A Tale of Two Cities — Page 14

Vocabulary

และ

lae — Conjunction meaning 'and', connecting words or clauses.

แม้

mae — Even though; despite; concessive conjunction.

กระทั่ง

kra-thang — Until; even; up to a certain point.

ตอน

ton — Period of time; episode; section.

นั้น

nan — That; referring to something previously mentioned.

มัน

man — It; informal pronoun for things or animals.

ก็

ko — Also; then; particle indicating continuation or result.

ยัง

yang — Still; yet; continuing action up to present.

ไม่

mai — Not; negation particle used before verbs.

ยอม

yom — To yield; to allow; to give in.

จาก

jak — From; away from; departing a place.

เขา

khao — He; she; they; third-person pronoun.

ไป

pai — To go; moving away from current location.

แต่

tae — But; however; conjunction showing contrast.

กลับ

klap — To return; to go back; conversely.

ติดตาม

tit-tam — To follow; to track; to keep up with.

ขึ้น

khuen — To go up; to rise; upward direction.

บันได

ban-dai — Stairs; staircase; ladder for climbing.

พร้อม

phrom — Ready; prepared; along with someone.

กับ

kap — With; together with; and (for nouns).

เสียง

siang — Sound; noise; voice of a person.

กระแทก

kra-thaek — To bang; to slam; to strike hard.

ทุก

thuk — Every; all; each without exception.

ขั้น

khan — Step; level; rung of a staircase.

คลาน

khlan — To crawl; to creep on hands and knees.

บน

bon — On top of; above; upper surface.

เตียง

tiang — Bed; sleeping furniture in a room.

ทิ้ง

thing — To drop; to throw away; to abandon.

น้ำหนัก

nam-nak — Weight; heaviness of a person or object.

ลง

long — To go down; to descend; downward direction.

อย่าง

yang — Way; manner; type; kind of something.

หนัก

nak — Heavy; serious; weighty in degree.

อึ้ง

ueng — Speechless; stunned; unable to respond from shock.

อก

ok — Chest; breast; front of the torso.

ของ

khong — Of; belonging to; possessive particle.

เมื่อ

mueа — When; at the time that something occurred.

หลับ

lap — To sleep; to be asleep; eyes closed.

การ

kan — Noun-forming prefix indicating an action or process.

หลับใหล

lap-lai — To sleep deeply; to slumber; deep sleep.

อึดอัด

uet-at — Uncomfortable; stuffy; feeling of oppression.

หนุ่ม

num — Young man; youthful male person.

ใน

nai — In; inside; within a space or time.

ห้อง

hong — Room; enclosed space inside a building.

เล็ก

lek — Small; little; tiny in size.

ถูก

thuk — To be acted upon; passive marker; also 'correct'.

ปลุก

pluk — To wake someone up; to rouse from sleep.

ให้

hai — To give; to let; causative particle.

ตื่น

tuen — To wake up; to be awake; alert.

หลัง

lang — After; behind; back of something.

ฟ้า

fa — Sky; sky blue color; the heavens.

สาง

sang — Dawn; daybreak; first light of morning.

ก่อน

kon — Before; prior to; first in time.

พระอาทิตย์

phra-a-thit — The sun; formal/literary word for sun.

โดย

doi — By; by means of; through an agent.

ปรากฏตัว

pra-kot-tua — To appear; to show oneself; to emerge.

พ่อ

pho — Father; dad; male parent.

นั่งเล่น

nang-len — To sit and relax; to lounge casually.

ครอบครัว

khrop-khrua — Family; household members living together.

บางอย่าง

bang-yang — Something; some kind of thing unspecified.

ได้

dai — To be able to; to get; past marker.

เกิด

koet — To occur; to be born; to happen.

ผิดพลาด

phit-phlat — To make a mistake; to go wrong; error.

อย่างน้อย

yang-noi — At least; at a minimum amount.

นั่น

nan — That (thing over there); demonstrative pronoun.

คือ

khue — Is; to be; defines or identifies something.

สิ่ง

sing — Thing; object; matter; an entity.

ที่

thi — Place; that (relative pronoun); at a location.

สรุป

sa-rup — To summarize; to conclude; brief summary.

เหตุการณ์

het-kan — Event; incident; occurrence of something notable.

จับ

jap — To grab; to catch; to arrest someone.

นาง

nang — Mrs.; woman; formal title for female.

ไว้

wai — To keep; to place; to hold in position.

