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Learn English Through Oliver Twist Part 3

1. For the first six months after Oliver Twist was removed, the system was in full operation.

remove = 

Verb

  • 1. take (something) away or off from the position occupied.

Example: Customs officials removed documents from the premises

  • 2. eliminate or get rid of.

Example: they removed thousands of needy youngsters from the system

  • 3. be distant from.

Example: it is an isolated place, far removed from the London art world

Noun

  • 1. a degree of remoteness or separation.

Example: at this remove, the whole incident seems insane

Verb

  • menghapus: remove, erase, wipe, expunge, efface, repeal
  • melepaskan: release, let go, let, remove, disconnect, detach
  • melepas: release, remove, take down, cast loose, dismiss
  • menyingkirkan: get rid of, remove, rule out, eliminate, do away, dismiss
  • memindahkan: move, transfer, remove, shift, displace, redeploy
  • mengangkat: lift, raise, appoint, remove, pick up, elevate
  • mencopot: remove, take off, strip, disconnect, relieve, cannibalize
  • bersihkan: remove

Noun

  • jauhnya: length, remove

2. It was rather expensive at first, in consequence of the increase in the undertaker's bill

undertaker's = pengurus

Noun

  • 1. a person whose business is preparing dead bodies for burial or cremation and making arrangements for funerals.

Noun

  • seorang yg mengurus pemakaman: undertaker
  • Pengurus : undertaker

3. The necessity of taking in the clothes of all the paupers, which fluttered loosely on their wasted, shrunken forms, after a week or two's gruel.

fluttered =

Verb

1. (of a bird or other winged creature) fly unsteadily or hover by flapping the wings quickly and lightly.

Example: a couple of butterflies fluttered around the garden

Noun

1. an act of fluttering.

Example: there was a flutter of wings at the window

Verb

  • berdebar: thump, flutter, throb, pulse, palpitate, pulsate
  • mengipas: flutter
  • berkibar: fly, flutter, wave, waver, ruffle
  • mengepakkan: beat, flutter, clap
  • menggelepar: flounder, flutter
  • mengipaskan: wag, ward, flutter
  • mengirap: hit, flap, flutter, disappear, vanish
  • menggeleparkan: flutter
  • membingungkan: confuse, baffle, puzzle, mystify, confound, flutter
  • menggugupkan: fluster, flutter
  • bingung: be puzzled, fluster, flutter, pother
  • menjadi gugup: flutter, fluster, rouge, panic
  • bergerak cepat tdk teratur: flutter
  • berjela-jela: flutter, dangle
  • mengepak-ngepak: flutter
  • mengedip-ngedipkan: flutter
  • berdebar-debar: pulse, pulsate, flutter, palpitate, throb, thump

Noun

  • kibaran: flutter
  • denyut: beat, pulsation, throbbing, throb, twinge, flutter
  • debaran: beat, throb, flutter, pulsation
  • kebingungan: confusion, flurry, bewilderment, quandary, perplexity, flutter
  • kegugupan: twitter, edginess, flutter
  • kegemparan: uproar, stir, excitement, commotion, sensation, flutter
  • denyutan: throbbing, beat, pulsation, throb, twinge, flutter
  • lambaian: wave, flourish, flutter, waff, waft

4. But the number of workhouse inmates got thin as well as the paupers; and the board were in ecstasies.

inmates =

Noun

  • 1. a person confined to an institution such as a prison or hospital.

Example: inmates of the Louisiana State Penitentiary

Noun

  • tahanan: custody, resistance, arrest, detainee, inmate, captivity
  • penghuni: occupant, resident, inhabitant, tenant, inmate, denizen
  • penjarawan: inmate
  • orang hukuman: prisoner, convict, inmate, jailbird, gaol bird
  • penduduk: population, resident, inhabitant, invader, occupant, habitant

4. Of this festive composition each boy had one porringer, and no more--except on occasions of great public rejoicing, when he had two ounces and a quarter of bread besides.

festive 

Adjective

  • 1. relating to a festival.

Example: parties are held and festive food is served

Adjective

  • bergembira: joyful, festive, joyous
  • berhubung dgn pesta: convivial, festive
  • kurang ajar: brash, insolent, brazen, impertinent, impudent, festive

5. Oliver Twist and his companions suffered the tortures of slow starvation for three months

starvation 

Noun

1. suffering or death caused by hunger.

Example: thousands died of starvation

Noun

  • mati kelaparan: starvation
  • penderitaan kelaparan: starvation

6. He had a wild, hungry eye; and they implicitly believed him

implicitly 

Adverb

  • 1. in a way that is not directly expressed; tacitly.

Example: she implicitly suggested that he was responsible for the error

2. without qualification: absolutely.

