A Tale of Two Cities — Page 4

Vocabulary

เขา

khao — He, she, or they; third person pronoun

เป็น

pen — To be; indicates state or identity

สายลับ

sai lap — Spy; secret agent working covertly

หรือ

rue — Or; used to connect alternatives in questions

ถาม

tham — To ask; to pose a question to someone

ผู้แจ้งข่าว

phu jaeng khao — Informant; person who reports or delivers news

ตอบ

top — To answer; to respond to a question

โอ

o — Oh; exclamation expressing surprise or realization

โอ้

o — Oh; emphatic exclamation of surprise or emotion

แน่นอน

naen on — Certainly; of course; without any doubt

ทีเดียว

thi diao — Indeed; quite; used to emphasize a statement

อุทาน

u-than — To exclaim; to cry out with emotion

พลาง

phlang — While; simultaneously doing another action

นึกถึง

nuek thueng — To think of; to recall or consider something

การพิจารณาคดี

kan phi-cha-ra-na kha-di — Trial; legal proceeding to examine a court case

ที่

thi — That; which; at; relative pronoun or preposition

เคย

khoei — Used to; ever; indicates past habitual experience

เข้าร่วม

khao ruam — To join; to participate in an event or group

ฉัน

chan — I; me; first person pronoun, informal usage

เห็น

hen — To see; to perceive visually something

ตาย

tai — To die; to be dead; cease living

แล้ว

laeo — Already; then; indicates completed action or sequence

สนิท

sa-nit — Close; intimate; deeply familiar with someone

เหมือน

muean — Like; similar to; resembling something else

เนื้อแกะ

nuea kae — Lamb meat; flesh of a young sheep

อีก

ik — Another; more; additionally; once more

คน

khon — Person; human being; people

และ

lae — And; conjunction connecting words or clauses

ยัง

yang — Still; yet; also; continuing state or action

ไม่

mai — Not; negation particle used before verbs

พอ

pho — Enough; sufficient; just as something happens

เลย

loei — At all; so; then; emphasizes negation or result

เอา

ao — To take; to get; to want something

พวก

phuak — Group; gang; they; classifier for groups of people

มัน

man — It; they; informal third person pronoun

ออกมา

ok ma — To come out; to emerge from inside somewhere

ดึง

dueng — To pull; to drag; to tug something forcefully

แนวคิด

naeo khit — Concept; idea; way of thinking about something

นั้น

nan — That; those; referring to something previously mentioned

ยอมรับ

yom rap — To accept; to acknowledge; to admit something

ได้

dai — Can; able to; obtained; indicates possibility or completion

อย่าง

yang — Like; as; in a manner; type or kind

ยิ่ง

ying — Even more; increasingly; the more something happens

ใน

nai — In; inside; within a place or time

ยาม

yam — Guard; watchman; period of time or watch

ผู้คน

phu khon — People; folks; human beings in general

มี

mi — To have; there is; to possess something

ความคิด

khwam khit — Thought; idea; opinion held in one's mind

อะไร

a-rai — What; anything; used in questions or indefinitely

ฝูงชน

fueng chon — Crowd; throng; large group of gathered people

จึง

chueng — Therefore; so; consequently; as a result

รับ

rap — To receive; to accept; to take something offered

ไป

pai — To go; away; indicates movement or direction

ด้วย

duai — Also; with; too; together with something

ความ

khwam — Abstract noun prefix indicating a state or quality

กระตือรือร้น

kra-tue-rue-ron — Enthusiastic; eager; showing keen interest and energy

ตะโกน

ta-kon — To shout; to yell loudly at someone

ซ้ำๆ

sam sam — Repeatedly; over and over; again and again

ถึง

thueng — To reach; until; to; arriving at a destination

ข้อเสนอ

kho sa-noe — Proposal; offer; suggestion put forward for consideration

จะ

cha — Will; going to; future tense marker

รุมล้อม

rum lom — To surround; to mob; to encircle aggressively

ยานพาหนะ

yan pha-ha-na — Vehicle; mode of transportation carrying people

ทั้ง

thang — Both; all; entire; including everything together

สอง

song — Two; the number two

คัน

khan — Classifier for vehicles; also means itchy

แน่นหนา

naen na — Tightly packed; firmly secured; very solid

จน

chon — Until; to the point that; so much that

ต้อง

tong — Must; have to; required to do something

หยุด

yut — To stop; to halt; to cease movement

เมื่อ

muea — When; at the time that something occurred

เปิด

poet — To open; to turn on; to start something

ประตู

pra-tu — Door; gate; entrance to a building or space

รถม้า

rot ma — Carriage; horse-drawn vehicle for transporting people

ผู้ไว้อาลัย

phu wai a-lai — Mourner; person expressing grief at a funeral