หู

hu — Ear; the organ used for hearing.

โขก

khok — To knock; to bump; to hit on head.

ด้านหลัง

dan-lang — Back side; rear part of something.

ศีรษะ

si-sa — Head; the uppermost part of the body.

เธอ

thoe — She; you (informal female); her.

เข้า

khao — To enter; to go into; inward direction.

หัวเตียง

hua-tiang — Headboard; head of the bed.

ฉัน

chan — I; me; informal first-person pronoun.

บอก

bok — To tell; to inform; to say to someone.

แล้ว

laeo — Already; then; completed action marker.

ว่า

wa — That (quotation marker); to say that.

จะ

ja — Will; going to; future tense marker.

ทำ

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

นาย

nai — Mr.; master; title for adult male.

กล่าว

klao — To say; to state; formal word for speaking.

ภรรยา

phan-ra-ya — Wife; a man's female spouse.

วิงวอน

wing-won — To beg; to plead earnestly with someone.

ขัดขวาง

khat-khwang — To obstruct; to hinder; to block progress.

ผล

phon — Result; outcome; fruit of an action.

กำไร

kam-rai — Profit; gain from business or trade.

กิจการ

kit-ja-kan — Business; enterprise; commercial operation.

หุ้นส่วน

hun-suan — Business partner; shareholder in a company.

ต้อง

tong — Must; have to; obligation or necessity.

เดือดร้อน

dueat-ron — To be troubled; to suffer inconvenience or trouble.

ให้เกียรติ

hai-kiat — To show respect; to honor someone.

เชื่อฟัง

chuea-fang — To obey; to listen to and comply with.

ทำไม

tham-mai — Why; for what reason; question word.

นรก

na-rok — Hell; the underworld; place of suffering.

ถึง

thueng — To reach; until; up to; arriving at.

พยายาม

pha-ya-yam — To try; to make an effort; to attempt.

เป็น

pen — To be; is; exists as something.

ดี

di — Good; fine; positive quality or state.

หญิง

ying — Woman; female person; feminine gender.

ผู้

phu — Person who; one who; agent noun prefix.

น่าสงสาร

na-song-san — Pitiful; deserving of sympathy; poor thing.

ประท้วง

pra-thuang — To protest; to object; to demonstrate against.

พลาง

phlang — While; at the same time; doing simultaneously.

น้ำตา

nam-ta — Tears; liquid from eyes when crying.

ไหล

lai — To flow; to stream; liquid moving continuously.

สามี

sa-mi — Husband; a woman's male spouse.

เรียกว่า

riak-wa — Called; known as; referred to by name.

หรือ

rue — Or; whether; question particle at sentence end.

ทำให้

tham-hai — To cause; to make something happen; causative.

เสื่อมเสีย

sueam-sia — To be damaged; to deteriorate; to lose reputation.

ฝ่าฝืน

fa-fuen — To violate; to defy; to break a rule.

เรื่อง

rueang — Story; matter; topic; subject being discussed.

สำคัญ

sam-khan — Important; significant; crucial matter.

ที่สุด

thi-sut — Most; the utmost degree; superlative marker.

ไม่ได้

mai-dai — Cannot; did not; negates ability or past action.

ยุ่งเกี่ยว

yung-kiao — To be involved with; to interfere; to meddle.

อัน

an — Classifier for small objects; a certain thing.

น่า

na — Worth; deserving; prefix indicating worthiness of feeling.

สยดสยอง

sa-yot-sa-yong — Horrifying; terrifying; causing dread and fear.

เพียงพอ

phiang-pho — Sufficient; enough; adequate amount.

สำหรับ

sam-rap — For; intended for; in regard to someone.

โต้ตอบ

to-top — To respond; to reply; to answer back.

พ่อค้า

pho-kha — Merchant; trader; male business person.

ซื่อสัตย์

sue-sat — Honest; faithful; having integrity and truthfulness.

เอา

ao — To take; to get; to want something.

ความคิด

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

แบบ

baep — Style; type; pattern; form or model.

ผู้หญิง

phu-ying — Woman; female person; adult female human.

มา

ma — To come; moving toward the speaker.

คำนวณ

kham-nuan — To calculate; to compute; to work out numbers.

เริ่ม

roem — To begin; to start; to commence an action.

ค้าขาย

kha-khai — To trade; to buy and sell goods commercially.

เมื่อไร

muea-rai — When; at what time; question about time.