Above all : mainly, especially

A handful of : a few, several

All at once : suddenly
All day long : the entire day, continuously through the day
All of sudden : suddenly
All one’s life : during one’s entire lifetime (seumur hidup)
All right : correct, satisfactory, OK
All the same : (regardless of what has been said): also, to be equal, the same, to make no
difference
Along with : together with, in association with
And so on : indicates a continuing series of others of the same class or type, etcetera
Arrive at : to reach a particular place, goal, idea
As a matter of fact : in fact, really
Ask for something : to provoke an opponent so that there’s a like hood of a deserved retalition
(memancing
lawan agar ada kemungkinan penghargaan semestinya/berhak mandapat
dendam) or bersikap seolah-olah untuk beresiko melukai hati.
As to : concerning, with reference to
As usual : as always, customarily
As yet : up to now, up to the present
At all : to any degree, used only in negative sense “not” or “hardly”
At first : originally, in the first instance
At last : finally
At least : a minimum of, at a minimum
At night : in the evening, during the night
At once : immediately, very soon, right away
At times : sometimes, occasionally

Back out : to withdraw, fail to fulfil a promise/obligation (menarik diri)

Back up : to put a car in reserve, drive/go backwards (memundurkan)
Back in : membalikkan mobil dg cara membalikkan relebih dulu
Bargain hunter: one who seeks high value at a low cost (pencari barang murah)
Bear in mind : not to forget, remember
Beat about the bush : to be indirect in approaching something (basa-basi)
Be about to : to be on the point of, ready
Be able to : to have sufficient ability to do something
Be a steal : to be a bargain (murah sekali)
Be at the end of one’s rope :
Be back : to have returned
Be becoming : to suit, favor in appearance (baik dalam penampilan, cocok)
Be better off : to be in a better condition/situation
Be bound for somewhere : to be going in a certain direction ( tibe di suatu tempat dg pasti)
Be bound to : be certain, sure to
Become of : to happen to (yg terlewatkan oleh seseorang)
Be cut out for/ be cut out to be : to be designed for, have talent for (berbakat dalam)
Be going to : indicates indefinite future intent or expectation
Be good at : to have a skill for ( berbakat dalam)
Be had : to be victimized or cheated (menjadikan korban, menipu/ditipu)
Be in charge of: to manage, be responsible for
Be in the way : blocking or obstructing, thus causing inconvenience (gangguan, halangan)
Be in hot water: to be in trouble, to have difficulties
Be in order : to arranged or done correctly appropriately (sudah beres)
Be in school : to attend school
Be interested in : to have a curiosity, concern or fascination for
Be kind to : to show someone kindness
Believe in : to accept as true, have faith in the existence of
Be looking up : to be improving
Be mixed up : to confuse, to be confused, to become confused
Be named after: to be given at burth the same name as another (menamai menurut)
Be nice to : to be friendly toward someone, to treat with affection
Be on a diet : to diet, to try to lose weight
Be on first name basis : to be permitted to call someone by his first name
Be one’s baby : vocation, responsibility
Be one’s bag : to be what one likes and is able to do (kemampuan)
Be out of the question : to be imposible
Be over : to be finished, ended
Be rained out : menunda karena hujan
Be set to do something : to be ready, prepare to do something
Be stuck – get stuck : to be cheated, to become cheated, also to be burdened with (susah )
Be taken in : to be deceived, cheated (menipu)
Be the in-thing : apa yang popular ketika itu
Be tired out : to be exhausted
Be up : to be ended
Be up for grabs : merebut, mengambil alih
Be up to someone : tergantung pendapat orang lain
Be up to something : to be planning or plotting something, scheming (perencanaan yang
tdk baik)
Be used to : to be accustomed to (dibiasakan)
Be well-of : to be rich, well-to-do
Be with someone : mengerti dan mengikuti percakapan orang lain
Big deal : jual beli besar-besaran, persoalan penting
Bite off : memotong satu bagian dari bagian yang lain
Blow one’s top : to become enraged and swear or curse (marah sekali)
Blow out : to explode, go flat (khusus untuk kelelahan)
Blow up : to destroy by explosion, to explode
Blow off-blow down-blow away : menumbangkan, menerbangkan, menghembuskan
Break away- break down-break through : lolos, membongkar, mematahkan
Break in : mengurangi melalui penyaringan
Break into : to enter by force
Break loose : to become free or loose, escape
Break off : to terminate, put an end to (mengakhiri)
Break off : memotong, memangkas
Break out : to occur suddenly (terjadi tiba-tiba)
Break up : memotong
Bring about : to cause to happen
Bring back : to return
Bring out : to produce, to present
Bring someone to : to revive (menghidupkan kembali)
Bring up : to rear, raise from childhood (menyadarkan, mendewasakan)
Bring something to a close : to terminate or end something (mengakhiri)
Bring something to a head : to precipitate a turning point (tergesa-gesa)
Bug one : to annoy, or disturb a person
Bull session : ngobrol
Build up : to increase, make stronger
Burn down : to burn to the ground
Burn out : to stop functioning, become useless untuk alat-alat elektronik
Burn up : to burn completely
Burst out crying : to begin suddenly to cry
Burst out laughing : to begin suddenly to laugh
Butter up : to flatter, to seek to ingratiate oneself with another (merayu, menyanjung)
Buy it : to accept an offer or suggestion
Buy out : to buy a business from another person
Buy up : to buy the complete stock of
By heart : by memory
By oneself : alone
By the way : incidentally

