The call of the wild — Page 14

Vocabulary

กระนั้น

kra-nan — Even so; nevertheless; despite that situation

วาระ

waa-ra — Occasion, turn, or scheduled time for something

ที่สุด

thi-sut — The most; extreme end; superlative marker

รูป

ruup — Form, shape, image, or picture of something

ร่างเล็ก

rang-lek — Small-bodied; having a small physical frame

ผอมแห้ง

phom-haeng — Very thin and bony; scrawny in appearance

แบบ

baep — Style, pattern, or manner of doing something

ขาดๆ เกินๆ

khaad-khaad-goen-goen — Broken and excessive; inconsistent and erratic manner

คำอุทาน

kham-u-thaan — Exclamation; interjection expressing sudden emotion

ประหลาด

pra-laad — Strange, odd, or unusual in character

หยาบคาย

yaap-khaai — Rude, vulgar, or impolite in speech

มากมาย

maak-maai — Many, numerous, or a great abundance

ซึ่ง

sueng — Which; that; relative pronoun linking clauses

อาจ

aat — Might; may; expressing possibility or probability

ร้อง

rong — To shout, cry out, or exclaim loudly

ออกมา

ok-maa — To come out; to emerge from somewhere

เมื่อ

mueа — When; at the time that something happened

สายตา

saai-taa — Eyesight; gaze; line of vision

จับ

jap — To catch, grasp, or hold something firmly

โคตรเยี่ยม

khoot-yiam — Extremely awesome; incredibly excellent (informal expression)

เลย

loei — At all; so; right away; emphasis particle

เฮ้

he — Hey; informal exclamation to get attention

ถือว่า

thue-wa — To consider as; to regard something as something

ของกำนัล

khong-gam-nan — Gift; a present given to someone

ซ้ำ

sam — Again; to repeat; additionally emphasizing a point

เสื้อกันหนาว

suea-gan-nao — Jacket or coat worn to keep warm

ฉับไว

chap-wai — Quickly and promptly; swift and decisive response

รัฐบาล

rat-tha-baan — Government; the ruling administration of a country

สิทธิ์

sit — Right; entitlement; legal or moral privilege

บ่น

bon — To complain; to grumble about something

ใช่ไหม

chai-mai — Right? Isn't it? Tag question seeking confirmation

กว้าง

gwaang — Wide; broad; having great extent or breadth

คำนึงว่า

kham-nueng-wa — To reflect or think that; to consider that

สุนัข

su-nak — Dog; formal word for a canine animal

พุ่ง

phung — To dart, surge, or shoot forward rapidly

สูงขึ้น

suung-khuen — To rise higher; to increase in height

ลิ่ว

liu — Soaring high; flying straight and far away

ความต้องการ

khwaam-tong-gaan — Need, desire, or requirement for something

ไม่เคย

mai-khoei — Never; have never done something before

นับว่า

nap-wa — To be considered as; regarded as something

เกินจริง

goen-jing — Exaggerated; beyond reality; overstated beyond truth

ชั้นเยี่ยม

chan-yiam — Excellent quality; top class; first-rate standard

เช่นนี้

chen-nii — Like this; such as this; of this kind

ขาดทุน

khaad-thun — To lose money; to incur a financial loss

หนังสือราชการ

nang-sue-raat-cha-gaan — Official government document or formal correspondence

รู้จัก

ruu-jak — To know someone; to be acquainted with someone

มอง

mong — To look at; to gaze at something

ทันที

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

พัน

phan — Thousand; the number one thousand

หมื่น

muen — Ten thousand; the number 10,000

ทีเดียว

thii-dio — Quite; very much; indeed; truly so

ผ่านมือ

phaan-mue — To pass through one's hands; to handle personally

ระหว่าง

ra-waang — Between; during; among two or more things

รู้สึก

ruu-suek — To feel; to sense an emotion or sensation

แปลกใจ

plaek-jai — Surprised; feeling astonishment at something unexpected

ใจดี

jai-dii — Kind-hearted; having a good and generous nature

เขาเอง

khao-eng — He himself; she herself; the person personally

ถูก

thuuk — Cheap; correct; or passive voice marker

พาตัว

phaa-tua — To bring or lead someone along somewhere

ครั้ง

khrang — Time; occasion; classifier for occurrences or instances

สุดท้าย

sut-thaai — Last; final; the very end of something

มองดู

mong-duu — To look at; to watch; to observe something

ค่อยๆ

khooi-khooi — Gradually; slowly and gently; little by little

ลับ

lap — Secret; hidden; disappearing out of sight

ดาดฟ้า

daat-faa — Deck; the flat rooftop or ship's open deck

ดินแดนใต้

din-daen-tai — Southern territory; lands in the southern region

อบอุ่น

op-un — Warm; cozy; having a comfortable warm feeling

พา

phaa — To bring; to take someone along somewhere

ข้างล่าง

khaang-laang — Below; underneath; at the lower level

ส่งมอบ

song-maap — To hand over; to transfer or deliver officially

ยักษ์ใหญ่

yak-yai — Giant; huge figure; enormous in size

หน้าดำ

naa-dam — Dark-faced; having a dark complexion on face

ชื่อว่า

chue-wa — Named; called; having the name of something

ฝรั่งเศส

fa-rang-set — French; relating to France or French people

ชาวแคนาดา

chaao-khae-naa-daa — Canadian person; a citizen or native of Canada

เชื้อสาย

chuea-saai — Ancestry; lineage; ethnic or hereditary descent

ผิว

phiu — Skin; complexion; surface of the body

คล้ำ

khlam — Dark; dusky; having a darker skin tone

ลูกครึ่ง

luuk-khrueng — Half-blood; person of mixed racial heritage

กว่า

gwaa — More than; comparative particle in Thai sentences

สองเท่า

song-thao — Twice as much; double the amount or size