The Picture of Dorian Gray — Page 6

Vocabulary

พวกเขา

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

เคย

khoei — Used to indicate past experience or habitual past action.

เป็น

pen — To be; used to link subject with noun or adjective.

เพื่อน

phuean — Friend; a person one knows and likes socially.

สนิท

sanit — Close, intimate; describing a tight personal relationship.

กัน

kan — Each other; together; used for mutual or reciprocal actions.

ครั้งหนึ่ง

khrang nueng — Once; at one time; referring to a past occasion.

เมื่อ

muea — When; at the time that something occurred.

ห้าปี

ha pi — Five years; a period of five years.

ก่อน

kon — Before; prior to a certain time or event.

แทบ

thaep — Almost; nearly; used before negative to mean 'hardly'.

จะ

cha — Future marker or auxiliary indicating intention or likelihood.

แยก

yaek — To separate, distinguish, or split apart.

จาก

chak — From; away from; indicating separation or origin.

ไม่ออก

mai ok — Cannot come out; unable to distinguish or discern.

เลย

loei — At all; used to intensify negation or emphasis.

ทีเดียว

thi diao — Indeed; quite so; used for strong emphasis or affirmation.

แล้ว

laeo — Already; then; indicates completed action or sequence.

ความ

khwam — Nominalizing prefix converting adjectives or verbs into nouns.

สนิทสนม

sanit sanom — Closeness, intimacy; state of being very close friends.

นั้น

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

ก็

ko — Then; also; a connective particle linking clauses.

ได้

dai — Can; able to; also marks past tense or achievement.

สิ้นสุด

sin sut — To end, conclude, or come to a finish.

ลง

long — Down; directional particle indicating downward or completion.

อย่าง

yang — In a manner of; like; used before adverbs or adjectives.

กะทันหัน

krathan han — Suddenly; abruptly; happening without warning.

พบ

phop — To meet, find, or encounter someone or something.

ใน

nai — In; inside; within a place or context.

สังคม

sangkhom — Society; social circles; the community of people.

บัดนี้

bat ni — Now; at this present moment; currently.

มี

mi — To have; there is/are; indicating existence or possession.

เพียง

phiang — Only; merely; just; limiting to one thing.

เท่านั้น

thao nan — Only; that's all; nothing more than that.

ที่

thi — Relative pronoun 'that/who'; also means 'place' or 'at'.

ยิ้ม

yim — To smile; the act of smiling at someone.

ส่วน

suan — Part; portion; as for; regarding another party.

ไม่เคย

mai khoei — Never; have never done something before.

เขา

khao — He, him, she, her; third person singular pronoun.

ชายหนุ่ม

chai num — Young man; a male person of young age.

ฉลาดเฉียบแหลม

chalat chiaplaem — Brilliantly intelligent; sharp and keenly clever.

อย่างยิ่ง

yang ying — Extremely; very much so; to a great degree.

แม้ว่า

mae wa — Even though; although; despite the fact that.

ไม่มี

mai mi — To not have; there is no; lacking something.

ซาบซึ้ง

sap sueng — To deeply appreciate; be moved or touched emotionally.

ศิลปะ

sinlapa — Art; fine arts; creative or aesthetic expression.

มองเห็น

mong hen — To see; to perceive visually; able to notice.

แท้จริง

thae ching — True; genuine; real; the actual truth of something.

และ

lae — And; a conjunction connecting words or clauses.

ความรู้สึก

khwam ru suek — Feeling; emotion; a sense or inner sensation.

ความงาม

khwam ngam — Beauty; the quality of being beautiful or attractive.

ของ

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

บทกวี

bot kawī — Poem; poetry; a piece of literary verse.

น้อยนิด

noi nit — Very little; a tiny amount; barely any.

ล้วน

luan — All; entirely; wholly; every single one.

ได้รับ

dai rap — To receive; to obtain; to get something given.

มา

ma — To come; directional particle indicating movement toward speaker.

ทั้งสิ้น

thang sin — All; entirely; in total; every bit of it.

ความหลงใหล

khwam long lai — Passion; fascination; deep captivated interest in something.

ทาง

thang — Way; path; direction; also used as 'in terms of'.

ปัญญา

panya — Intellect; wisdom; mental intelligence and understanding.

โดดเด่น

dot den — Outstanding; prominent; standing out from others noticeably.

ที่สุด

thi sut — Most; the superlative degree; the utmost extent.

คือ

khue — Is; namely; used to define or identify something.

วิทยาศาสตร์

witthayasat — Science; the systematic study of the natural world.

ใช้

chai — To use; to employ something for a purpose.

เวลา

wela — Time; a period or moment in time.

ส่วนใหญ่

suan yai — Mostly; the majority; the greater part of something.

ทำงาน

tham ngan — To work; to do work or perform a job.

ห้องปฏิบัติการ

hong patibat kan — Laboratory; a room for scientific experiments and research.

ผล

phon — Result; outcome; fruit of an action or process.

การสอบ

kan sop — Examination; the process of taking a formal test.

ระดับ

radap — Level; grade; degree of something on a scale.

