A Tale of Two Cities — Page 18

Vocabulary

ขณะ

kha-na — while; at the moment when something occurs

ที่

thi — at; relative pronoun or place marker

ผู้คุม

phu khum — guard; person who oversees or supervises prisoners

ทำการ

tham kan — to carry out; to perform an action or duty

ตรวจสอบ

truat sop — to inspect; to check or verify something carefully

สิ่งของ

sing khong — things; objects or belongings of various kinds

เหล่านี้

lao ni — these; referring to a group of things or people

และ

lae — and; conjunction connecting words or clauses

ผนัง

pha-nang — wall; interior wall of a room or building

ทั้ง

thang — all; both; entirety of a group or set

สี่

si — four; the number 4

ด้าน

dan — side; direction or aspect of something

โดย

doi — by; through; indicating means or agent

ทั่วไป

thua pai — general; in general; commonly or widely known

ก่อน

kon — before; prior to a time or event

จะ

cha — will; future tense marker or intention indicator

ออก

ok — to go out; to exit or emerge from somewhere

ไป

pai — to go; directional particle indicating movement away

ความคิด

khwam khit — thought; idea or notion in one's mind

ล่องลอย

long loi — to drift; to float or wander aimlessly

ก็

ko — also; then; particle indicating continuation or result

ได้

dai — can; to be able to; past tense marker

ผ่าน

phan — to pass through; to go past something

เข้า

khao — to enter; directional particle indicating inward movement

มา

ma — to come; directional particle indicating movement toward speaker

ใน

nai — in; inside; within a place or time

จิตใจ

chit jai — mind; heart; one's inner mental and emotional state

ของ

khong — of; belonging to; possessive particle

นักโทษ

nak thot — prisoner; person serving a criminal sentence

ยืน

yuen — to stand; to be in an upright position

พิง

phing — to lean against; to rest on something for support

กำแพง

kam-phaeng — wall; exterior or boundary wall of a structure

อยู่

yu — to be; to stay; to exist at a location

ตรงข้าม

trong kham — opposite; facing or across from something

เขา

khao — he; she; they; third-person pronoun

ว่า

wa — that; to say; conjunction introducing reported speech

คน

khon — person; human being; classifier for people

นี้

ni — this; demonstrative pronoun referring to nearby thing

มี

mi — to have; to possess; there is or are

ร่างกาย

rang kai — body; the physical form of a person

บวม

buam — swollen; puffed up due to injury or fluid

พอง

phong — bloated; inflated or swelled outward

อย่าง

yang — in a way; manner; type or kind of something

น่า

na — worthy of; prefix expressing a feeling or judgment

ขยะแขยง

kha-ya kha-yaeng — disgusting; feeling strong revulsion or repulsion

ใบหน้า

bai na — face; the front of a person's head

รูปร่าง

rup rang — figure; shape or form of a person's body

จน

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

ดู

du — to look; to watch; to appear or seem

เหมือน

muean — like; similar to; resembling something else

ชาย

chai — man; male person or the male gender

หนึ่ง

nueng — one; the number 1; a certain one

จมน้ำ

chom nam — to drown; to sink and suffocate in water

ตาย

tai — to die; to cease living; dead

น้ำ

nam — water; liquid essential for life

เต็ม

tem — full; filled completely to capacity

เมื่อ

muea — when; at the time that something happened

จาก

chak — from; originating at a place or source

แล้ว

laeo — already; then; indicates completion of an action

คิด

khit — to think; to consider or reflect on something

ด้วย

duai — also; with; too; additionally included

เช่น

chen — such as; for example; like this kind

เดียวกัน

diao kan — the same; identical; together at once

บัดนี้

bat ni — now; at this very moment; currently

ฉัน

chan — I; me; first-person pronoun used informally

ถูก

thuk — to be subjected to; passive marker; correct

ทิ้ง

thing — to abandon; to throw away or leave behind

ไว้

wai — to keep; to retain; resultative particle for retention

ราวกับ

rao kap — as if; just like; resembling a scenario

จากนั้น

chak nan — after that; then; following that moment

หยุด

yut — to stop; to halt movement or action

มอง

mong — to look at; to gaze upon something

ลง

long — down; to descend; directional particle downward

ฟูก

fuk — mattress; a padded sleeping surface

หัน

han — to turn; to rotate face or body direction

หนี

ni — to flee; to run away from something

มัน

man — it; he or she (informal); third-person pronoun

ความรู้สึก

khwam ru suek — feeling; emotion; a sense or sensation experienced

ที่นี่

thi ni — here; at this place or location

สัตว์

sat — animal; a living creature other than a plant

คลาน

khlan — to crawl; to move on hands and knees

คือ

khue — is; to be; identifies or defines something

สภาพ

sa-phap — condition; state or situation of something

แรก

raek — first; initial; the earliest in a sequence

หลัง

lang — after; behind; the back of something

ความตาย

khwam tai — death; the state or fact of dying

ห้า

ha — five; the number 5

ก้าว

kao — step; a single stride when walking

คูณ

khun — multiplied by; to multiply in mathematics

ครึ่ง

khrueng — half; one of two equal parts

เดิน

doen — to walk; to move on foot

ห้องขัง

hong khang — cell; a small room for confining a prisoner

นับ

nap — to count; to enumerate items or numbers

การ

kan — action; process; nominalizing prefix for activities

วัด

wat — to measure; to determine size or quantity

ขนาด

kha-nat — size; dimension or scale of something

เสียง

siang — sound; voice; a noise heard by the ears

ดัง

dang — loud; producing a strong audible sound

กึกก้อง

kuek kong — resounding; loudly echoing or booming sound

เมือง

mueang — city; town; a populated urban settlement

ผุด

phut — to pop up; to emerge or surface suddenly

ขึ้น

khuen — up; to rise; directional particle upward

กลอง

klong — drum; a percussion instrument struck to make sound

ปิด

pit — to close; to shut or turn off something

ผสม

pha-som — to mix; to blend or combine elements together

กับ

kap — with; and; together with someone or something

ร้อง

rong — to cry out; to shout or sing aloud

โห่

ho — to holler; to shout in a group chorus

บ้าคลั่ง

ba khlang — frenzied; wildly crazy or uncontrollably mad

ทำ

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

รองเท้า

rong thao — shoes; footwear worn on the feet

อีก

ik — again; more; another instance of something

ครั้ง

khrang — time; occasion; classifier for occurrences or instances

เร็ว

reo — fast; quick; moving or happening rapidly

เพื่อ

phuea — in order to; for the purpose of achieving something

ดึง

dueng — to pull; to draw or tug something toward oneself

ให้

hai — to give; to cause; causative or beneficiary particle

ห่าง

hang — far; distant; away from something

ซ้ำซาก

sam sak — repetitive; monotonously repeated over and over

นั้น

nan — that; demonstrative pronoun for distant reference

วิญญาณ

win-yan — soul; spirit; the spiritual essence of a being

หาย

hai — to disappear; to vanish; to be lost

ประตู

pra-tu — door; gate; an entrance to a room or place

เล็ก

lek — small; little; of a minor size or degree