Example: he trusted Sarah implicitly

Adverb

  • tdk langsung: circumstantially, implicitly, indirectly, insinuatingly
  • dgn mutlak: implicitly, flatly

7. The gruel disappeared; the boys whispered each other, and winked at Oliver; while his next neighbours nudged him.

nudged = menyiku

Verb

1. prod (someone) gently, typically with one's elbow, in order to draw their attention to something.

Example: people were nudging each other and pointing at me

Verb

  • menyiku: nudge, form a rectangle, curve at a right angle

8. Child as he was, he was desperate with hunger, and reckless with misery. He rose from the table; and advancing to the master, basin and spoon in hand, said: somewhat alarmed at his own temerity

temerity = keberanian

Noun

1. excessive confidence or boldness; audacity.

Example: no one had the temerity to question his conclusions

9. There was a general start. Horror was depicted on every countenance

countenance = 

Noun

  • 1. a person's face or facial expression.
  • 2. support.

Verb

  • 1. admit as acceptable or possible.

Noun

  • wajah: face, look, countenance, features, visage, physiognomy
  • sokongan: support, endowment, endorsement, ante, sponsorship, countenance
  • roman muka: countenance, visage
  • air muka: face, countenance, mien, brow, surface of water
  • ketenangan: serenity, calm, quietness, calmness, quiet, countenance
  • persetujuan: approval, consent, agreement, accord, assent, countenance

Verb

  • menyetujui: agree, approve, accept, consent, accede, countenance
  • menyokong: support, sustain, bolster, advocate, favor, countenance

10. For a week after the commission of the impious and profane offence of asking for more, Oliver remained a close prisoner in the dark and solitary room to which he had been consigned by the wisdom and mercy of the board.

impious 

Adjective
  • 1. not showing respect or reverence, especially for a god.
Example: the emperor's impious attacks on the Church

Adjective
  • tak beriman: ungodly, impious, godless, irreligious
  • jahat: evil, bad, wicked, malicious, sinister, impious
  • yg tdk bertuhan: impious
consigne
Verb
  • 1. deliver (something) to a person's custody, typically in order for it to be sold.
Example: he consigned three paintings to Sotheby's

Verb
  • memperuntukkan: consign, earmark, allocate, intend, mean, apply
  • mengirimkan: send, transmit, ship, send in, forward, consign
  • menyerahkan: submit, hand, give, hand over, give up, consign
  • mengasingkan: alienate, exile, isolate, seclude, relegate, consign
  • menyampaikan: convey, deliver, submit, pass, express, consign
  • membuang: waste, dispose, discard, throw away, dump, consign

11. He only cried bitterly all day; and, when the long, dismal night came on

dismal

Adjective

  • 1. depressing; dreary.

Example: the dismal weather made the late afternoon seem like evening

12. Let it not be supposed by the enemies of 'the system,' that, during the period of his solitary incarceration, Oliver was denied the benefit of exercise, the pleasure of society, or the advantages of religious consolation.

solitary = 

Adjective

  • 1. done or existing alone.

Example: I live a pretty solitary life

Adjective

  • tersendiri: separate, special, individual, alone, distinctive, solitary
  • tunggal: single, sole, singular, only, solo, solitary
  • terpencil: remote, secluded, isolated, desolate, outlying, solitary
  • sunyi: quiet, silent, deserted, lonely, desolate, solitary
  • yg suka bertapa: solitary

Noun

  • pertapa: ascetic, hermit, recluse, solitary, solitaire, retreatant
  • kurungan tersendiri: solitary

13. As for exercise, it was nice cold weather, and he was allowed to perform his ablutions every morning under the pump, in a stone yard

ablution

Noun

  • 1. the act of washing oneself (often used for humorously formal effect).

Example: the women performed their ablutions

Noun

  • pembersihan: cleaning, clean-up, clearance, purge, removal, ablution
  • pencucian diri: ablution
  • pembilasan: flushing, ablution

14. As for society, he was carried every other day into the hall where the boys dined, and there sociably flogged as a public warning and example.

flog

Verb

  • 1. beat (someone) with a whip or stick as punishment or torture.

Example: the stolen horses will be returned and the thieves flogged

Verb

  • mencambuk: whip, flog, lash, flail, tan, switch
  • mendera: whack, whip, flog, flagellate, wallop, chastise
  • mengalahkan: beat, defeat, overcome, overpower, beat out, flog
  • mencemeti: swish, flog, cowhide, whip, switch, lash
  • memecut: flog, whip, thresh, prod, thrash, urge
  • mengkritik: criticize, censure, excoriate, clobber, attack, flog
  • mengupas: peel, strip, analyze, rind, criticize, flog
  • memukul dgn cemeti: flog, whip, lash with a whip
  • mencela: denounce, reproach, criticize, blame, deprecate, flog
  • mencelakan: cavil, keelhaul, stigmatize, blame, criticize, flog

15. Therein inserted by authority of the board, in which they entreated to be made good, virtuous, contented, and obedient, and to be guarded from the sins and vices of Oliver Twis

Therein 

ARCHAIC

FORMAL

Adverb

  • 1. in that place, document, or respect.

