A Tale of Two Cities — Page 6

Vocabulary

มัน

man — It; third-person pronoun or emphatic particle

ไป

pai — To go; indicates movement away from speaker

ถึง

theung — To reach; until; arriving at a place

ที่นั่น

thi nan — Over there; referring to a distant location

ใน

nai — In; inside; within a space or time

ที่สุด

thi sut — The most; superlative marker in Thai

โดย

doi — By; through; indicating means or agent

ยืนกราน

yuen kran — To insist; to firmly maintain a position

ที่จะ

thi ja — That will; relative particle before future verb

หลั่งไหล

lang lai — To flow; to stream in large numbers

เข้าไป

khao pai — To go into; to enter a place

สุสาน

su san — Cemetery; a place for burying the dead

และ

lae — And; connecting words, phrases, or clauses

ก็

ko — Also; then; a discourse connective particle

สำเร็จ

sam ret — To succeed; to accomplish a goal or task

พิธี

phi thi — Ceremony; a formal ritual or official event

ฝังศพ

fang sop — To bury a corpse; funeral burial act

ของ

khong — Of; belonging to; possessive particle

คลาย

khlai — To loosen; to relax; to ease tension

ผู้ล่วงลับ

phu luang lap — The deceased; a person who has passed away

แบบฉบับ

baep cha bap — Model; standard pattern or typical example

ตนเอง

ton eng — Oneself; reflexive pronoun referring to self

เป็น

pen — To be; to exist as something

ที่

thi — At; place; relative pronoun or location marker

พอใจ

pho jai — To be satisfied; content with a situation

อย่างยิ่ง

yang ying — Extremely; very much; to a great degree

เมื่อ

muea — When; at the time that something happened

จัดการ

jat kan — To manage; to handle or deal with something

กับ

kap — With; and; together; connecting nouns or actions

ศพ

sop — Corpse; dead body of a person

เรียบร้อย

riap roi — Neat; orderly; done properly and tidily

แล้ว

laeo — Already; then; indicates completed action

ฝูงชน

fung chon — Crowd; a large group of people gathered

จำเป็น

jam pen — Necessary; essential; something that must be done

ต้อง

tong — Must; have to; obligation or necessity

หา

ha — To seek; to look for something or someone

ความบันเทิง

khwam ban thoeng — Entertainment; amusement; enjoyable diversion

อื่น

uen — Other; another; different from current one

ให้

hai — To give; to allow; causative verb marker

อัจฉริยะ

at cha ri ya — Genius; exceptionally talented or brilliant person

อีกคน

ik khon — Another person; one more individual

ฉลาดกว่า

cha lat kwa — Smarter than; more intelligent in comparison

หรือ

rue — Or; question particle asking for confirmation

อาจ

at — Might; may; expressing possibility or uncertainty

คนเดิม

khon doem — The same person; original individual previously mentioned

คิดสนุก

khit sa nuk — To think for fun; to fantasize playfully

ด้วย

duay — Also; too; with; additionally included

การ

kan — Nominalizer; turns verbs into abstract nouns

กล่าวหา

klao ha — To accuse; to charge someone with wrongdoing

คน

khon — Person; human being; people

เดินผ่าน

doen phan — To walk past; to pass by on foot

ไปมา

pai ma — Back and forth; moving to and fro

บังเอิญ

bang oein — By chance; accidentally; coincidentally happening

ว่า

wa — That; say; introduces a reported speech clause

สายลับ

sai lap — Spy; secret agent gathering covert information

ศาล

san — Court; a judicial tribunal or legal body

แก้แค้น

kae khaen — To take revenge; to retaliate against someone

พวกเขา

phuak khao — They; them; third-person plural pronoun

บริสุทธิ์

bo ri sut — Innocent; pure; free from guilt or wrongdoing

หลายสิบ

lai sip — Dozens; many tens of something

ไม่เคย

mai khoei — Never; have not ever done something

เข้าใกล้

khao klai — To approach; to come near to something

ชีวิต

chi wit — Life; existence of a living being

เลย

loei — At all; ever; past; intensifying negative particle

ถูก

thuk — To be; passive marker; correct; inexpensive

ไล่ล่า

lai la — To chase; to pursue someone aggressively

เพื่อ

phuea — In order to; for the purpose of

สนอง

sa nong — To satisfy; to fulfill a need or desire

ความคิด

khwam khit — Thought; idea; mental concept or notion

แฟนตาซี

faen ta si — Fantasy; imaginative fiction or daydream

นี้

ni — This; referring to something nearby or just mentioned

ผลักดัน

phlak dan — To push forward; to drive or motivate strongly

ทำร้าย

tham rai — To harm; to injure or hurt someone

อย่าง

yang — In a manner; way; like; adverb-forming word