Call down : reprimand, scold (menegur)

Call for : datang ke satu tempat dg maksud untuk mendapatkan sesuatu
Call off : menunda
Call on : to visit
Call up : to telephone
Call someone by one’s first name : memanggil seseorang dg nama keluarga
Carry out : to accomplish, execute, bring to a successful end
Catch cold : to become sick with a cold
Catch fire : to begin to burn
Catch on : to understand, particularly to grasp the meaning of a humorous story
Catch the bus : to get on a bus, to board
Change one’s mine : to alter a decision or opinion
Check on/check up/check up on : to check, examine, inspect
Cheer up : to make happier, inspire
Chew off : memotong memangkas, dll
Chew up-chop up : mematahkan, memotong, dll
Clean off - clean out : membersihkan
Clean up : menyapu bersih
Clear up : to become clear, to clarify
Clue one in :
Come about : to happen, result
Come across : to meet or find unexpectedly (menemukan tanpa diduga)
Come along : to accompany (menemani)
Come back : to return
Come from : to originate in – often used to refer to one’s home district
Come off it : bersikap bijaksana
Come to : to revive, regain consciousness (menyadarkan, sadar kembali)
Come to an end : to terminate, cease
Come to mind : to recall, remember
Come up to : to approach closely, to equal
Come up with : to propose, to suggest, to produce (mengusulkan, menyarankan)
Come true : to prove to be true or correct
Cop out : to retreat, withdraw from a abandon something (mundur, menarik/mengambil)
Count on : to depend upon
Cover a lot of ground : to be extensive (menjadi luas, to reach many decisions, to discuss several
matters
Cover for : membayar atas tanggung jawab atau tugas/pekerjaan tertentu
Crack a book : to read
Cross out : to cancel- (digunakan dg membuat garis)
Cut in : to interrupt, enter sharply into the path of another
Cut off : memotong, mematahkan, memutus dg kasar
Cut out : memotong, mematahkan, menghentikan melaksanakan sesuatu
Cut short : to make shorter, end prematurely, interrupt
Cut up : memotong, mematahkan, memutus, dll

