The Scarlet Letter — Page 63

Vocabulary

กระนั้น

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

ก็ตาม

ko tam — Even so; regardless; no matter what

เช่นเดียว

chen diao — The same; identical in manner or way

กับ

gap — With; together with; and (connecting nouns)

ความ

khwam — Nominalizing prefix indicating abstract state or quality

โชคร้าย

chok rai — Bad luck; misfortune; an unlucky circumstance

ส่วนใหญ่

suan yai — Mostly; the majority; for the most part

ของ

khong — Of; belonging to; possessive particle

เรา

rao — We; us; our; first-person plural pronoun

แม้แต่

mae tae — Even; even so much as; not even

เหตุการณ์

het kan — Event; incident; occurrence; situation

ที่

thi — That; which; at; relative pronoun or place marker

ร้ายแรง

rai raeng — Serious; severe; grave; critically bad

เช่นนี้

chen ni — Like this; such as this; in this manner

ก็

ko — Also; then; as well; connective particle

ยัง

yang — Still; yet; also; additionally ongoing

นำพา

nam pha — To bring along; to lead and carry together

การ

kan — Nominalizing prefix indicating an action or process

เยียวยา

yiao ya — To heal; remedy; treat; restore to health

และ

lae — And; as well as; conjunction linking items

ปลอบโยน

plop yon — To console; comfort; soothe someone's feelings

มา

ma — To come; toward the speaker; directional verb

พร้อม

phrom — Ready; together with; prepared; simultaneously

มัน

man — It; third-person pronoun for things or animals

ด้วย

duai — Also; too; with; by means of

หาก

hak — If; in case; should; conditional conjunction

ผู้

phu — Person who; one who; nominalizing prefix for people

ได้รับ

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

ทุกข์ยาก

thuk yak — Suffering hardship; enduring pain and difficulty

จะ

cha — Will; going to; future tense marker

ยอม

yom — To agree; to yield; to accept; to allow

มอง

mong — To look; to gaze; to view something

สิ่ง

sing — Thing; object; matter; something abstract or physical

ดี

di — Good; fine; well; of positive quality

ที่สุด

thi sut — Most; the utmost; superlative degree marker

แทนที่

taen thi — Instead of; in place of; to replace

เลวร้าย

leo rai — Terrible; awful; very bad; dreadful condition

จาก

chak — From; away from; originating at a place

อุบัติเหตุ

u-bat-ti-het — Accident; unexpected mishap causing harm

เกิดขึ้น

koet khuen — To happen; to occur; to take place

เขา

khao — He; she; they; third-person personal pronoun

ใน

nai — In; inside; within; preposition of location

กรณี

ka-ra-ni — Case; situation; instance; specific circumstance

ฉัน

chan — I; me; first-person pronoun used by females

โดยเฉพาะ

doi cha-pho — Especially; particularly; in particular

หัวข้อ

hua kho — Topic; subject heading; main point discussed

ปลอบโยนใจ

plop yon jai — To console the heart; emotionally soothe someone

อยู่

yu — To be; to stay; to live; to exist somewhere

ใกล้

klai — Near; close; nearby; not far away

มือ

mue — Hand; hands; person performing a task

อยู่แล้ว

yu laeo — Already existing; already the case; naturally so

ที่จริงแล้ว

thi ching laeo — Actually; in truth; in reality; to be honest

ได้

dai — Can; to be able to; past tense marker

ผุดขึ้น

phut khuen — To pop up; spring up; suddenly appear or arise

ไตร่ตรอง

trai trong — To deliberate; reflect carefully; think things over

นาน

nan — Long time; for a long duration; lengthy period

พอสมควร

pho som khuan — Moderately; fairly; reasonably; to a suitable degree

ก่อน

kon — Before; first; prior to; earlier in time

จำเป็น

cham pen — Necessary; essential; required; must be done

ต้อง

tong — Must; have to; need to; obligatory action

นำ

nam — To lead; to bring; to introduce; to carry

ใช้

chai — To use; to employ; to utilize something

เมื่อ

muea — When; at the time that; upon a past moment

พิจารณา

phi-cha-ra-na — To consider; examine carefully; deliberate a matter

เบื่อหน่าย

buea nai — Fed up; bored; weary; tired of something

ตำแหน่ง

tam naeng — Position; post; rank; job title held

หน้าที่

na thi — Duty; responsibility; role; assigned function

ก่อนหน้า

kon na — Previous; before; preceding; earlier than now

นี้

