Around the World in Eighty Days — Page 5

Vocabulary

พวกเขา

phuak khao — Third person plural pronoun meaning 'they' or 'them'.

ไป

pai — To go; indicates movement away from speaker.

ถึง

thueng — To reach or arrive at a destination.

กำแพง

kampaeng — A wall, typically a large exterior or boundary wall.

เมื่อ

muea — When; used to indicate a point in time.

ประมาณ

pramaan — Approximately; about a certain amount or number.

ครึ่ง

khrueng — Half; one of two equal parts.

ชั่วโมง

chua moong — An hour; a unit of time equal to 60 minutes.

หลัง

lang — After; behind; the back of something.

เที่ยงคืน

thiang khuen — Midnight; twelve o'clock at night.

โดย

doi — By; through; used to indicate means or agent.

ไม่ได้

mai dai — Did not; could not; negates past or ability.

พบ

phop — To meet or find someone or something.

ใคร

khrai — Who; anyone; refers to an unspecified person.

เลย

loei — At all; ever; emphasizes negation or surprise.

ที่นั่น

thi nan — Over there; at that place.

ไม่มี

mai mi — There is not; there are none; to lack something.

ยาม

yaam — A guard or watchman; also a period of watch.

และ

lae — And; used to connect words or clauses together.

ทั้ง

thang — Both; all; entirety of a group or set.

หน้าต่าง

na tang — A window in a wall or building.

หรือ

rue — Or; used to present alternatives or choices.

ประตู

pratu — A door or gate; an entrance to a place.

นั้น

nan — That; refers to something previously mentioned or distant.

มืดมิด

muet mit — Pitch dark; completely without any light.

ดวงจันทร์

duang chan — The moon; the natural satellite of the Earth.

กำลัง

kamlang — Currently doing; in the process of an action.

ลดแสง

lot saeng — To dim or reduce the intensity of light.

แทบ

thaep — Almost; barely; hardly; nearly but not quite.

ไม่

mai — No; not; general negation particle in Thai.

พ้น

phon — To pass beyond; to clear or get past something.

ขอบฟ้า

khop fa — The horizon; the line where sky meets earth.

ถูก

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

ปกคลุม

pok khlum — To cover over; to blanket or envelop something.

ด้วย

duay — With; by means of; also; as well.

เมฆ

mek — Cloud; a visible mass of water vapor in sky.

หนา

na — Thick; dense; having great depth or density.

ทึบ

thuep — Opaque; solid and impenetrable to light.

ความสูง

khwam suung — Height; the measurement of how tall something is.

ของ

khong — Of; belonging to; a possessive particle in Thai.

ต้นไม้

ton mai — A tree; a large woody plant with a trunk.

ยิ่ง

ying — Even more; increasingly; used for comparisons.

ทำให้

tham hai — To cause; to make something happen or become.

ความมืด

khwam muet — Darkness; the absence of light; a dark state.

เข้มข้น

khem khon — Intense; concentrated; dense in quality or degree.

ยิ่งขึ้น

ying khuen — Even more so; increasingly; to a greater degree.

การ

kaan — Nominalizer prefix indicating an action or process.

เพียง

phiang — Only; merely; just a small amount or degree.

อย่างเดียว

yaang diao — Only one way; solely; nothing else but this.

ยัง

yang — Still; yet; also used to indicate continuation.

เพียงพอ

phiang pho — Sufficient; enough to meet a need or requirement.

จะ

ja — Will; future tense marker or expression of intent.

ต้อง

tong — Must; have to; indicates obligation or necessity.

เจาะ

jo — To drill or bore a hole through something.

รู

ruu — A hole; an opening or cavity in a surface.

เปิด

poet — To open; to turn on; to make accessible.

ใน

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

ให้ได้

hai dai — To manage to; must succeed in doing something.

เพื่อ

phuea — In order to; for the purpose of achieving something.

บรรลุ

banlu — To achieve or accomplish a goal or objective.

จุดประสงค์

jut prasong — Purpose; objective; the intended aim of an action.

คณะ

khana — A group or party of people with shared purpose.

มี

mii — To have; there is/are; to possess something.

มีดพับ

miit phap — A folding knife; a pocketknife with a folding blade.

ติดตัว

tit tua — To carry on one's person; to have with oneself.

เท่านั้น

thao nan — Only that; nothing more; just that amount.

โชคดี

chok dii — Fortunately; luckily; good luck or good fortune.

ที่

thii — At; which; a relative pronoun or location marker.

วิหาร

wihaan — A temple hall or shrine; a sacred Buddhist structure.

สร้าง

saang — To build or construct; to create something.

อิฐ

it — Brick; a rectangular block used in construction.

ไม้

mai — Wood; timber; also means 'stick' or 'tree'.

ซึ่ง

sueng — Which; that; a relative pronoun linking clauses.

สามารถ

saamat — To be able to; can; having the ability to do.

ทะลุ

thalu — To penetrate through; to pass or break through.

ได้

dai — Can; could; to get or obtain; ability marker.

ยาก

yaak — Difficult; hard; not easy to do or achieve.

นัก

nak — Very; intensifier meaning 'quite' or 'very much'.

นำ

nam — To lead; to bring; to take something somewhere.

ก้อน

kon — A chunk or block; a lump of solid material.

แรก

raek — First; the initial one in a sequence or order.

ออก

ok — Out; to exit; away from inside a space.

แล้ว

laeo — Already; then; indicates completion of an action.