Day after day - day in, day out : daily, continuously

Die away : to diminish gradually in the distance, referring the sound (mengurangi suara)
Die down : to decrease, lessen in intensity
Die out : to disappear gradually but completely (hilang perlahan-lahan)
Dish something out : memberikan atau membagi-bagikan (hand out) penghianatan, jawaban yg
tepat, puji-pujian yang berlebihan)
Dolled up : noticeably well dressed, dressed up
Do a snow job : to cajole or deceive another person (menipu/mencurangi)
Do one’s thing : to do what one is anxious (diinginkan sekali) and frequently able to do in
one’s career, in demonstrations, etc
Do over : to repeat
Do without : to get along without, to forego (berjalan terus tanpa, kekurangan)
Draw up : to prepare. Said of legal papers, contracts, agreements.
Dream up : to invent, think of and/or put into effect
Dress up : berpakaian
Drive up to : to approach (sampai)
Drop in (on) : to call on or to visit unexpectedly (tak diduga-duga)
Drop out : to leave, withdraw, cease attending
Drop someone a line : to write briefly to someone
Dry out : to become dry through a gradual loss of moisture (kehilangan kelembaban)
Dry run : rehearsal (latihan, ulangan, repetisi)
Dry up : to dry completely (kekeringan)
Ease someone out : keluar atau memperhatikan dg diam-diam
Eat in : to eat at home
Eat out : to eat away from home
Eat up : menghabiskan semua
Every now and then : occasionally
Every so often : occasionally

Fall asleep : tertidur

Fall behind : to lag, fail to keep up (ketinggalan)
Fall for : to become infatuated (tertarik)
Fall in love : to begin to love
Fall into the habit of : to become accustomed to
Fall off : to fall for something, decrease in volume
Fall through : to fail to materialize, collapse (runtuh)
Feel like : to have a desire to (merasa seperti)
Feel sorry for : to pity, feel compassion for (merasa kasihan
Figure out : to solve, to understand
Fill one in : to inform, give background information
Fill out : to complete – said of blanks, form, etc.(mengisi, bertambah gemuk)
Find fault with: to criticize
Find out : to get information, discover, learn
Fix someone or something up : mengatur perjanjian dg orang lain, meletakka sesuatu pada
tempatnya
Fool around : to play and joke, spend time foolishly with little result
For good : forever
For goodness sake : masya Allah
For nothing/anything : for free, at no cost, for no reason
For the time being : for the present, temporarily (sementara waktu)
Free and easy : boros
Fringe benefit : tunjangan tanmbahan
From the time to time : occasionally, infrequently (kadang)
Front for : bersikap spt agen atau penbicara tp sering memberikan kesan bahwa dia
adalah pemimpin yang sesungguhnya

Get all dolled up : berpakaian yang terbaik dg harga yang paling mahal
Get along : to do, succeed, make progress
Get along with : to live or work harmoniously with someone
Get a rise out of one : membuat seseorang marah, jengkel atau pusing
Get away : to leave, escape
Get away with : to do something forbidden or illegal and to escape without punishment
Get back : to return
Get better, get worse : to become better, worse, etc.
Get busy : to become busy
Get down to business : to focus on the task at hand, to begin to work seriously
Get dressed : to dress (berpakaian)
Get even with : to be revenge, retaliate (membalas dendam)
Get home : to return home
Get hurt : to become injured (terluka raga maupun jiwa)
Get into the swing of things : to adapt or adjust oneself to a new environment
Get in touch with : to communicate with
Get lost : to lose one’s direction, become lost
Get lost : to disappear or remove oneself upon request
Get mixed up : to become confused
Get off : to leave, to descend from
Get on : to enter, board
Get one’s own way : melakukan atau memperoleh apa yg diharapkan,terutama dalam perlawanan
Get on one’s nerves : to make nervous
Get out from under : membangkitkan keuangan setelah bangkrut
Get (step) out of line : tdk mematuhi peraturan yg diterima dan dilaksanakan
Get out of hand : tak terkendali
Get over : to recover from
Get ready for : to prepare oneself or others for (menyiapkan)
Get rid of : to become free of
Get sick : to become sick
Get stuck : to become cheated to become burdened with (tebebani)
Get the better of : to win or defeat, gain advantage over a customer, etc
Get through : to finish
Get the most for : to obtain (memperoleh) the optimum amount, value, quality
Get tired : to become tired
Get to another person : to communicate with, secure the confidence of (menjamin kepercayaan diri)
Go to : to attend a school or college or university
Get to (a place) : to arrive at place, event or activity
Get dressed : to dress (berpakaian)
Get up : to arise, to move from a lying, to a standing position
Get used to : to become accustomed to (terbiasa)
Get well : to become well
Get wet : to become wet
Get worse : to become worse
Give another person a piece of the cake : membagi barang thd orang lain
Give birth to : to bear, bring forth children (melahirkan)
Give in : to surrender (melepaskan, menyerahkan)
Give off : to release, produce
Give one a big hand : bertepuk tangan
Give one a break : memberikan kesempatan pada seseorang
Give out : to distribute, to become exhausted, terminate (
Give someone a ring : to telephone
Give up : to surrender, renounce
Glance over : membaca sepintas
Go around : be sufficient for everyone (cukup untuk seseorang)
Go in for : gemar melakukan, mengikuti
Go off : to explode, to leave suddenly
Go off the deep end : to do something hastily (dg tergesa-gesa), rashly (terburu-buru) or
dangerously
Good time : an enjoyable occasion, a happy time, an opportune time
Goof off : to neglect one’s job or duty (membuang-buang waktu)
Go on : to continue, proceed
Go on trip : to travel
Go out : to leave, to cease burning
Go over : to review, to repeat
Go away : to leave, to depart
Go through : to endure, undergo, experience; go or be put into effect (melintasi, lulus)
Go through channels : to send a request or complaint through the correct chain (rangkaian) yang
umum
Go to sleep : to sleep
Go to town : to do something thoroughly (sepenuhnya), often succesfully
Go to : to attend to…
Go under the knife : to have a surgical operation (operasi bedah)
Go up to : to approach
Go with : to date frequently
Go without saying : to be perfectly clear without the necessity of mentioning
Go wrong : to fail, turn out badly
Grow out of : to outgrow, become too large and mature for (dewasa)