เพียง

phiang — Only; merely; just; nothing more than

เดียว

diao — Single; alone; only one; solitary

ก็

ko — Also; then; particle indicating consequence or emphasis

ดิ้นรน

din ron — To struggle; to strive hard against difficulty

ถูก

thuk — To be acted upon; correct; cheap; passive marker

จับ

chap — To catch; to grab; to arrest someone

ชั่วครู่

chua khru — For a moment; briefly; a short period of time

แต่

tae — But; however; only; indicates contrast

ช่าง

chang — How very; how; emphasizes an adjective intensely

ตื่นตัว

tuen tua — Alert; awake; aware and ready to respond

เหลือเกิน

luea koen — Extremely; excessively; beyond normal limits

ใช้

chai — To use; to utilize; to employ something

เวลา

we-la — Time; period; moment when something occurs

ดี

di — Good; well; of high quality or virtue

ที่สุด

thi sut — Most; best; superlative degree marker

ชั่ว

chua — Evil; wicked; bad; morally corrupt

อึดใจ

uet chai — A brief moment; an instant; very short duration

ถัด

that — Next; following; immediately after in sequence

มา

ma — To come; indicates movement toward the speaker

วิ่งหนี

wing ni — To run away; to flee quickly from something

ขึ้นไป

khuen pai — To go up; upward direction; to rise higher

ตาม

tam — To follow; along; according to; in pursuit

ถนนซอย

tha-non soi — Side street; alley; narrow lane off main road

หลังจาก

lang chak — After; following; subsequent to an event

ทิ้ง

thing — To abandon; to throw away; to leave behind

เสื้อคลุม

suea khlum — Cloak; overcoat; loose garment worn over clothes

หมวก

muak — Hat; cap; head covering worn outdoors

ยาว

yao — Long; lengthy; extended in size or duration

ผ้าเช็ดหน้า

pha chet na — Handkerchief; small cloth for wiping the face

สีขาว

si khao — White color; the color of snow or milk

น้ำตา

nam ta — Tears; liquid from eyes when crying

เชิง

choeng — In the manner of; at the base of; symbolic style

สัญลักษณ์

san-ya-lak — Symbol; sign representing an idea or meaning

อื่นๆ

uen uen — Others; various other things or people

ไว้

wai — To keep; to set aside; placed for later use

สิ่ง

sing — Thing; object; matter; item in general

เหล่านั้น

lao nan — Those; referring to previously mentioned items

ฉีก

chik — To tear; to rip apart with force

ชิ้นๆ

chin chin — Into pieces; fragments; broken into small parts

กระจาย

kra-chai — To scatter; to spread out in many directions

ออกไป

ok pai — To go out; to exit; moving outward away

ไกล

klai — Far; distant; a long way away

กว้าง

kwang — Wide; broad; spacious in extent or scope

สนุกสนาน

sa-nuk sa-nan — Fun; enjoyable; having a lively good time

ขณะ

kha-na — While; during; at the moment of something

พ่อค้าแม่ค้า

pho kha mae kha — Merchants; shopkeepers; male and female traders

ต่าง

tang — Different; various; each; distinct from others

รีบ

rip — To hurry; to rush; to do something quickly

ปิด

pit — To close; to shut; to turn off something

ร้าน

ran — Shop; store; small commercial establishment

ของ

khong — Of; belonging to; things; possessive particle

ตน

ton — Oneself; one's own; reflexive pronoun

เพราะ

phro — Because; since; due to a reason

ยุค

yuk — Era; age; epoch; period of historical time

หยุดยั้ง

yut yang — To stop; to restrain; to prevent from continuing

ต่อ

to — Against; toward; per; to continue something

ใด

dai — Any; which; whichever; used in questions

น่าเกรงขาม

na kreng kham — Formidable; awe-inspiring; commanding fear and respect

นัก

nak — Very; expert; one who does something professionally

พวกเขา

phuak khao — They; them; referring to a group of people

เพื่อ

phuea — In order to; for the purpose of doing

นำ

nam — To lead; to bring; to guide someone

โลง

long — Coffin; box used to hold a dead body

ผู้

phu — Person who; one who; prefix for a role

ฉลาด

cha-lat — Smart; clever; intelligent; quick-witted

กว่า

kwa — More than; comparative particle; rather than

เสนอ

sa-noe — To propose; to suggest; to offer something

ให้

hai — To give; to allow; for; causative marker

คุ้มกัน

khum kan — To escort; to guard; to protect someone traveling

จุดหมาย

chut mai — Destination; goal; the aimed point to reach

ปลายทาง

plai thang — Final destination; end of a journey or route

ท่ามกลาง

tham klang — Among; in the midst of; surrounded by

ยินดีปรีดา

yin di pri-da — Rejoicing; delighted; expressing great happiness

ทุก

thuk — Every; all; each; without exception

แทน

thaen — Instead of; to replace; to substitute for something