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1 n 1 kisima. ~ water n maji ya kisima. oil ~ n kisima cha mafuta. 2 chemchemi; (fig) chanzo, chimbuko. ~ head n chanzo cha mto /chemchemi. 3 chumba cha lifti au ngazi katika jengo. 4 (GB) ulingo wa mawakili katika mahakama. 5 ~ deck n nafasi katika staha kuu ya meli iliofungiwa. ~ out (from/of) bubujika. ~ over furika. ~ up (in) foka, chemka.well
2 adv 1 -zima; vema, vizuri,barabara. do ~ fanya, endelea vizuri, sitawi. be doing ~ (progressive tense only) pata nafuu/ahueni. do oneself ~ jipatia mambo ya starehe au anasa. do ~ by sb fanyia mtu ukarimu. wish sb ~ takia mtu heri. 2 (with praise or approval) vizuri, sifia au unga mkono. stand ~ with sb pendwa na. 3 kwa bahati njema. be ~ out of sth jitoa katika jambo bila matatizo/ hasara. ~ off adj -enye mali, -enye neema, tajiri; -enye bahati. ~ off for hajambo kwa; liojawa na ~off for food hajambo kwa chakula; ana chakula kingi. come off ~ (of a person) fanikiwa; (of an event) -liokuwa nzuri, wa na matokeo ya kuridhisha. do ~ to + (inf) fanya vizuri. 4 kwa haki. you may ~ be surprised una haki ya kushangaa. 5 may (just) as ~ hivyohivyo, vilevile, pia. be just as ~ (wa) afadhali. 6 (end position) sana, kabisa shake the bottle ~ tikisa chupa sana. 7 kwa kiasi kikubwa. ~ away -enye kuendelea vema; (colloq) -enye kukaribia (kulewa); -enye kuwaka. leave/let ~ alone usiingilie. 8 as ~ (as) pamoja na; vilevile. 9 (with another adv) pretty ~ karibu. pred adj 1 -zima, -enye afya. get ~ pona, pata nafuu I am pretty ~ karibu sawa! si mbaya! sijambo. 2 sawa; -ema, -a hali njema, heri. its all very ~ (used ironically) ni sawa. 3 -a bahati it was ~ for you ilikuwa bahati yako. 4 afadhali, bora interj 1 (expressing astonishment) lo! ~ then je, nini basi? 2 (expressing relief) haya! ~, here we are at last haya, mwishowe tumefika hapa. 3 (expressing resignation) ~, it cant be helped, haya, hatuna la kufanya. well-being n ustawi; hali njema; afya, raha. well-doing n (arch) ufadhili, kutenda mema. well-nigh adv (arch) karibu he was ~-nigh drowned alikuwa karibu azame majini. well-off adj -tajiri, -enye neema. well-to-do adj tajiri, -enye neema the ~ to do n matajiri. ~ -wisher n mtakia heri. ~ doer n mfadhili, mhisani. ~ advised adj -a busara. ~ balanced adj -enye busara. ~ appointed adj -enye zana/vyombo vyote. ~ born adj -a ukoo bora. well-bred adj -enye adabu, -enye malezi mazuri, -ungwana, -a kiungwana; (of animals) -liofugwa vizuri. well-chosen adj -lio chaguliwa vizuri. well-conditioned adj -enye hali njema; -a adabu, -enye malezi mazuri. well-conducted adj lioendeshwa/ pangwa/ongozwa vizuri. ~ connected adj -enye uhusiano na watu (wa nasaba) bora (kwa damu/ ndoa). ~ -disposed adj (towards) -fadhili, -a hisani, -ema; -a kupendelea. well-favoured adj (old use) -zuri, -a kupendeza, -enye sura nzuri well-fed adj -liolishwa vizuri well-found adj -enye zana/vyombo vyote. well-founded adj -enye ukweli. well-groomed adj maridadi, safi. ~ -grounded n -enye ukweli; -enye mafunzo bora; -enye misingi imara. ~ heeled n (sl) kwasi, kizito. well-informed adj -enye kujua, kutambua be ~-informed on a subject jua vema somo fulani. well-intentioned adj -enye nia safi. well-knit adj kakamavu; -shupavu; kakawana. well-known adj maarufu, mashuhuri, nayo julikana sana. well-lined adj (of a purse, colloq) -liojaa fedha. well-mannered adj -enye tabia njema. well-marked adj -liodhahiri, bainifu. well-meaning adj -enye nia safi. well-meant adj -liosemwa/fanywa kwa nia safi. well-paid adj -enye malipo (ujira, mshahara) mazuri. well-read adj -a maarifa (elimu) nyingi, liosoma sana. well-rounded adj -lio kamilifu na linganifu; -enye maarifa mengi. well-set adj shupavu, kakamavu. well-spoken adj -enye lugha fasaha, -enye kusema kwa adabu/heshima. well-timed adj -a wakati wa kufaa. well-tried adj (of methods) -liojaribiwa mara nyingi (na kuonyesha kufaa kwake), mujarabu. well-turned adj (of a compliment, phrase, verse) fasaha, sanifu, -liotungwa vizuri. well-worn adj -liotumika mno, -liopoteza maana/ ladha (kwa sababu ya kutumika).