Had better : akan lebih baik, sebaiknya

Handle someone with kid gloves : to treat with great diplomacy or tact (menyenangkan dg
diplomasi atau kebijakan yang baik.
Hand in : to submit or deliver something which is due (menyampaikan sesuatu yang
semestinya
Hang up (on) : meletakkan atau memutus pembicaraan
Hard of hearing : partially deaf (sebagian tuli)
Have a ball : to have a great deal of fan
Have a good time : to enjoy oneself, pass a period of time pleasantly
Have a taste of : sedikit berpengalaman
Have another guess coming : to be mistaken or wrong
Have a voice in : to have some share, say or direction in
Have charge of : to have management, to have responsibility for, attend to
Have got : to have to possess
Have got to do something : must or have to do something
Have it in for : to dislike, hold a grudge, wait for an opportunity for revenge (
Have it out with : to quarrel with, confront, bring into the open (pertengkaran)
Have on : to be wearing (yang dikenakan/pakai)
Have one’s heart set on : to desire greatly (menggairahkan dg sangat)
Have one’s way : melakukan atau memperoleh apa yg diharapkan,terutama dalam
perlawanan
Have something going for oneself : to be successful in some undertaking, attribute or field of
interest
Have the floor : to have turn to speak
Have time off : to have free time
Have to do with : to have some connection with (berhubungan dg)
Have two strikes against oneself : berada dalam bahaya
Have what it takes : to be able to act efficiently and effectively
Hear from : to receive news from
Hear of : mendengar tentang
Help out : to assist with a problem
Hit it off : sukses satu sama lain
Hold good : mengingatkan utk jadi lebih baik (dg memaksa)
Hold off : to delay
Hold on : bertahan, menahan
Hold out : to continue in supply, prove to be sufficient, to resist
Hold over : menunda, meneruskan sesuatu
Hold still : mengingatkan utk diam, jangan bergerak
Hold up : menunda, merampok
Hold with : to accept, approve of or agree with

In front of : in the presence of

In a hurry : hurried, rushed
In the long run: akhirnya, setelah waktu yang lama
In time : within the appointed time (sebelum waktunya)
Inside out : dari dalam mau keluar
In vain : useless, without result
It figures : it seems likely, reasonable (masuk akal), typical

