The Scarlet Letter — Page 237

Vocabulary

ไม่มี

mâi mee — There is none; does not exist; nothing

มนุษย์

má-nút — Human being; person; mankind

คนใด

kon dai — Any person; whoever; which person

เคย

koei — To have ever done something before; used to

ทน

ton — To endure; to tolerate; to bear pain

ทุกข์

túk — Suffering; sorrow; mental or physical pain

ทรมาน

tora-maan — To torment; to cause great suffering or agony

เช่น

chên — Such as; for example; like

ที่

thîi — At; place; which; relative pronoun marker

ชาย

chaai — Man; male person; male gender

ผู้นี้

phûu níi — This person; this one (referring to a person)

ได้รับ

dâai ráp — To receive; to obtain; to get something

และ

láe — And; also; as well as

ทั้งหมด

tháng mòt — All; everything; the whole amount

นั้น

nán — That; those; referring to something previously mentioned

อยู่

yùu — To be; to stay; to exist at a location

ต่อหน้า

tòr nâa — In front of; before someone's face; openly

ต่อตา

tòr taa — Before one's eyes; visibly in front of someone

ศัตรู

sàt-truu — Enemy; foe; adversary; opponent

เลวร้าย

leow ráai — Terrible; wicked; very bad or evil

ที่สุด

thîi sùt — The most; superlative marker; extreme degree

ของ

khǎawng — Of; belonging to; possessive particle

เขา

khǎo — He; she; they; third-person pronoun

รู้สึก

rúu-sùek — To feel; to sense; to experience an emotion

ถึง

thǔeng — To reach; until; about; concerning

การมีอยู่

gaan mee yùu — Existence; the state of being present or existing

ข้า

khâa — I; me (archaic or formal first-person pronoun)

ได้

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

อิทธิพล

ìt-thi-pon — Influence; power; effect on someone or something

บางอย่าง

baang yàang — Something; some kind of thing; a certain thing

สิง

sing — To inhabit or possess (as a spirit); to dwell in

สถิต

sà-thìt — To reside; to dwell permanently; abide (formal)

กับ

gàp — With; together with; and (between nouns)

ตลอดเวลา

talòot welaa — All the time; constantly; without interruption

ดั่ง

dàng — Like; as; similar to (literary/poetic usage)

คำสาป

kham sàap — Curse; a spell wishing harm upon someone

รู้

rúu — To know; to understand; to be aware of

ด้วย

dûuai — Also; with; by means of; as well

ประสาทสัมผัส

prà-sàat sǎm-phàt — The senses; sensory perception; nerve sensation

ทาง

thaang — Way; path; direction; by means of

จิตวิญญาณ

jìt-winyaan — Spirit; soul; spiritual essence of a being

เพราะ

phráw — Because; since; due to the fact that

พระผู้สร้าง

phrá phûu sâang — The Creator; God; the one who created existence

ไม่เคย

mâi koei — Never; have never done something before

สร้าง

sâang — To create; to build; to make something

สิ่งมีชีวิต

sìng mee chiiwít — Living thing; organism; creature with life

ใด

dai — Any; which; whichever (interrogative/relative pronoun)

มี

mee — To have; there is; to possess something

ความรู้สึก

kwaam rúu-sùek — Feeling; emotion; sensation; sense of something

ไว

wai — Quick; fast; agile; swift in action

เช่นนี้

chên níi — Like this; such as this; in this manner

อีก

ìik — Again; more; another; additionally

แล้ว

láew — Already; then; completed action marker

ว่า

wâa — That; to say; quotation marker; about

มือ

muue — Hand; the part of the body at arm's end

เป็นมิตร

pen mít — To be friendly; amicable; warm toward others

ดึง

dung — To pull; to draw toward oneself; to tug

สายใย

sǎai yai — Bond; thread; tie connecting people emotionally

แห่ง

hàeng — Of; from; at (formal locative/possessive particle)

หัวใจ

hǔua jai — Heart; the emotional or physical center of a person

ดวงตา

duuang taa — Eyes; the pair of eyes of a person

หนึ่ง

nùeng — One; the number one; a single unit

จ้องมอง

jôong maawng — To stare; to gaze intently at something or someone

เข้าไป

khâo pai — To go into; to enter inside something

ใน

nai — In; inside; within a place or space

ตัว

tuua — Body; self; classifier for animals and objects

อย่าง

yàang — Way; manner; type; kind of something

ใคร่รู้

khrâi rúu — Curious; eager to know; desiring knowledge

ซึ่ง

sûeng — Which; that; relative pronoun connecting clauses

แสวงหา

sà-wǎeng hǎa — To seek; to search for; to pursue something

แต่

tàe — But; however; only; yet

สิ่ง

sìng — Thing; object; matter; something abstract or concrete

ชั่วร้าย

chûua ráai — Evil; wicked; morally bad or sinister

ก็

gôr — Also; then; well; discourse particle for continuation

พบ

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

มัน

man — It; that thing; third-person pronoun for objects

ไม่

mâi — No; not; negation particle in Thai

เป็น

pen — To be; to become; am/is/are linking verb

ความเชื่อ

kwaam chûuea — Belief; faith; conviction in something being true

โชคลาง

chôok laang — Omen; superstition; sign of fortune or misfortune

ร่วมกัน

rûuam gan — Together; jointly; in cooperation with each other

หมู่คณะ

mùu khána — Group; community; a collective of people

คิด

khít — To think; to consider; to ponder something

ตนเอง

ton eeng — Oneself; himself/herself; one's own self

ถูก

thùuk — To be (passive marker); correct; cheap; to be hit

มอบ

mâawp — To give; to hand over; to present formally

ให้

hâi — To give; for; to allow; causative marker

แก่

gàe — To; for; old; given to someone (formal)

