorically rejected the offer)
By chance : secara kebetulan (I saw her by chance)

VOCABULARY VI
Chancy (inf) : untung-untungan
Chatty : suka ngobrol (seneng ngobrol)
Bluntly : blak-blakan
On the contrary : sebaliknya (On the contrarty, I agree with you)
Conversely : sebaliknya (conversely, the other solution is possible)
Cop out : menolak tugas-tugas/kewajiban
Cope with : menanggulangi/mengatasi
Commute : pulang pergi (He commutes from Bogor to Jakarta)
Common sense : berdasarkan pikiran sehat
Compliant : selalu mengalah/rela
Comply with : menuruti (comply with one’s wishes)
Compulsory : wajib (compulsory education)
Concerning : mengenai (nothing was done concerning their health)
Confidant : orang kepercayaan
Congested : padat, ramat (Jakarta is a congested city)
Contentious : suka berdebat, bertengkar (he is a contentious person)
Convulse : membuat tertawa (he convulsed the audience with his antics)

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