Keep an eye on : to watch, guard

Keep away : to away from (pergi begitu saja)
Keep good time : menjalani dg akurat (menyebut jam atau waktu)
Keep house : merawat rumah
Keep in mind : to bera in mind (mengingat)
Keep in touch with : terus berkomunikasi dg
Keep off : mematenkan
Keep on : to continue
Keep one’s head : to remain calm during some emergency
Keep one’s own hours : to arrange one’s own work schedule (mengatur jadwal)
Keep out : dilarang masuk
Keep track of : merekam
Keep track of : to keep a record of, to be aware of (sadar akan, waspada)
Keep up : meneruskan pada kecepatan atau level yang sama
Keep up appearances : mempertahankan kecepatan yang sama
Keep up with : mengikuti, menyelesaikan
Kick a habit : menghentikan kebiasaan
Kick something around : berdikusi
Knock it off : menghentikan sesuatu yang tak dapat disetujui
Knock out : membuat pingsan dengan pukulan yang kuat
Know by sight : mengenal lebih lanjut kpd seseorang setelah pertemuan sebelumnya

Laugh at : mentertawakan
Land on one’s feet : mendarat pada kakinya, berhasil mengatasinya
Lay off : memecat
Leave out : to omit (menghilangkan)
Leave something open: menangguhkan keputusan yang berbeda pada proposal sampai setelah
diskusi yang lebih jauh
Let alone : diam saja
Let down : to disappoint, to fail someone
Let go of : meledak atau meninggalkan dg tiba-tiba
Let on : menampkan, menginformasikan
Let someone/something alone: membiarkan seseorang sendiri, menjaga jarak dari, menghindar
Let something slide : mengabaikan kewajiban
Let up : memperlambat, mengurangi, kurang hebat
Lie down : to recline, take a lying position
Line someone/something up : mencapai beberapa objek atau tujuan atau kesempatan baik
Listen to : mendengarkan
Little by little : gradually
Live in : to room and sleep in the same place that one works
Live it up : hidup dalam kemewahan, begitu bebas
Live up to : to reach or maintain a certain high standard
Look after : to watch, take care of
Look at : menyelidiki, memeriksa
Look back on : mengingat kembali
Look down upon : menghina, memandang rendah
Look for : mencari
Look forward : melihat ke depan
Look into : melihat, memandang
Look out : berhati-hati, waspada
Look out on : to face, overlook
Look over : to examine
Look to : menharapkan, mempercayakan, mengandalkan
Look up : pencarian kata, harga, nomor telepon, dll dalam kamus, katalog, dll
Look up to : mengagumi, menghormati dengan sangat
Lose one’s cool : menjadi teryarik, bingung atau marah
Lose one’s head : to become very excited, lose one’s self control
Lose one’s touch : gagal melakukan sesuatu dari pada yang biasanya
Lose weight : to decrease in weight
Louse up : to mix up or spoil something

Make breakfast : to prepare the breakfast meal

Make believe : menjelaskan, mengklarifikasi
Make clear : to explain, clarify
Make faces : menyeringai, geringsing, membuat wajah yang lucu untuk bergurau
Make friends : to win or gain (menambah) friend
Make fun of : to laugh at, joke about
Make good : berhasil
Make good times : to travel rapidly, to make efficient use of travel time
Make no difference : membuat persamaan yang begitu penting
Make one tick : to motivate one
Make out : succeed, to do, understand, prepare, pretend
Make over : dandan baik wajah maupun pakaian
Make room for : to accommodate, to create space for (memberi tempat)
Make sense : beralasan, pantas
Make something talk: memainkan sesuatu dengan ahli
Make sure : to assure oneself, to be sure, to be certain of (meyakinkan)
Make the best of : menerima situasi sulit dg gembira atau melakukan yang terbaik di bawah
kondisi sekitar
Make up : dandan pada wajah
Make up one’s mind : to decide
Make waves : menciptakan kekacauan, mengganggu jalannya rapat
Meet someone halfway : berkompromi
Millions of : many, very many
Mind the store : merawat kantor, bertanggung jawab, sedang bertugas
Miss the boat : kehilangan kesempatan, gagal dalam beberapa perbuatan
Mix up : to be confuse (bingung)