เหลือ

luea — To remain; leftover; what is still available.

ก็

ko — Then; also; a connective particle showing consequence.

หลุด

lut — To come loose; to slip free from a constraint.

ออกมา

ok maa — To come out; to emerge from inside a place.

ง่าย

ngaai — Easy; simple; not difficult to do or understand.

เริ่ม

roem — To begin; to start an action or process.

ลงมือ

long mue — To set to work; to begin doing something actively.

ทำงาน

tham ngaan — To work; to carry out tasks or labor.

อย่าง

yaang — In a manner; like; used to describe how something is done.

เงียบเชียบ

ngiap chiap — Very quiet; completely silent; without any sound.

ชาว

chaao — People of; citizen of; native of a place or group.

อยู่

yuu — To be located; to stay; to live somewhere.

ด้าน

daan — Side; aspect; a face or surface of something.

หนึ่ง

nueng — One; the number 1; also means 'a' or 'an'.

อีก

iik — Another; more; again; additional to what exists.

ต่าง

taang — Different; each; various; mutually among themselves.

ช่วยกัน

chuay kan — To help each other; to cooperate together on something.

งัด

ngat — To pry open; to lever something using force.

ทำ

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

ช่องเปิด

chong poet — An opening; a gap or aperture in a surface.

กว้าง

kwaang — Wide; broad; having a large measurement across.

สอง

song — Two; the number 2.

ฟุต

fut — Foot; a unit of length equal to 12 inches.

งาน

ngaan — Work; a task; an event or job to be done.

ดำเนิน

damnooen — To proceed; to carry on; to conduct an activity.

รวดเร็ว

ruat reo — Fast; rapid; done with great speed and quickness.

จนกระทั่ง

jon kratang — Until; up to the point when something happens.

ทันใดนั้น

than dai nan — Suddenly; all at once; at that very moment.

ได้ยิน

dai yin — To hear; to perceive sound with the ears.

เสียงร้อง

siang rong — A cry or shout; the sound of someone calling out.

จาก

jaak — From; originating at a particular place or source.

ภายใน

phaai nai — Inside; within; the interior of a space.

ตามมา

taam maa — To follow; to come after something or someone.

ตอบรับ

top rap — To respond; to answer or acknowledge a signal.

ภายนอก

phaai nok — Outside; exterior; the outer part of something.

ทันที

than thii — Immediately; right away; without any delay.

มัคคุเทศก์

mak khu thet — A guide; a person who leads others on tours.

หยุดนิ่ง

yut ning — To stop and stay still; to freeze in place.

เปล่า

plao — Empty; bare; also used to negate a question.

ส่ง

song — To send; to deliver; to transmit something to someone.

สัญญาณ

sanyaan — A signal; a sign used to communicate information.

เตือนภัย

tuean phai — To warn of danger; an alarm or danger alert.

ความรอบคอบ

khwam rob khop — Caution; carefulness; thoroughness in avoiding mistakes.

ขั้น

khan — A step; a level or stage in a process.

พื้นฐาน

phuen taan — Basic; fundamental; the foundation of something.

บังคับ

bangkap — To force; to compel; to make someone do something.

ให้

hai — To give; to allow; causative or benefactive marker.

ถอยร่น

thoi ron — To retreat; to fall back from a position.

เช่นนั้น

chen nan — Like that; in that manner; such being the case.

ซ่อนตัว

son tua — To hide oneself; to conceal one's presence.

ป่า

paa — Forest; jungle; a dense area of trees and vegetation.

อีกครั้ง

iik khrang — Once more; again; one more time.

รอคอย

ro khoi — To wait; to await patiently for something or someone.

จนกว่า

jon kwaa — Until; waiting up to the point something occurs.

ความวุ่นวาย

khwam wun waai — Chaos; commotion; a state of disorder and noise.

ไม่ว่า

mai waa — No matter; regardless of; whether or not something.

เป็น

pen — To be; to become; a linking verb in Thai.

อะไร

arai — What; anything; refers to an unspecified thing.

ก็ตาม

ko taam — Whatever; however; no matter what the case.

สงบลง

sangop long — To calm down; to become quiet or peaceful again.

เตรียมพร้อม

triam phrom — To prepare; to get ready for something in advance.

กลับมา

klap maa — To return; to come back to a previous place.

พยายาม

phayaayaam — To try; to make an effort to do something.

รีรอ

rii ro — To hesitate; to delay; to procrastinate doing something.

แต่

tae — But; however; introduces a contrasting statement.

เรื่อง

rueang — A matter; a story; a topic or subject of discussion.

น่า

naa — Worth; likely to be; prefix indicating something deserves feeling.

อึดอัดใจ

uet at jai — Uncomfortable; uneasy; feeling of discomfort or unease.

รักษาการณ์

raksa kaan — On guard duty; standing watch to protect a place.

ปรากฏตัว

praakoht tua — To appear; to show up; to make one's presence known.

ขึ้น

khuen — To go up; upward movement; also an aspect marker.

ทาง

thaang — Way; path; direction; a route to somewhere.

ประจำการ

prajam kaan — On duty; stationed; actively serving at a post.

พร้อม

phrom — Ready; prepared; all set to do something.

รับมือ

rap mue — To handle; to cope with; to deal with a situation.

กับ

kap — With; and; together with someone or something.

เหตุ

het — A cause; a reason; an event or incident occurring.

ไม่คาดฝัน

mai khat fan — Unexpected; unforeseen; not anticipated beforehand.