ดี

di — Good; fine; of positive quality or standard.

วิทยาศาสตร์ธรรมชาติ

witthayasat thammachat — Natural science; study of the natural physical world.

ปี

pi — Year; a unit of time equal to twelve months.

อันที่จริง

an thi ching — In fact; actually; as a matter of truth.

ยังคง

yang khong — Still; continues to; remaining in a certain state.

อุทิศตน

uthit ton — To dedicate oneself; devote oneself fully to something.

ให้กับ

hai kap — To give to; dedicated to; for the benefit of.

การศึกษา

kan sueksa — Education; study; the process of learning or researching.

วิชา

wicha — Subject; academic discipline; a field of study.

เคมี

khemi — Chemistry; the science of substances and their reactions.

ตนเอง

ton eng — Oneself; himself/herself; reflexive pronoun in Thai.

ซึ่ง

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

มัก

mak — Often; tend to; habitually inclined to do something.

ปิดตัว

pit tua — To shut oneself away; to close off or isolate.

อยู่

yu — To be; to stay; to reside at a place.

ตลอด

talot — Throughout; all along; the entire duration of something.

ทั้งวัน

thang wan — All day; the entire day from morning to night.

ทำให้

tham hai — To cause; to make someone feel or do something.

มารดา

manrada — Mother; a formal or literary word for one's mother.

หงุดหงิด

ngut ngit — Irritated; annoyed; feeling petty frustration or impatience.

รำคาญใจ

rakhan jai — Annoyed; bothered; feeling mentally irritated by something.

อย่างมาก

yang mak — Very much; greatly; to a large degree.

เพราะ

phro — Because; since; giving a reason or cause.

เธอ

thoe — She; her; you (informal); second or third person pronoun.

ตั้งใจ

tang chai — To intend; to be determined; to set one's mind.

แน่วแน่

naeo nae — Firmly resolved; unwavering; absolutely determined to do.

ให้

hai — To give; to let; causative particle in Thai.

ลงสมัคร

long samak — To apply; to register as a candidate for something.

รับเลือกตั้ง

rap lueak tang — To stand for election; to run for a political position.

สมาชิก

samachik — Member; a person belonging to a group or organization.

รัฐสภา

ratthasapha — Parliament; the national legislative assembly of a country.

ความคิด

khwam khit — Thought; idea; a concept formed in the mind.

เลือนลาง

luean lang — Vague; hazy; indistinct in memory or perception.

ว่า

wa — That; say; introduces reported speech or a clause.

นักเคมี

nak khemi — Chemist; a scientist who specializes in chemistry.

ผู้ที่

phu thi — The one who; a person who does something.

ปรุงยา

prung ya — To compound or prepare medicine; to make up drugs.

ตาม

tam — According to; following; in accordance with something.

ใบสั่งแพทย์

bai sang phaet — Medical prescription; a doctor's written medicine order.

อย่างไรก็ตาม

yangrai ko tam — However; nevertheless; regardless of the circumstances.

ยัง

yang — Still; yet; also; continuing state or additional information.

นักดนตรี

nak dontri — Musician; a person who plays or performs music.

ยอดเยี่ยม

yot yiam — Excellent; superb; of the highest quality or standard.

อีกด้วย

ik duai — Also; as well; in addition to what was mentioned.

เล่น

len — To play; to perform on a musical instrument.

ทั้ง

thang — Both; all; including every item in a set.

ไวโอลิน

waiolin — Violin; a bowed string musical instrument.

เปียโน

piano — Piano; a large keyboard musical instrument.

ได้ดี

dai di — Well; skillfully; able to do something with good quality.

กว่า

kwa — More than; better than; comparative degree marker.

สมัครเล่น

samak len — Amateur; doing something as a hobby, not professionally.

ที่จริงแล้ว

thi ching laeo — Actually; in truth; when the facts are considered.

ดนตรี

dontri — Music; the art of organized sound and melody.

เอง

eng — Self; oneself; used for emphasis of identity or action.

นำพา

nam pha — To lead; to bring together; to guide or conduct.

พบกัน

phop kan — To meet each other; to encounter one another mutually.

ครั้งแรก

khrang raek — First time; the initial occasion something happened.

เสน่ห์

sane — Charm; appeal; an attractive or captivating quality.

อธิบาย

athibai — To explain; to describe or clarify something clearly.

ไม่ได้

mai dai — Cannot; not able to; indicates impossibility or prohibition.

ดูเหมือนว่า

du muean wa — It seems that; it appears as if something is so.

สามารถ

samat — Can; able to; having the ability or capacity.

มัน

man — It; he/she (informal); third person pronoun or emphasis.

เมื่อใด

muea dai — Whenever; at whatever time something occurs.

ก็ตาม

ko tam — Whatever; whenever; regardless; used for generalization.

ต้องการ

tong kan — To want; to need; to require or desire something.

โดย

doi — By; through; by means of a person or method.

ไม่รู้สึกตัว

mai ru suek tua — Without realizing; unconsciously; unaware of one's own actions.

ด้วยซ้ำ

duai sam — Even; indeed; used to emphasize something surprising or additional.