A Tale of Two Cities — Page 7

Vocabulary

เป็น

pen — To be; used as a linking verb

ไป

pai — To go; indicates movement away

ได้

dai — To get, obtain; indicates ability or past action

ว่า

wa — That; introduces a quoted or reported clause

นาน

nan — Long (time); for a lengthy duration

มา

ma — To come; indicates movement toward speaker

แล้ว

laeo — Already; indicates a completed action

ที่

thi — At, which; relative pronoun or place marker

มี

mi — To have; indicates existence or possession

ความ

khwam — Nominalizing prefix forming abstract nouns

หวาดกลัว

wat klu a — To be terrified; feel intense fear

แอบ

aep — To secretly do something; hide and act covertly

แฝง

faeng — Hidden, latent; concealed within something

อยู่

yu — To stay, be located; continuous aspect marker

ใน

nai — In, inside; preposition indicating location within

จิตใจ

chit jai — Mind, heart; one's inner emotional state

ของ

khong — Of, belonging to; possessive particle

เขา

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

ทรงจำ

song cham — Memory; ability to retain past experiences

เหล่า

lao — Those, group of; plural determiner for nouns

นั้น

nan — That; demonstrative pronoun referring to something distant

จะ

cha — Will; future tense or intention marker

ถูก

thuk — To be (passive marker); correct, right

เรียก

riak — To call, summon; address someone by name

คืน

khuen — To return, restore; give back something

ไม่ว่า

mai wa — No matter; regardless of the circumstance

สถานการณ์

sa-than-kan — Situation, circumstance; current state of affairs

บาง

bang — Some, certain; refers to a particular few

อย่าง

yang — Type, kind, manner; used before adjectives

หรือ

rue — Or; conjunction connecting alternative options

โอกาส

o-kat — Opportunity, chance; favorable moment to act

หนึ่ง

nueng — One; the number one or a certain one

โดย

doi — By, through; indicates means or agent

เฉพาะ

cha-pho — Specific, particular; exclusively for one purpose

พยายาม

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

เตรียม

triam — To prepare, get ready; make advance arrangements

ใจ

jai — Heart, mind; center of emotions and feelings

รับมือ

rap mue — To cope with, handle; deal with a challenge

แต่

tae — But; conjunction indicating contrast or exception

ก็

ko — Also, then; connective particle showing result

ไร้ผล

rai phon — Fruitless, ineffective; producing no result

บางที

bang thi — Sometimes, perhaps; occurring on some occasions

กลับ

klap — To return; reversal or opposite of expectation

ทำให้

tham hai — To cause, make; results in a certain outcome

ยิ่ง

ying — Even more; intensifier indicating increased degree

กับ

kap — With, and; connects nouns or indicates accompaniment

มัน

man — It; third-person pronoun for things or informally people

น้อย

noi — Little, few; small amount or quantity

ลง

long — Down; directional particle indicating decrease or descent

จำ

cham — To remember, memorize; retain in one's memory

สิ่ง

sing — Thing, object; general term for any entity

เกิดขึ้น

koet khuen — To occur, happen; come into existence

ช่วง

chuang — Period, interval; a span of time or space

กำเริบ

kam roep — To flare up, recur; symptoms or trouble returning

ไม่

mai — Not; negation particle

คุณ

khun — You; polite second-person pronoun

ถาม

tham — To ask, inquire; pose a question to someone

ด้วย

duai — Also, too, with; indicates inclusion or accompaniment

ลังเล

lang le — To hesitate, waver; be uncertain about deciding

ตาม

tam — According to, follow; in accordance with something

ธรรมชาติ

tham-ma-chat — Nature; the natural world or innate character

หมอ

mo — Doctor, physician; medical professional

มอง

mong — To look at, gaze; direct one's eyes toward

รอบ

rop — Around, round; surrounding or a cycle

ห้อง

hong — Room; an enclosed space within a building

หดหู่

hot hu — Depressed, gloomy; feeling sad and dispirited

ส่าย

sai — To shake, sway side to side; wag or swing

หัว

hua — Head; top part of the body

ตอบ

top — To answer, reply; respond to a question

เสียง

siang — Sound, voice; audible noise or vocal tone

เบา

bao — Soft, light, quiet; low in volume or weight

เลย

loei — At all, so; emphatic or resultative particle

แม้แต่

mae tae — Even; emphasizes inclusion of extreme case

ทีนี้

thi ni — Now then, at this point; transition in conversation

สำหรับ

sam-rap — For; preposition indicating purpose or recipient

อนาคต

a-na-khot — Future; time yet to come

พูด

phut — To speak, talk; express words verbally

นัย

nai — Implication, nuance; hidden or indirect meaning

กล่าว

