A Tale of Two Cities — Page 16

Vocabulary

ดังนั้น

dang nan — therefore; as a result of that situation

มิส

mit — Miss; title for an unmarried woman

ซึ่ง

sueng — which; that; a relative pronoun connector

ไม่เคย

mai khoei — never; have never done something before

ต่อย

toi — to punch; to strike with a fist

หมัด

mat — a punch; a fist strike in fighting

ใน

nai — in; inside; within a place or time

ชีวิต

chi wit — life; one's existence or lifetime

ของ

khong — of; belonging to; possessive particle

เธอ

thoe — she; her; you (informal, often feminine)

เลย

loei — at all; ever; emphasizes negation or result

แต่

tae — but; however; conjunction showing contrast

ความกล้าหาญ

khwam kla han — courage; bravery; bold fearlessness in adversity

นั้น

nan — that; those; a demonstrative pronoun or adjective

เป็น

pen — to be; to exist as; linking verb

ที่

thi — at; place; relative particle; location marker

เปี่ยม

piam — full; brimming; overflowing with something

ด้วย

duai — with; also; too; by means of something

อารมณ์

a rom — emotion; mood; feeling; state of mind

ความรู้สึก

khwam ru suek — feeling; sensation; emotional or physical sense

จน

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

ทำให้

tham hai — to cause; to make something happen

น้ำตา

nam ta — tears; drops of water from crying

อด

ot — to refrain; to hold back; to abstain

กลั้น

klan — to hold back; to suppress; to restrain

ไม่ได้

mai dai — cannot; unable to; did not do something

ไหล

lai — to flow; to stream; to run down

นอง

nong — to flood; to overflow; drenched abundantly

เข้ามา

khao ma — to come in; to enter toward the speaker

ดวงตา

duang ta — eyes; the orbs of sight; one's eyes

นี่

ni — this; here; demonstrative pronoun close by

คือ

khue — is; means; to be; defining particle

แทบ

thaep — almost; nearly; barely; hardly at all

ไม่

mai — not; no; negation particle in Thai

เข้าใจ

khao jai — to understand; to comprehend; to grasp meaning

ถึงกับ

thueng kap — to the extent of; going so far as

เข้าใจผิด

khao jai phit — to misunderstand; to get the wrong idea

ว่า

wa — that; to say; quotative or complementizer particle

ความอ่อนแอ

khwam on ae — weakness; feebleness; lack of strength or resolve

หัวเราะ

hua ro — to laugh; to express amusement audibly

เจ้า

jao — you; an informal or archaic second-person pronoun

คน

khon — person; people; a human being

น่าสงสาร

na song san — pitiful; deserving pity; pathetic; unfortunate

มี

mi — to have; there is; to possess something

ค่า

kha — value; worth; importance; price of something

อะไร

a rai — what; anything; interrogative pronoun

ฉัน

chan — I; me; first-person pronoun (informal)