ปีศาจ

pii-sàat — Demon; devil; evil spirit; supernatural evil being

เพื่อ

phûuea — For; in order to; for the purpose of

ฝันร้าย

fǎn ráai — Nightmare; a bad or terrifying dream

อัน

an — Which; that; classifier for small or general objects

น่าสะพรึงกลัว

nâa sà-phrueng gluua — Terrifying; frightening; causing horror and dread

ความคิด

kwaam khít — Thought; idea; the content of one's thinking

สิ้นหวัง

sîn wǎng — Hopeless; despairing; without any remaining hope

การ

gaan — Nominalizing prefix indicating an action or process

กัดแทะ

gàt táe — To gnaw; to nibble persistently; to bite repeatedly

ความ

kwaam — Abstract noun prefix indicating a state or quality

สำนึกผิด

sǎm-nûek phìt — Remorse; feeling guilt and regret for wrongdoing

ความสิ้นหวัง

kwaam sîn wǎng — Despair; the state of complete hopelessness

ต่อ

tòr — Against; toward; per; to connect or continue

การอภัย

gaan à-phai — Forgiveness; the act of pardoning someone's wrongs

การลิ้มลอง

gaan lím laawng — A taste; a foretaste; sampling or experiencing briefly

ล่วงหน้า

lûuang nâa — In advance; beforehand; ahead of time

รอคอย

raaw khawy — To wait; to await eagerly; to anticipate something

เบื้องหน้า

bûueang nâa — Ahead; in front; what lies before someone

หลุมฝังศพ

lǔm fang sòp — Grave; burial pit; place where a body is buried

แท้จริง

tháe jing — Truly; genuinely; in truth; actual reality

คือ

khuue — Is; namely; that is; equating two things

เงา

ngao — Shadow; shade; reflection; dark silhouette

ติดตาม

tìt taam — To follow; to track; to pursue closely behind

มา

maa — To come; toward the speaker; directional verb particle

โดย

dooi — By; through; by means of; via

ตลอด

talòot — Throughout; all along; the entire duration

จาก

jàak — From; away from; departing a place or person

ใกล้ชิด

glâi chít — Close; intimate; near and attached to someone

แนบแน่น

nâep nâen — Tightly attached; firmly bonded; closely adhering

ผู้

phûu — Person who; one who; nominalizer for people

ทำร้าย

tham ráai — To harm; to hurt; to injure someone deliberately

เลวทราม

leow saam — Despicable; vile; morally corrupt and contemptible

เติบโต

tòep toh — To grow; to develop; to become bigger over time

ดำรง

dam-rong — To maintain; to sustain; to uphold or preserve

พิษ

phít — Poison; venom; toxic substance harmful to life

การแก้แค้น

gaan gâe khâen — Revenge; act of retaliating against someone for harm

โหดร้าย

hòot ráai — Cruel; brutal; savage; mercilessly harsh

นี้

níi — This; these; demonstrative pronoun near speaker

เท่านั้น

thâo nán — Only; just that; nothing more than this

ใช่แล้ว

châi láew — Yes, that's right; exactly; correct affirmation

แน่นอน

nâe naawn — Certainly; of course; definitely; without doubt

ไม่ได้

mâi dâai — Cannot; did not; unable to; negation of ability

คิดผิด

khít phìt — To think wrongly; to be mistaken in one's thinking

เคียงข้าง

khiang khâang — Beside; alongside; next to someone supportively

ผู้หนึ่ง

phûu nùeng — Someone; a certain person; one particular individual

ครั้งหนึ่ง

khráng nùeng — Once; one time; at a certain point in time

กลาย

glaai — To become; to turn into; to transform into something

โดยเฉพาะ

dooi chà-phâw — Especially; particularly; specifically singled out

แพทย์

phâet — Doctor; physician; medical professional

โชคร้าย

chôok ráai — Unfortunate; bad luck; unlucky circumstance

ขณะ

khà-nà — While; moment; at the time when something happens

เปล่ง

plèng — To utter; to emit sound; to let out a voice

คำพูด

kham phûut — Speech; words spoken; utterance; what is said

เหล่านี้

làao níi — These (plural); all of these things mentioned

ยก

yók — To lift; to raise; to elevate; to hold up

ขึ้น

khûen — Up; to rise; upward directional particle

พร้อม

phráwm — Ready; prepared; along with; simultaneously

สีหน้า

sǐi nâa — Facial expression; the look or emotion on one's face

สยดสยอง

sà-yòt sà-yaawng — Horrified; terrified; filled with disgust and horror

ราวกับ

raao gàp — As if; as though; like; resembling something

ได้เห็น

dâai hěn — To have seen; to have witnessed something visually

รูปร่าง

rûup râang — Shape; figure; physical form or appearance

จำ

jam — To remember; to memorize; to recognize from memory

แย่งชิง

yâeng ching — To snatch; to compete for; to seize from another

ภาพ

phâap — Image; picture; visual representation of something

กระจก

grà-jòk — Mirror; glass; reflective surface showing one's image