klao — To say, state; formal or literary verb for speaking

มั่นใจ

man jai — Confident, certain; sure of oneself or something

ข้าพเจ้า

kha-pha-chao — I, me; formal first-person pronoun

ขอ

kho — To request, ask for; politely seek something

หวัง

wang — To hope, wish; desire a positive outcome

เมื่อ

muea — When, at the time; temporal conjunction

สวรรค์

sa-wan — Heaven, paradise; divine realm above the earth

เมตตา

met-ta — Compassion, loving-kindness; benevolent goodwill toward others

โปรด

prot — Please; polite request particle or to favor

ให้

hai — To give; causative particle indicating purpose

ฟื้นคืน

fuen khuen — To recover, restore; regain a previous condition

สู่

su — To, toward; preposition indicating direction or goal

สภาพ

sa-phap — Condition, state; the current situation or form

เดิม

doem — Original, former; as it was before

รวดเร็ว

ruat reo — Fast, swift; moving or happening with speed

จึง

chueng — Therefore, so; indicates result or consequence

ยอมจำนน

yom cham-non — To surrender, give in; accept defeat or pressure

ต่อ

to — Against, toward, per; preposition with various uses

แรง

raeng — Strong, hard; great force or intensity

กดดัน

kot dan — Pressure; force that compels or stresses someone

บางสิ่ง

bang sing — Something; an unspecified particular thing

สลับ

sa-lap — To alternate, switch; exchange places or order

ซับซ้อน

sap son — Complex, complicated; having many intertwined parts

ซึ่ง

sueng — Which, that; relative pronoun connecting clauses

และ

lae — And; conjunction joining words or clauses

รู้สึก

ru suek — To feel, sense; experience an emotion or sensation

เลือนลาง

luean lang — Faint, vague; indistinct and hard to perceive

ต่อสู้

to su — To fight, struggle; resist or battle against something

ตลอด

ta-lot — Throughout, all along; continuing without interruption

ขึ้น

khuen — Up; directional particle indicating increase or rise

หลัง

lang — After, behind; following in time or position

จาก

chak — From; indicates origin or separation point

พายุ

pha-yu — Storm; violent weather with strong wind or rain

ผ่าน

phan — To pass through; go through an experience or place

เลวร้าย

leo rai — Terrible, dreadful; extremely bad or wicked

ที่สุด

thi sut — Most, utmost; superlative degree marker

ผ่านพ้น

phan phon — To overcome, get through; successfully pass a difficulty

โอ้โห

o ho — Wow, oh my; exclamation of surprise or admiration

นั่น

nan — That (over there); demonstrative pronoun for distant object

ช่าง

chang — How (emphatic); intensifier expressing strong quality

คำ

kham — Word; a unit of language or speech

ปลอบใจ

plop jai — To comfort, console; soothe someone's distress

ดี

di — Good, fine; positive quality or condition

ขอบคุณ

khop khun — Thank you; expression of gratitude

มาก

mak — Very, much; indicates a large degree or amount

ซ้ำ

sam — Again, repeat; occurring once more

พร้อม

phrom — Ready, prepared; in a state of readiness

โน้ม

nom — To bend, incline; lean toward a direction

ศีรษะ

si-sa — Head; formal word for the human head

เคารพ

khao-rop — To respect, revere; show deference to someone

ยัง

yang — Still, yet; indicates ongoing state or continuation

อีก

ik — More, again, another; additional or repeated occurrence

สอง

song — Two; the number two

ประเด็น

pra-den — Issue, point; a specific topic under discussion

ใคร่

khrai — To desire, wish; formal expression of wanting

อยาก

yak — To want, desire; informal wish for something

ได้รับ

dai rap — To receive, obtain; get something from someone

ชี้แจง

chi chaeng — To clarify, explain; make something clear and understood

อาจ

at — Might, may; expresses possibility or uncertainty

ดำเนิน

dam-noen — To proceed, conduct; carry out or continue an action

ท่าน

than — You (formal); respectful second or third person pronoun

ทำ

tham — To do, make; perform an action or create something

กว่า

kwa — Than, more than; used in comparisons

นี้

ni — This; demonstrative pronoun for something nearby

เพื่อ

phuea — In order to, for; indicates purpose of an action

เพื่อน

phuean — Friend; a companion or close associate

ยื่น

yuen — To extend, hand over; reach out offering something

มือ

mue — Hand; the end part of the arm

ถ้า

tha — If; conditional conjunction introducing a hypothesis

เช่นนั้น

chen nan — Like that, such as that; in that manner

เริ่ม

roem — To start, begin; commence an action or process

ข้อ

kho — Point, item, clause; a specific numbered element

แรก

raek — First; the initial one in a sequence

ก่อน

kon — Before, first; preceding in time or order