The Scarlet Letter — Page 172

Vocabulary

ความลับ

khwam lap — Secret or confidential information kept hidden from others

เพียง

phiang — Only, merely, just a small amount

น้อยนิด

noi nit — Very little, tiny, an extremely small amount

ที่

thi — That, which; also a relative pronoun or place marker

จะ

cha — Will, going to; future tense marker in Thai

สามารถ

sa mat — To be able to, capable of doing something

หลบเลี่ยง

lop liang — To evade, dodge, or avoid someone or something

นักสืบสวน

nak suep suan — Investigator or detective who examines cases professionally

มี

mi — To have or possess something; there is/are

โอกาส

o kat — Opportunity or chance to do something

และ

lae — And; conjunction connecting words or phrases

สิทธิ์

sit — Right, privilege, or entitlement legally held

ใน

nai — In, within, inside a place or context

การ

kan — Nominalizing prefix indicating an action or process

ดำเนินการ

dam noen kan — To carry out, proceed with, or execute an action

ค้นหา

khon ha — To search for, look for, or seek out

เช่นนั้น

chen nan — Like that, in such a way, such as that

ทักษะ

thak sa — Skill, ability, or proficiency in a particular area

ติดตาม

tit tam — To follow, track, or keep up with someone

ต่อไป

to pai — To continue, go on, or proceed further

ชาย

chai — Man, male person, or masculine individual

ผู้

phu — Person, one who; prefix indicating a person's role

แบกรับ

baek rap — To bear, carry, or shoulder a burden or responsibility

ควร

khuan — Should, ought to; expressing recommendation or duty

หลีกเลี่ยง

lik liang — To avoid, steer clear of, or evade something

ความสนิทสนม

khwam sa nit sa nom — Closeness, intimacy, or familiarity between people

กับ

kap — With, together with; a preposition linking elements

แพทย์

phaet — Doctor, physician, or medical professional

ของ

khong — Of, belonging to; possessive particle in Thai

ตน

ton — Oneself, one's own self; reflexive pronoun

เป็นพิเศษ

pen phi set — Especially, particularly, in a special manner

หาก

hak — If, in the event that; a conditional conjunction

ความเฉลียวฉลาด

khwam cha liao cha lat — Cleverness, sharpness, or keen intelligence

โดย

doi — By, by means of, through a method or agent

ธรรมชาติ

tham ma chat — Nature; the natural world or innate character

สิ่ง

sing — Thing, object, or matter of any kind

ยากจะ

yak cha — Difficult to, hard to accomplish or describe

บรรยาย

ban yai — To describe, narrate, or explain in detail

อีก

ik — Another, more, additionally, one more time

ประการหนึ่ง

pra kan nueng — One aspect, one point, or one particular matter

ขอให้

kho hai — Let us, please allow; expressing a wish or suggestion

เรา

rao — We, us, or I (informal first-person pronoun)

เรียก

riak — To call, name, or summon someone or something

มัน

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

ว่า

wa — That, to say; introduces reported speech or clauses

สัญชาตญาณ

san chat ya nan — Instinct, innate impulse, or natural intuitive feeling

เขา

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

ไม่

mai — Not; negation particle used before verbs or adjectives

แสดง

sa daeng — To show, display, or demonstrate something

ความเย่อหยิ่ง

khwam yoe ying — Arrogance, haughtiness, or prideful attitude

ล่วงล้ำ

luang lam — To intrude, invade, or encroach upon someone's space

หรือ

rue — Or; a disjunctive conjunction offering alternatives

ลักษณะเฉพาะตัว

lak sa na cha phо tok tua — Personal distinctive characteristic or individual trait