รุนแรง

run raeng — Violent; severe; intense in force or degree

เปลี่ยน

plian — To change; to switch from one thing to another

ไปสู่

pai su — Toward; leading to; moving in a direction

กีฬา

ki la — Sport; physical recreational activity or game

ทุบ

thup — To smash; to hit hard repeatedly

หน้าต่าง

na tang — Window; an opening in a wall with glass

จากนั้น

jak nan — After that; then; subsequently following an event

ปล้นสะดม

plon sa dom — To plunder; to rob violently and ransack

โรงเตี๊ยม

rong tiam — Tavern; inn; a place serving food and drink

เรื่อง

rueang — Story; matter; topic; about a subject

ง่าย

ngai — Easy; simple; not difficult to do

ธรรมชาติ

tham ma chat — Nature; natural; inherent characteristic or environment

หลังจาก

lang jak — After; following a particular time or event

ผ่านไป

phan pai — To pass by; time or events moving forward

หลาย

lai — Many; several; a large number of things

ชั่วโมง

chua mong — Hour; a unit of sixty minutes

ซาลาไล

sa la lai — To dissipate; to disperse gradually and fade

หลัง

lang — Behind; after; back part of something

รื้อ

rue — To dismantle; to tear apart a structure

ทิ้ง

thing — To throw away; to abandon or discard something

ราวเหล็ก

rao lek — Iron railing; metal bar or fence structure

บางส่วน

bang suan — Some part; a portion of a larger whole

ถอน

thon — To pull out; to withdraw; to uproot

ออก

ok — Out; to exit; directional particle outward

ติดอาวุธ

tit a wut — Armed; equipped with weapons for combat

ผู้ที่

phu thi — Those who; person that; relative pronoun

ชอบ

chop — To like; to enjoy; to prefer something

ก่อเรื่อง

ko rueang — To cause trouble; to stir up problems

มี

mi — To have; there is; to possess something

ข่าวลือ

khao lue — Rumor; unverified story spreading among people

แพร่กระจาย

phrae kra chai — To spread; to disseminate widely among people

ทหาร

tha han — Soldier; military personnel; armed forces member

กำลัง

kam lang — Currently doing; strength; power; progressive marker

มา

ma — To come; movement toward the speaker

ได้ยิน

dai yin — To hear; to perceive sound with ears

ค่อยๆ

khoi khoi — Gradually; slowly; little by little

สลายตัว

sa lai tua — To disperse; to break up and scatter away

บางที

bang thi — Sometimes; perhaps; maybe occasionally

ไม่

mai — No; not; negation particle in Thai

นี่

ni — This here; used to point out something near

คือ

khue — Is; means; defining or equating two things

ความคืบหน้า

khwam khuep na — Progress; advancement toward a goal

ตามปกติ

tam pa ka ti — As usual; normally; in the ordinary way

ก่อจลาจล

ko cha la chon — To riot; to incite or start a riot

ไม่ได้

mai dai — Did not; cannot; negates past or ability

เข้าร่วม

khao ruam — To join; to participate in an activity

กิจกรรม

kit ja kam — Activity; organized event or recreational pursuit

สุดท้าย

sut thai — Last; final; at the very end

แต่

tae — But; however; contrasting conjunction

ได้

dai — Can; able to; obtained; past tense marker

อยู่ต่อ

yu to — To stay; to remain in a place longer

พูดคุย

phut khui — To chat; to converse casually with someone

แสดง

sa daeng — To show; to express; to perform or display

ความเสียใจ

khwam sia jai — Regret; sorrow; feeling of sadness or remorse

พวก

phuak — Group; gang; bunch of people together

ช่าง

chang — Craftsman; technician; skilled tradesperson

ทำ

tham — To do; to make; to perform an action

สถานที่

sa than thi — Place; location; a specific physical site

นั้น

nan — That; referring to something previously mentioned

อิทธิพล

it thi phon — Influence; power to affect people or events

ทำให้

tham hai — To make; to cause something to happen

เขา

khao — He; she; him; her; third-person pronoun

รู้สึก

ru suek — To feel; to sense an emotion or sensation

สงบ

sa ngop — Calm; peaceful; quiet and undisturbed

ไปป์

paip — Pipe; a tube for smoking tobacco

จาก

jak — From; away from; originating at a place

ใกล้เคียง

klai khiang — Nearby; adjacent; close to a location

สูบ

sup — To smoke; to draw in smoke from tobacco

อยู่

yu — To stay; to be located; progressive aspect marker

มอง

mong — To look; to gaze at something

ผ่าน

phan — To pass through; to go past something

พิจารณา

phi ja ra na — To consider; to deliberate carefully about something

รอบคอบ

rop khop — Careful; cautious; thorough and attentive

กล่าวว่า

klao wa — To say that; to state or declare something