ni — This; these; demonstrative pronoun near speaker

เกี่ยวกับ

kiao kap — About; concerning; related to; regarding a topic

ลาออก

la ok — To resign; to quit; to leave a job

โชคชะตา

chok cha-ta — Fate; destiny; one's fortune predetermined

ค่อนข้าง

khon khang — Rather; quite; fairly; somewhat more than average

คล้ายคลึง

khlai khlueng — Similar; resembling; alike; having comparable qualities

บุคคล

buk-khon — Person; individual; human being; a specific person

ควร

khuan — Should; ought to; advisable to do something

ครุ่นคิด

khrun khit — To brood; ponder deeply; think obsessively about something

ถึง

thueng — To; until; reaching; arriving at a point

ฆ่าตัวตาย

kha tua tai — Suicide; to kill oneself; taking one's own life

แต่

tae — But; however; yet; contrastive conjunction

กลับ

klap — Instead; on the contrary; to return; unexpectedly

โชคดี

chok di — Good luck; fortunate; luckily things turned out well

เกิน

koen — Exceeding; beyond; more than; over a limit

คาด

khat — To expect; anticipate; predict; estimate beforehand

โดย

doi — By; through; via; by means of

พบ

phop — To meet; to find; to encounter someone or something

ถูก

thuk — To be subjected to; passive marker; correct; cheap

ผู้อื่น

phu uen — Others; other people; someone else

ฆ่า

kha — To kill; to murder; to take a life

แทน

taen — Instead; in place of; to substitute; replace

ศุลกากร

sun-la-ka-kon — Customs; customs office; import/export duty authority

เช่นเดียวกับ

chen diao kap — Just like; same as; in the same way as

บ้านพัก

ban phak — Residence; living quarters; a place to stay

เก่า

kao — Old; former; aged; not new; worn

เวลา

we-la — Time; period; moment; duration of something

สาม

sam — Three; the number three

ปี

pi — Year; years; annual period of time

ซึ่ง

sueng — Which; that; a relative pronoun connector

เป็น

pen — To be; is; am; are; linking verb

ระยะเวลา

ra-ya we-la — Period of time; duration; timeframe; length of time

พอ

pho — Enough; sufficient; just right; adequately

พัก

phak — To rest; take a break; pause; temporarily stop

สมอง

sa-mong — Brain; mind; the organ of thought

เหนื่อยล้า

nuea la — Exhausted; fatigued; tired out; worn down completely

ตัดขาด

tat khat — To cut off; sever; completely break a connection

นิสัย

ni-sai — Habit; personality trait; characteristic behavior pattern

ทาง

thang — Way; path; direction; method; channel

ปัญญา

pan-ya — Wisdom; intellect; intelligence; mental capacity

แบบ

baep — Style; type; pattern; manner; kind of

เปิด

poet — To open; to turn on; to start; to unlock

พื้นที่

phuen thi — Area; space; region; territory; surface space

สำหรับ

sam-rap — For; intended for; on behalf of someone

ใหม่

mai — New; fresh; again; recently introduced

เกินไป

koen pai — Too much; excessively; beyond a suitable degree

ด้วยซ้ำ

duai sam — Even; furthermore; emphasizing something surprising additionally

ใช้ชีวิต

chai chi-wit — To live life; spend one's life; to exist daily

สภาวะ

sa-pha-wa — Condition; state; situation; current circumstances

ผิดธรรมชาติ

phit tham-ma-chat — Unnatural; abnormal; contrary to nature's normal state

ทำ

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

ไม่มี

mai mi — There is no; without; lacking; none

ประโยชน์

pra-yot — Benefit; usefulness; advantage; practical value

หรือ

rue — Or; either; question particle at sentence end

ความสุข

khwam suk — Happiness; joy; a state of contentment

แก่

kae — To; for; old; giving something to someone

มนุษย์

ma-nut — Human being; mankind; a person; humanity

คนใด

khon dai — Anyone; whoever; any particular person

เลย

loei — At all; not at all; emphasizing negation or extent

กัก

kak — To confine; detain; restrict; hold back

ตัวเอง

tua eng — Oneself; yourself; himself; herself; themselves

ทำงาน

tham ngan — To work; to do a job; to be employed

อย่างน้อย

yang noi — At least; at a minimum; no fewer than

ระงับ

ra-ngap — To suppress; restrain; halt; keep under control

แรงกระตุ้น

raeng kra-tun — Impulse; stimulus; motivating urge or drive

ไม่สงบ

mai sa-ngop — Restless; unpeaceful; unsettled; lacking calm

ตัว

tua — Body; self; classifier for animals and objects