Never had it so good : to be better off

Never mind : sudahlah, jangan dipikirkan, dll
No matter : to regardless (bagaimanapun juga)
Not on your live : absolutely not, by no means
Nothing the matter : nothing wrong (tak ada apa-apa)
Now and then : occasionally (ada kalanya, kadang-kadang)

Off and on : tidak beraturan, kadang-kadang

On purpose : purposely (dengan sengaja), intentionally (disengaja)
On time : at or before the appointed time
On the double : hurry!!!!!!
On the nose : dg langsung, betul, teliti,tepat
On the other hand : sebaliknya, dengan kata lain
On the telephone : to be speaking by telephone
On the whole : in general
Once and for all : in a final manner, definitively (dengan pasti)
Once in a while : occasionally
Out of : …………….
Out of date : sudah usang
Out of order : not working or functioning properly
Over and over : repeatedly
Over the years : sepanjang tahun

Pay attention : to be attention to, to listen carefully for, and to obey

Pick out : to choose, to select
Pick up : menjemput
Pick up the tab: mentraktir, membayar kebutuhan orang lain
Pin something on one : melempar kesalahan, memperbaiki tanggung jawab pada pelaku yang salah
Play it by ear : to improvise, to do something without a plane (membuat dg kemampuan
sendiri)
Play jokes on : bercanda dengan korban….
Play something by ear : mendengar musik tanpa pernah melihatnya, memberlakukan
atau menunda aktivitas menurut apa yang berkembang
daripada menurut pada rencana yang belum pasti
Play tricks on/to play jokes on : to make someone the victim of a trick or joke
Play up to : menuji, menyanjung, menjilat
Point out : to bring to one’s attention (menunjukkan)
Pull oneself together : mengontrol/menggembleng, membuat suasana hati jadi siap sedia
Put one’s best foot forward :
Pull one’s punches :
Pull one’s weight :
Put an end to : to cause to end, to terminate in a definite manner
Put away : mengembalikan pada posisi sebenarnya
Put down : memadamkan, menekan
Put off : to postpone, to delay
Put on : mengenakan
Put one’s foot into it : to make a foolish remark, commit a social blunder (perkataan
bodoh)
Put on weight : to gain weight, become heavier (tambah berat badan)
Put out : to extinguish (memadamkan)
Put together : memasang
Put back : to replace, to return (mengembalikan)
Put up : to construct, erect (mendirikan)
Put up with : to tolerate (bertoleransi)
Quite a few : more than several, many

Right elbows with : berhubungan, bergaul

Read over : sekilas membaca
Right away : immediately, soon
Right now : exactly now
Right here/there : exactly here/there
Run across : bertemu (dg teman lama)
Run away : melarikan diri
Run errands : bertindak seperti pesuruh, pergi untuk membeli keperluan orang lain
Run of the mill : kebiasaan yang sama
Run onto :
Run out of : kehabisan persediaan
Run over : menggilas, menindas, menabrak
Run up to : mendekati, pendekatan

Save on gas : to conserve gasoline

Save one’s breath :
Say nothing of : tidak berkata apa-apa
Search me : entahlah, (digunakan untuk waktu formal)
See about
See someone off : pergi ke kapal, bus atau pesawat untuk mengatakan selamat tinggal
Sell out : to sell completely, liquidate
Serve one right
Serve one’s turn : menjadi berguna, sesuai dengan tujuan
Set fire to : menyebabkan kebakaran
Set forth : to leave, start out, also, to present
Set on fire : menyebabkan kebakaran
Set out
Shake hands
Share a ride : to go by car pool atau bekerja bersama-sama dengan yang lain dalam satu
mobil
Show off : to display to excess one’s ability or possessions (pamer)
Show up : dating, kentara
Shut off
Shut up
Sit down : to take a sitting (after standing)
Slow up (down) : to go more slowly
Smile at : tesenyum pada……
So far : up to now, up to this moment
Speak to
Something the matter
Soup up : memberlakukan kekuatan yang lebih besar pada mesin
Stand a chance : memiliki kemungkinan
Stand for : mewakili, bertoleransi
Stand out
Stand to reason : jelas dan logis
Stand up : berdiri setelah duduk
Stand up
Stand up for
Stay at home
Stay in : berada dalam rumah, tidak pergi kemana-mana
Stay in bed : to remain in bed
Stay out : berada di luar rumah, pergi
Stay up : begadang
Step down : to retire or leave a top position
Stick around : tetap tinggal di suatu tempat
Stick out
Stick someone : to cheat someone
Stick to : to adhere to, persevere, be constant (melekat, tekun, tetap/teruse-menerus)
Stick up
Stir up : arouse, incite (menimbulkan, menghasut)

