A Tale of Two Cities — Page 5

Vocabulary

ด้วย

duay — also, too, with; used to indicate inclusion

เสียงร้อง

siang rong — a cry, shout, or screaming sound

เหล่านี้

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

ผู้หญิง

phu ying — woman; female person

จำนวนมาก

jamnuan mak — a large number or quantity of something

ถูกปลุก

thuk pluk — to be awakened or stirred up

ให้เกิด

hai koet — to cause something to arise or happen

ความ

khwam — nominalizing prefix expressing abstract states or feelings

บ้าคลั่ง

ba khlang — frenzied, wildly crazy, or fanatically excited

อย่าง

yang — in a manner of; used to describe how something is done

สุดขีด

sut khit — to the extreme; at the utmost limit

หมุนวน

mun won — to spin or swirl around in circles

อยู่

yu — to be located; to stay or remain somewhere

รอบ

rop — round, around; a circuit or cycle

ๆ

(mai yamok) — repetition mark indicating the preceding word is repeated

ตี

ti — to hit, strike, or beat something

และ

lae — and; a conjunction joining words or clauses

ทึ้ง

thueng — to pull or tug at forcefully with hands

แม้กระทั่ง

mae krathang — even; emphasizing an extreme or unexpected case

เพื่อน

phuean — friend; a companion or close associate

ของ

khong — of, belonging to; possessive particle in Thai

ตนเอง

ton eng — oneself; referring back to the subject themselves

จนกระทั่ง

jon krathang — until; up to the point when something occurs

พวกเธอ

phuak thoe — they/them (female); a group of women or girls

ล้มลง

lom long — to fall down; to collapse onto the ground

เคลิ้ม

khloem — to be in a daze; lost in a trance-like state

อารมณ์

arom — emotion, mood, or feeling; one's emotional state

แรงกล้า

raeng kla — intense, powerful, or fervent in feeling or action

ได้รับ

dai rap — to receive or obtain something from someone

การช่วยเหลือ

kan chuay luea — assistance, help, or act of aiding someone

จาก

jak — from; indicating origin or source of something

ผู้ชาย

phu chai — man; male person

ที่

thi — at, which, that; relative pronoun or location marker

เป็น

pen — to be; indicates identity, state, or condition

พวกพ้อง

phuak phong — allies, associates, or members of the same group

ให้รอดพ้น

hai rot phon — to allow to escape or be saved from danger

การ

kan — nominalizing prefix indicating an action or process

ถูก

thuk — passive marker; to be subjected to an action

เหยียบย่ำ

yiap yam — to trample or stamp on repeatedly and forcefully

กระนั้น

kranан — even so, nevertheless; indicating contrast with prior statement

ก็

ko — also, then; a discourse particle indicating result or contrast

ไม่มี

mai mi — there is none; does not have or lack something

เวลา

wela — time; a period or moment in time

แม้แต่

mae tae — even; not even a single instance or amount

ชั่วขณะเดียว

chua khana diao — just a single brief moment in time

สูญเสีย

sun sia — to lose something; to suffer a loss

ไป

pai — to go; directional particle indicating away or completion

เลย

loei — at all; emphasizing negation or indicates going past

ขณะเดียว

khana diao — at the same time; simultaneously occurring moment

ผู้นี้

phu ni — this person; referring to a specific individual nearby

อาจ

at — might, may; expressing possibility or probability

การปล่อยตัว

kan ploi tua — a release or liberation of a person

ไม่มีวัน

mai mi wan — never; it will never happen or occur

เกิดขึ้น

koet khuen — to occur, happen, or come into being

ได้

dai — can, able to; indicates ability or past completion

หาก

hak — if, in case; a conditional conjunction

ยัง

yang — still, yet; indicates an ongoing state or action

จำ

jam — to remember or memorize something

ทุกข์ทรมาน

thuk thoraman — to suffer greatly; to endure pain or misery

การดูหมิ่น

kan du min — an act of contempt, insult, or disrespect toward someone

อยุติธรรม

a-yuttitham — unjust, unfair; lacking fairness or justice

ตน

ton — oneself; reflexive pronoun referring to the subject

ชาย

chai — male, man; referring to the male gender

หญิง

ying — female, woman; referring to the female gender

ถืออาวุธ

thue awut — to carry or hold a weapon

พากัน

pha kan — to do something together as a group collectively

หลั่งไหล

lang lai — to flow or stream out in large numbers

ออก

ok — out, to exit; directional particle indicating outward movement

ย่าน

yan — neighborhood, district, or area of a city

นั้น

nan — that; a demonstrative pronoun or adjective indicating distance

รวดเร็ว

ruat reo — fast, quick, rapid; done with great speed

ดึง

dueng — to pull or drag something toward oneself

ผู้คน

phu khon — people; a group of persons in general

หลงเหลือ

long luea — remaining, leftover; still present after others are gone

ตาม

tam — to follow; according to; in pursuit of

มา

ma — to come; directional particle indicating movement toward speaker

แรงดูด

raeng dut — attractive force, pull; a force drawing things together

