The Scarlet Letter — Page 299

Vocabulary

ฉัน

chan — First person pronoun, 'I' or 'me'

ทิ้ง

thing — To throw away, abandon, or discard something

เขา

khao — Third person pronoun, 'he', 'she', or 'they'

ไว้

wai — To keep, place, or retain something for later

ที่นั่น

thi nan — Over there, referring to a distant place

ใน

nai — In, inside, within a place or thing

ป่า

pa — Forest or jungle, wild wooded area

หลบซ่อน

lop son — To hide, conceal oneself from others

อยู่

yu — To be, stay, or live somewhere

หุบเขา

hup khao — Valley, low area between mountains or hills

ลึกลับ

luek lap — Mysterious, secretive, or enigmatic in nature

ใกล้

klai — Near, close in distance to something

ที่

thi — At, which, that; a relative or locative particle

ปกคลุม

pok khlum — To cover, blanket, or spread over a surface

ด้วย

duai — With, also, by means of something

และ

lae — And, a conjunction linking words or clauses

ลำธาร

lam than — Stream, small flowing body of water

อัน

an — A classifier for items; one, a certain thing

เงียบเหงา

ngiap ngao — Lonely, quiet, and desolate in feeling

ไป

pai — To go, move away from current location

เถิด

thoet — Particle urging action, meaning 'go ahead, do it'

ตามหา

tam ha — To search for, look for someone or something

บาทหลวง

bat luang — Catholic priest or Christian reverend clergy

ของ

khong — Of, belonging to; possessive particle

ท่าน

than — Respectful pronoun for 'you' or 'he/she'