Take a beak
Take a chance
Take advantage : menggunakan kesempatan, mengampil keuntungan
Take after : menyerupai karena hubungan dekat
Take a look at : to look at
Take another person at his word
Take apart : participate
Take a picture
Take a seat : to sit, to sit down
Take a shower : to bathe by means of a shower
Take a walk
Take back
Take care of
Take charge of
Take charge of
Take down : to remove
Take hold of
Take in
Take into account : to take into consideration (mempertimbangkan)
Take it for granted
Take long(er) : to require (more) time
Take off
Take off
Take on : to employ, hire (mempekerjakan, menggaji)
Take one’s time
Take out
Take over : mengambil alih tugas, mengontrol
Take pains : bekerja dg hati-hati dan teliti
Take part
Take pity on : to pity
Take place
Take someone by surprise : kejutan, datang untuk mengejutkan
Take someone for
Take something for granted : menerima kebenaran tanpa ragu
Take something up with : berkonsultasi (dg orang yang memiliki kedudukan lebih tinggi)
Take the bull by the horns
Take the bus (a taxi) : to use a taxi or bus to transportation
Take time off : to arrange to be free from work
Take turns :
Take up : mengambil, memendekkan, mengumpulkan,
memungut,mebicarakan,
Talk over
Taste of : memiliki rasa yang sama dg rasa yang lain
Tear down
Tear off
Tear up
Tell on : melaporkan kejahatan/keburukan
Tell one from the other :
Tell time : membaca waktu atau menentukan waktu
Tell two things/person apart :
The in-thing :
The worst way : sangat
Think of : to have an opinion about
Think over :
Think up : menemukan, menggagas
Throw away : to discard (membuang)
Throw out : to dismiss, eject by force (membebaskan)
Throw people together : mengatur perjanjian dg orang lain
Throw someone a curve : menipu, menyesatkan, mempersukar, menyontek
Throw the book at :
Throw up : to vomit (muntah)
Tie up :
Time after time : again and again
Time is up : an allotted period of time has passed
Tired out
To the good : indicates the amount of profit ( mendpt keuntungan)

Top something: to surpass in wit, quality or human interest something previously said or done
(melampaui akal, kualitas atau kepentingan manusia yang sebelumnya telah
dikatakan atau dilakukan)
Trade in : menukar artikel lama dg yang baru ditambah bayaran kontan
Trade up : to introduce or buy a more expensive line of merchandise
Try on : to test, to try before buying (clothes)
Try out : to test, to try before buying to use for a trial period (percobaan)
Turn around
Turn down
Turn in : to submit, to give complete work to a teacher or a supervisor (mengumpulkan
Turn off
Turn on
Turn one on : benar-benar tertarik, membangkitkan rasa ingin tahu
Turn out : to become or result, to eject
Turn over
Turn up : to appear (menemukan/ditemukan)

Under one’s nose

Upside down : turun dari atas ke bawah
Up to one’s neck
Up to date : timely, modern, brought up to the present time
Used to

Wade into : to attack a person, to eat…

Wait for : to expect
Wait on : melayani, meladeni
Wait up for
Wake up
Walk up to
Want out : ingin terbebas dari bisnis atau kewajiban social, dll
Waste one’s breathe
Watch out for
Wear away
Wear down
Wear off
Wear out : to make or become unusable through heavy use
Wear through
Work out
Would rather

You get what you pay for : value is in proportion to the cost