Example: it shall be sufficient evidence of the facts therein contained

Adverb

  • di situ: there, therein
  • disanalah: therein
  • ke sana: there, thither, thereto, thitherward, therein
  • ke situ: there, thither, thereto, thitherward, therein
  • selama waktu itu: therein
virtuous = berbudi luhur

Adjective

  • 1. having or showing high moral standards.

Example: she considered herself very virtuous because she neither drank nor smoked

Adjective

  • berbudi luhur: virtuous, noble, noble-minded, high-minded
  • saleh: pious, godly, devout, virtuous, religious, holy
  • bajik: virtuous, wholesome, good
  • suci: holy, sacred, pure, saintly, chaste, virtuous
  • berbudi tinggi: virtuous
  • berbudi mulia: noble, virtuous, noble-minded, high-minded

16. It chanced one morning, while Oliver's affairs were in this auspicious and confortable state

auspicious 

Adjective

  • 1. conducive to success; favorable.

Example: it was not the most auspicious moment to hold an election

Adjective

  • penuh harapan: auspicious, sanguine
  • bertanda baik: auspicious
  • yg menguntungkan: propitious, lucrative, profitable, gainful, trine, auspicious

17. In a species of arthimetical desperation, he was alternately cudgelling his brains and his donkey, when passing the workhouse, his eyes encountered the bill on the gate

desperation = keputusasaan

Noun

  • 1. a state of despair, typically one which results in rash or extreme behavior.

Example: she wrote to him in desperation

18. The donkey was in a state of profound abstraction: wondering, probably, whether he was destined to be regaled with a cabbage-stalk or two when he had disposed of the two sacks of soot with which the little cart was laden; so, without noticing the word of command, he jogged onward.

destined = ditakdirkan

regaled = dihibur

disposed = cebderung

jogged = berlari, joging

onward = maju

19. Mr. Gamfield growled a fierce imprecation on the donkey generally, but more particularly on his eyes; and, running after him, bestowed a blow on his head, which would inevitably have beaten in any skull but a donkey's.

growled 

Verb

  • 1. (of an animal, especially a dog) make a low guttural sound in the throat.

Example: the dogs yapped and growled about his heels

Verb

  • menggeram: growl, snarl
  • berkata dgn marah: growl

imprecation
Noun
  • 1. a spoken curse.
Example: she hurled her imprecations at anyone who might be listening

Noun
  • kutukan: curse, condemnation, bane, damnation, cursing, imprecation
  • sumpah: oath, swear, vow, curse, asseveration, imprecation
bestow
Verb
  • 1. confer or present (an honor, right, or gift).
Example: the office was bestowed on him by the chief of state

Verb
  • memberikan: give, provide, offer, supply, allow, bestow
  • melimpahkan: bestow, delegate, dump, shower, overwhelm, heap
  • menganugerahi: bestow, endue, indue

20. Mr. Gamfield smiled, too, as he perused the document; for five pounds was just the sum he had been wishing for; and, as to the boy with which it was encumbered

perused 

FORMAL

Verb

  • 1. read (something), typically in a thorough or careful way.

Example: he has spent countless hours in libraries perusing art history books and catalogues

Verb

  • membaca dgn teliti: peruse
encumbered

Verb

  • 1. restrict or burden (someone or something) in such a way that free action or movement is difficult.

Example: she was encumbered by her heavy skirts

Verb

  • membebani: burden, overburden, encumber, load, tax, saddle
  • menghalangi: prevent, hinder, deter, preclude, impede, encumber
  • memberatkan: incriminate, weigh, weight, worsen, encumber, handicap

21. So, he spelt the bill through again, from beginning to end; and then, touching his fur cap in token of humility, accosted the gentleman in the white waistcoat.

accosted

Verb

  • 1. approach and address (someone) boldly or aggressively.

Example: reporters accosted him in the street

Verb

  • menyapa: greet, address, accost, hollo, holloa
  • menegur: rebuke, reprimand, admonish, reprove, scold, accost
  • mendekati: approach, near, come near to, come up, get near to, accost

Noun

  • peneguran: accost
  • penyapaan: accost

22. 'That's because they damped the straw afore they lit it in the chimbley to make 'em come down again,' said Gamfield

afore 

Preposition

ARCHAIC

DIALECT

  • 1. before.

Example: he died the day afore yesterday

Prefix

  • 1. before; previously.

Adverb

  • di depan: in front, ahead, afore

Demikian, semoga dapat bermanfaat..

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