โดดเด่น

dot den — Outstanding, prominent, or standing out noticeably

จน

chon — Until, to the point of; also means poor

น่ารำคาญ

na ram khan — Annoying, irritating, or bothersome to others

พลัง

phalang — Power, energy, or force driving action

ซึ่ง

sueng — Which, that; a relative pronoun in Thai grammar

ต้อง

tong — Must, have to; expressing necessity or obligation

มา

ma — To come; directional verb indicating movement toward

แต่กำเนิด

tae kam noet — From birth, innate, or inborn since being born

นำ

nam — To lead, bring, or guide someone or something

จิตใจ

chit chai — Mind, heart, or one's inner mental and emotional state

เข้าสู่

khao su — To enter into, move into a state or place

ความสอดคล้อง

khwam sot khlong — Harmony, consistency, or agreement between elements

ผู้ป่วย

phu puai — Patient, a sick person receiving medical care

พูด

phut — To speak, talk, or say something aloud

คิดว่า

khit wa — To think that, believe that something is so

เพียงแต่

phiang tae — Only, merely, just simply doing or thinking

นึกคิด

nuek khit — To think, reflect, or contemplate something mentally

อยู่

yu — To be, to stay, to reside or remain somewhere

ใจ

chai — Heart, mind, or inner emotional center of a person

โดยไม่รู้ตัว

doi mai ru tua — Unknowingly, unconsciously, without being aware of it

การเปิดเผย

kan poet phoei — Revelation, disclosure, or opening up of information

ได้รับ

dai rap — To receive, obtain, or get something from someone

รับฟัง

rap fang — To listen, receive information by attentive hearing

ปราศจาก

prat chak — Free from, without, devoid of something entirely

ความวุ่นวาย

khwam wun wai — Chaos, commotion, disorder, or turbulent confusion

ตอบรับ

top rap — To respond, accept, or acknowledge a message or signal

มิใช่

mi chai — Not, is not; a formal negation in Thai

ด้วย

duai — With, also, by means of; multi-purpose Thai particle

คำ

kham — Word, utterance, or a unit of spoken language

ความเห็นอกเห็นใจ

khwam hen ok hen chai — Sympathy, empathy, or compassion toward another person

บ่อยนัก

boi nak — Very often, frequently, occurring many times

หากแต่

hak tae — But rather, however; contrasting conjunction in Thai

ความเงียบ

khwam ngiap — Silence, quietness, or absence of sound or noise

เสียงหายใจ

siang hai chai — Sound of breathing, audible breath from a person

ไม่อาจ

mai at — Cannot, unable to, impossible to do something

เปล่งออกมา

pleng ok ma — To emit, utter, or release sound or expression outward

เป็น

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

คำพูด

kham phut — Speech, words spoken, or verbal expression

ประปราย

pra prai — Scattered, sporadic, occurring here and there occasionally

เพื่อ

phuea — In order to, for the purpose of doing something

บ่งชี้

bong chi — To indicate, point to, or show evidence of something

ทุกอย่าง

thuk yang — Everything, all things without exception

เข้าใจ

khao chai — To understand, comprehend, or grasp meaning clearly

แล้ว

laeo — Already, then, after that; completion marker in Thai

คุณสมบัติ

khun som bat — Quality, qualification, or characteristic attribute of something

ผู้รับ

phu rap — Recipient, receiver, one who receives something

เหล่านี้

lao ni — These, referring to a group of mentioned items

ประกอบ

pra kop — To compose, assemble, or constitute parts of a whole

เข้ากับ

khao kap — To combine with, fit with, or go together with

ข้อได้เปรียบ

kho dai priap — Advantage, benefit, or favorable condition over others

ฐานะ

tha na — Status, position, or social standing of a person

อัน

an — Which, that; a classifier and relative particle in Thai

เป็นที่ยอมรับ

pen thi yom rap — Accepted, recognized, or acknowledged by others

ช่วงเวลา

chuang we la — Period of time, a span or interval of duration

หลีกเลี่ยงไม่ได้

lik liang mai dai — Unavoidable, inevitable, impossible to escape or avoid

วิญญาณ

win yan — Soul, spirit, or the inner essence of a person

ผู้ทุกข์ทรมาน

phu thuk tho ra man — Sufferer, one who endures pain or great distress

ละลาย

la lai — To melt, dissolve, or liquefy under conditions

ออกมา

ok ma — To come out, emerge, or flow outward from inside

ไหลหลั่ง

lai lang — To flow freely, stream, or pour out abundantly

ดั่ง

dang — Like, as, similar to; a literary comparison word

สายธาร

sai than — Stream, flowing body of water, or flowing current

มืดมิด

muet mit — Pitch dark, completely dark, without any light

แต่

tae — But, however; a contrastive conjunction in Thai

ใสแจ๋ว

sai chaeo — Crystal clear, transparent, very pure and clear

นำพา

nam pha — To lead, guide, or carry along toward a destination

ความลึกลับ

khwam luek lap — Mystery, secrecy, or something deep and enigmatic

ทั้งมวล

thang muan — All, entirely, the whole of everything together

สู่

su — Toward, to, into; directional preposition in Thai

แสงสว่าง

saeng sa wang — Light, brightness, or illumination that dispels darkness

วัน

wan — Day, a twenty-four-hour period of time

คุณลักษณะ

khun lak sa na — Attribute, characteristic quality, or defining feature

ทั้งหมด

thang mot — All, entire, completely the whole amount or group

ส่วนใหญ่

suan yai — Most, the majority, or the greater part of something

ได้

dai — Can, could, to be able to; also marks past completion

กล่าวถึง

klao thueng — To mention, refer to, or speak about something

ข้างต้น

khang ton — Above, mentioned earlier, as stated previously