อัน

an — a classifier for items; also an intensifying particle

ทรงพลัง

song phalang — powerful, mighty; having great strength or force

ภายใน

phai nai — within, inside; referring to the interior of something

หนึ่งในสี่

nueng nai si — one quarter; one of four equal parts

ชั่วโมง

chua mong — hour; a unit of time equal to 60 minutes

สิ่งมีชีวิต

sing mi chiwit — living thing; any organism that is alive

ใด

dai — any, which; used in questions or indefinite references

เหลืออยู่

luea yu — to remain, still be left; to continue to exist

ใน

nai — in, inside, within; a preposition of location

อ้อมอก

om ok — in one's arms; an embrace or chest area

นอกจาก

nok jak — except for, besides; excluding a particular thing or person

หญิงชรา

ying chara — old woman; an elderly female person

สองสาม

song sam — two or three; a small number of something

คน

khon — person; classifier for people

เด็ก

dek — child, kid; a young person or infant

ร้องไห้

rong hai — to cry, weep; to shed tears from emotion

คร่ำครวญ

khram khruan — to wail, lament, or moan sorrowfully and loudly

ไม่ใช่

mai chai — is not, not; negation of identity or classification

เช่นนั้น

chen nan — like that, in that manner; as such or so

พวกเขา

phuak khao — they, them; referring to a group of people

ทั้งหมด

thang mot — all, everything, the whole of something

แออัดยัดเยียด

ae-at yat yiat — crowded, packed, or crammed tightly together

กัน

kan — together, each other; reciprocal or collective action particle

ห้องพิจารณาคดี

hong phijaran khadi — courtroom; a room where legal cases are heard

ชายชรา

chai chara — old man; an elderly male person

ผู้

phu — person who; a prefix indicating a person performing an action

น่าเกลียด

na kliat — ugly, disgusting; unpleasant in appearance or behavior

ชั่วร้าย

chua rai — evil, wicked, or morally corrupt

ล้น

lon — to overflow, to be full to excess

ออกไป

ok pai — to go out, exit; to move outward away from here

พื้นที่โล่ง

phuenthi long — open area or open space; unobstructed land

ถนน

thanon — road, street; a path for vehicles and pedestrians

ใกล้เคียง

klai khiang — nearby, neighboring; in close proximity to something

ทั้ง

thang — both, all; including every member of a group

สามี

sami — husband; a male spouse in a marriage

ภรรยา

phanraya — wife; a female spouse in a marriage

รวมถึง

ruam thueng — including; to encompass or incorporate additionally

ที่สาม

thi sam — third; the ordinal number three in a sequence

กลุ่ม

klum — group, cluster; a collection of people or things

แนวหน้า

naeo na — frontline, vanguard; the foremost position in a group

ไม่ได้

mai dai — cannot, did not; negation of ability or past action

ห่าง

hang — far, distant, away; separated by a considerable gap

เขา

khao — he, she, they; third person pronoun in Thai

มากนัก

mak nak — very much, excessively; to a great or notable degree

ห้องโถง

hong thong — hall, corridor; a large indoor entrance or passageway

ดูสิ

du si — look here! look at this; an exclamation drawing attention

ร้องตะโกน

rong takon — to shout or yell out loudly

ชี้

chi — to point at or indicate something with a finger

มีด

mit — knife; a bladed tool or weapon used for cutting

เธอ

thoe — she, her, you (female); second or third person pronoun

ดู

du — to look, watch, or observe something

ชั่ว

chua — evil, wicked, bad in moral character

แก่

kae — old, aged; having lived for a long time

มัด

mat — to tie, bind, or bundle something together

เชือก

chueak — rope, cord; a length of twisted fiber for tying

หญ้า

ya — grass; green ground-covering plant or weeds

ไว้

wai — to keep, place; particle indicating purpose or retention

บน

bon — on, on top of; a preposition of location above

หลัง

lang — back, behind; the rear side of something or someone

ทำ

tham — to do, make, or perform an action

ดี

di — good, fine; of positive quality or value

มาก

mak — much, many, very; indicates a large degree or amount

จริง

jing — true, real, genuine; in accordance with facts

ให้

hai — to give; causative particle meaning 'let' or 'make'

กิน

kin — to eat or consume food or drink

มัน

man — it; third person pronoun for non-human subjects

ซะ

sa — emphatic particle expressing immediate or decisive action

เดี๋ยวนี้

diao ni — right now, immediately; at this very moment

วาง

wang — to put down, place, or set something somewhere

ใต้

tai — under, below, beneath; at a lower position

แขน

khaen — arm; the upper limb of the human body

ตบมือ

top mue — to clap hands; to applaud by striking palms together

ราวกับว่า

rao kap wa — as if, as though; indicating a hypothetical comparison

กำลัง

kamlang — currently; in the process of doing something right now

ชม

chom — to watch, admire, praise, or commend something

การแสดง

kan sadaeng — a performance, show, or demonstration of something