จะ

ja — will; shall; future tense marker in Thai

พูด

phut — to speak; to talk; to say something

กับ

kap — with; to; together with someone

หมอ

mo — doctor; physician; medical practitioner

จากนั้น

jak nan — after that; then; subsequently in sequence

ก็

ko — also; then; too; soft connective particle

ยก

yok — to lift; to raise; to carry upward

เสียง

siang — sound; voice; noise; audio

ขึ้น

khuen — up; to rise; upward directional particle

และ

lae — and; as well as; conjunction joining elements

ร้อง

rong — to shout; to cry out; to call loudly

ออกมา

ok ma — to come out; to emerge outward toward speaker

พลเมือง

phon mueang — citizen; civilian; member of a state

ภรรยา

phan raya — wife; a married woman in relation to husband

บุตร

but — child; son or daughter; offspring

ผู้ใด

phu dai — whoever; anyone; any person whatsoever

ก็ตาม

ko tam — whoever/whatever it may be; regardless

ไม่ใช่

mai chai — is not; am not; negates identity or category

โง่

ngo — stupid; foolish; lacking intelligence

น่าสังเวช

na sang wet — pitiful; deplorable; worthy of contempt or sorrow

จง

jong — shall; let; imperative marker for commands

ตอบ

top — to answer; to respond; to reply to someone

หญิง

ying — woman; female; girl

บางที

bang thi — sometimes; perhaps; possibly; maybe

ความเงียบ

khwam ngiap — silence; quietness; absence of sound

ตามมา

tam ma — to follow; to come after; to ensue

การเปิดเผย

kan poet phoei — a revelation; disclosure; act of revealing something

แฝง

faeng — hidden; concealed; latent; lurking underneath

อยู่

yu — to be; to stay; to exist; continuative aspect

สีหน้า

si na — facial expression; look on one's face

ความสงสัย

khwam song sai — doubt; suspicion; curiosity; sense of uncertainty

เกิดขึ้น

koet khuen — to occur; to happen; to arise suddenly

กะทันหัน

ka than han — suddenly; abruptly; without warning

นอกเหนือจาก

nok nuea jak — beyond; apart from; in addition to something

ข้อสังเกต

kho sang koet — observation; remark; a noted point of interest

ทั้งสอง

thang song — both; the two together; all two of them

ได้

dai — can; able to; past tense or ability marker

กระซิบ

kra sip — to whisper; to speak softly and secretly

บอก

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

พวกเขา

phuak khao — they; them; a group of those people

จากไป

jak pai — to leave; to go away; to depart

แล้ว

laeo — already; then; after; completion marker

เปิด

poet — to open; to turn on; to unlock something

ประตู

pra tu — door; gate; an entrance or exit barrier

สาม

sam — three; the number 3

บาน

ban — pane; panel; classifier for doors/windows

อย่าง

yang — manner; way; kind; like; in the style of

รวดเร็ว

ruat reo — fast; quick; swift; rapid in movement

มอง

mong — to look; to gaze; to view something

เข้าไป

khao pai — to go into; to enter moving away from speaker

ข้างใน

khang nai — inside; interior; within a space

ห้อง

hong — room; chamber; an enclosed indoor space

เหล่านั้น

lao nan — those; referring to previously mentioned items

ทั้งหมด

thang mot — all; entire; the whole amount or group

สภาพ

sa phap — condition; state; situation; physical state of something

ยุ่งเหยิง

yung yoeng — messy; chaotic; disorderly; in a jumble

การเร่งรีบ

kan reng rip — hurrying; rushing; haste; urgency in action

เก็บของ

kep khong — to pack up; to collect belongings; to tidy

เศษ

set — remnant; scrap; leftover fragment of something

สิ่งของ

sing khong — things; objects; items; belongings

กระจาย

kra jai — scattered; spread out; dispersed across an area

บน

bon — on; above; on top of a surface

พื้น

phuen — floor; ground; surface one walks on

ไม่มี

mai mi — there is no; to not have; absence of something

ใคร

khrai — who; anyone; somebody; interrogative pronoun

เบื้องหลัง

bueang lang — behind the scenes; background; at the rear

ให้

hai — to give; to let; to allow; causative marker

ดู

du — to look; to watch; to see; to observe

สิ

si — particle urging action; go on; come on then

ไม่มีวัน

mai mi wan — never ever; there will never be a day

กล่าว

klao — to state; to say; to declare formally

คำขอ

kham kho — request; petition; an ask for something

สมบูรณ์แบบ

som bun baep — perfect; ideal; flawless; completely without fault

พอๆ

pho pho — just as; equally as; comparably; about the same

คำตอบ

kham top — answer; reply; response to a question

ถ้า

tha — if; supposing that; conditional conjunction

สามารถ

sa mat — can; able; capable of doing something

ติดตาม

tit tam — to follow; to track; to pursue someone

นำตัว

nam tua — to bring a person; to escort someone

กลับมา

klap ma — to come back; to return toward the speaker

ตัวเอง

tua eng — oneself; yourself; himself/herself; by oneself