No problem here are some notes for you. But first disturb your time.

. That is good, but not

quite what we would say in English. We might say something like:
Sorry if I am taking up too much of your time.
Sorry to take your time.
Sorry to intrude on your time.
But its OK today is Sunday and I have plenty of time. Hope these notes are useful.
REFUSE, REJECT AND DENY

1. Refuse (verb ) is often followed by an infinitive verb you refuse to do

something. It means to say or show that you are not willing to do, accept, or allow
something.
Examples:
(a) not willing to

I refused to eat the food because it was not cooked.

I refuse to believe that he is a thief.

I refuse to let you use me computer.

The engine refused to start.

I refused to join their association. They asked me to join their association, but I
refused.

(b) not accept

I refused his request.

He refused my ideas.

(c) not allow

Drunk people will be refused admission.

It can also be used in the passive, especially with the meaning not accept or not allow.

His request was refused. (not accepted)

I was refused permission to take a holiday. (not allowed)

2. Refuse (noun -

) means garbage, rubbish (sampah)

Reject (verb ) is a transitive verb you reject something. It means to refuse to

accept something. It comes from a Latin verb that means to throw something back.
Examples:

I reject your hypothesis. (I refuse to accept it.)

My application for a scholarship was rejected. (They did not accept it, it was not
accepted.)

The university rejects 80% of all new applicants. (The university does not accept 80%
of all new applicants.)

Reject (noun ) is something that is defective, sub-standard, faulty, not good

enough something that has been rejected.

These jeans are cheap because they are rejects from the factory. (There is something
wrong with them, so they are sold for a cheap price.)

3. Deny (verb you deny something.

) means to say that something is not true. It is a transitive verb

Examples:

The prisoner denied the accusations (tuduhan).

Atheists deny the existence of God.

It can be followed by a that clause.

He denied that he had stolen the money.

The witness said she saw me in the house, but I denied that I was there.

It can also be followed by a gerund an ~ing word.

He denied stealing the money.

The witness said she saw me in the house, but I denied being there.

Deny can also mean to not allow something. With this meaning it is very close to refuse.
Examples:

The Sueharto regime often denied (refused) the right of free speech.

Indonesias famous writer, Pram, was denied (refused) a fair trial in court.

He was denied (refused) a passport because he was a criminal.

I was denied (refused) permission to take a holiday.

His request was (denied) refused = His request was denied.

Summary
refuse

reject

not willing

I refuse to go.

not accept

They refused my request.

not allow

He was refused membership of the club.

refuse to accept

I reject the theory of evolution.

They rejected my request.

deny

to say that
something is not
true

President Nixon said I am not a crook (banjingan,

penjahat) President Nixon denied the accusations
against him. President Nixon denied that he was a
crook. President Nixon denied being a crook.

not allow

Students who cheat will be denied a place in the

class. (OR Students who cheat will be refused a
place in the class.

You will see that in some contexts refuse, reject and deny can be synonyms.
The government refused / rejected / denied my request.
However in other contexts they are not synonyms.
I refuse reject deny to believe it. (not willing)
I refuse reject deny the theory of evolution. (refuse to accept)
I refuse reject deny stealing the money. (say it is not true)
POSTPONE, DELAY, CANCEL
Postpone and delay (as verbs) are almost exact synonyms. They both mean to make
something happen at a later time or date.
My plane was delayed/postponed by an hour.
Could we delay/postpone the meeting a few days?
I think we should delay/postpone deciding about this until next year.
They decided to delay/postpone their holiday until next year.
We've had to delay/postpone going to France because the children are ill.
BUTthere are two major differences.
1. Delay can also mean to cause someone or something to be late.
You are two hours late. what delayed postponed you? Im sorry, I was delayed
postponed by the traffic.
2. Delay can also mean to not act quickly.
You must do it now. Do not delay postpone.
If you delay postpone any longer, you will be late for school.
Cancel is different. It is not menunda tertunda etc, but membatalkan. If you delay or
postpone something, it will happen at a later time. If you cancel something it will never
happen.
When I arrived at the airport I saw that my flight had been delayed/postponed. So I
waited. Then I heard that it had been cancelled. So I went home again.
The football match was delayed/postponed for two hours because of heavy rain. By 4
oclock in the afternoon it was still raining, so the match was cancelled.

When my mother got sick I had to delay my education to look after her. But she died,
and I had to cancel my education so I could look after the family.
AWESOME, WONDERFUL, EXCELLENT, AMAZING, OUTSTANDING,
Awesome, wonderful and excellent all mean extremely good. They are very close
synonyms, however awesome is informal language (bahasa sehari-hari), and excellent is more
formal. Wonderful is somewhere in the middle.
Example:
At High School you wrote a very good assignment. The teacher wrote Excellent! on it,
and gave you 95%. Later your teacher was talking to another teacher. Dian is a
wonderful student, she said. When you showed you assignment to your friend, she
said Wow, Dian, 95%! Thats really awesome!
Amazing can also mean extremely good, but its real meaning is very surprising. Perhaps
mengherankan, mengagumkan.
Outstanding has two meanings.
1. The first meaning is very close to excellent, but also something like menonjol mahasiswa
yang menonjol is an outstanding student. The same person is probably an excellent student, a
wonderful student and an awesome student, but stands (berdiri, menonjol) out (di atas) the
others she is outstanding.
2. The second meaning is quite different. It means something that is not completed yet, not
done yet, or not paid yet (sesuatu yang belum diselasaikan, belum dilunas)
Examples:
Every student must write four assignments. You have only written three assignments.
You still have one outstanding assignment.
Your school fee is $400. You have only paid $300. There is still $100 outstanding.
You cannot borrow more money until you have paid your outstanding debt.