ดู

du — To look, watch, or observe something

ซิ

si — Particle adding emphasis or mild command to sentence

ว่า

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

ร่างกาย

rang kai — Body, the physical form of a person

ผอมโซ

phom so — Extremely thin, emaciated, very skinny person

แก้ม

kaem — Cheek, the fleshy side of the face

เหี่ยวแห้ง

hiao haeng — Withered, dried out, shriveled in appearance

หน้าผาก

na phak — Forehead, the upper front part of the face

สีซีด

si sit — Pale in color, lacking normal healthy color

เต็มไปด้วย

tem pai duai — Full of, filled with, covered entirely by something

รอยย่น

roi yan — Wrinkles, lines on skin from age or stress

จาก

chak — From, originating at a place or source

ความเจ็บปวด

khwam chep puat — Pain, suffering, physical or emotional distress

ไม่ได้

mai dai — Did not, have not; negates past or ability

ถูก

thuk — To be subjected to; correct; cheap in price

ทอดทิ้ง

thot thing — To abandon, forsake, leave someone behind completely

ราวกับ

rao kap — As if, as though, similar to something else

เสื้อผ้า

suea pha — Clothes, clothing, garments worn on the body

ถอดทิ้ง

thot thing — To take off and discard, remove clothing completely

เพื่อนๆ

phuean phuean — Friends, companions, plural form of friend

คง

khong — Probably, likely, presumably something will happen

จะ

cha — Will, going to; future tense marker particle

ยืนกราน

yuen kran — To insist, persist firmly on a point or belief

กับ

kap — With, and, together with another person or thing

อีก

ik — More, again, another, additional amount or time

เอง

eng — Oneself, itself; emphatic self-referential particle

นั่นแหละ

nan lae — That's exactly it, precisely that very thing

คือ

khue — Is, meaning, that is to say, equals

ชาย

chai — Man, male person or the male gender

ผู้นั้น

phu nan — That person, referring to a specific individual

แต่

tae — But, however, yet; introduces a contrasting clause

ความผิดพลาด

khwam phit phlat — Mistake, error, a wrong action or judgment

นั้น

nan — That, those; demonstrative pronoun pointing away

ก็

ko — Also, then, well; discourse connective particle

เป็น

pen — To be, to have a condition or status

พวกเขา

phuak khao — They, them, referring to a group of people

ไม่ใช่

mai chai — Is not, are not; negates identity or categorization

ก่อน

kon — Before, first, prior to an event or time

ถึง

thueng — To reach, arrive at, until, up to a point

บ้าน

ban — House, home, one's place of residence

จิตใจ

chit chai — Mind, heart, inner spirit or mental state

ภายใน

phai nai — Inside, within, internal part of something

ได้

dai — Can, could, to get or obtain; past marker

แสดง

sadaeng — To show, display, perform, or demonstrate something

หลักฐาน

lak than — Evidence, proof, supporting facts for a claim

อื่นๆ

uen uen — Others, other things, various additional items

ให้

hai — To give, to cause, for the purpose of

เห็น

hen — To see, perceive visually, or notice something

การเปลี่ยนแปลง

kan plian plaeng — Change, transformation, alteration of state or form

ครั้งใหญ่

khrang yai — A big occasion, major time or significant event

แวดวง

waet wong — Circle, sphere of society or community group

ความคิด

khwam khit — Thought, idea, mental concept or thinking process

ความรู้สึก

khwam ru suek — Feeling, emotion, sensation experienced internally

แท้จริง

thae ching — Truly, genuinely, in reality or truth

แล้ว

laeo — Already, then, afterward; completion aspect marker

ไม่มี

mai mi — There is not, to lack, have none of something

สิ่งใด

sing dai — Anything, whatever thing, any particular object

นอกจาก

nok chak — Except for, besides, other than a stated thing

ราชวงศ์

rat cha wong — Royal dynasty, a ruling family line or monarchy

จรรยาบรรณ

chan ya ban — Ethics, code of conduct, moral professional standards

โดย

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

สิ้นเชิง

sin choeng — Completely, entirely, totally without exception

อาณาจักร

ana chak — Kingdom, realm, domain under a ruler's authority

เพียงพอ

phiang pho — Enough, sufficient, adequate for a purpose

ต่อ

to — Per, against, toward, to continue something further

การอธิบาย

kan a thi bai — Explanation, the act of clarifying or describing something

แรงกระตุ้น

raeng kra tun — Impulse, stimulus, driving urge to do something

ส่ง

song — To send, deliver, or transmit to another person

มา

ma — To come, move toward the speaker's location

ยัง

yang — Still, yet, also; to a place or person

ผู้โชคร้าย

phu chok rai — Unfortunate person, someone with bad luck or misfortune

ตกใจ

tok chai — To be startled, shocked, or suddenly frightened

ทุก

thuk — Every, each, all without exception

ย่างก้าว

yang kao — Step, footstep, each movement when walking

กระตุ้น

kra tun — To stimulate, urge, encourage, or prompt action

กระทำ

kra tham — To act, do, commit an action or deed

สิ่ง

sing — Thing, object, matter, an entity or concept

แปลกประหลาด

plaek pra lat — Strange, weird, unusual, or bizarre in nature

บ้าคลั่ง

ba khlang — Crazy, frantic, wildly insane or fanatic behavior

ชั่วร้าย

chua rai — Evil, wicked, morally bad or vile

บางอย่าง

bang yang — Something, some thing of an unspecified nature

รู้สึก

ru suek — To feel, sense, experience an emotion or sensation

มัน

man — It, that thing; informal third person pronoun

ทั้ง

thang — Both, all, entire; inclusive of everything mentioned

การกระทำ

kan kra tham — Action, deed, the act of doing something

ไม่ตั้งใจ

mai tang chai — Unintentional, not on purpose, accidental action

เจตนา

chet ta na — Intention, purpose, deliberate plan behind an action

เวลา

we la — Time, a period or moment in time

เดียวกัน

diao kan — Same, identical, the very same one together

แม้

mae — Even, even though, although; concessive conjunction

ขัด

khat — To oppose, conflict with, contradict or obstruct

ตัวเอง

tua eng — Oneself, myself, yourself; reflexive pronoun

เติบโต

toep to — To grow, develop, mature over time

ตัวตน

tua ton — Identity, true self, one's core being or nature

ลึกซึ้ง

luek sueng — Deep, profound, having great depth of meaning

กว่า

kwa — More than, than; used in comparisons

ต่อต้าน

to tan — To resist, oppose, fight against something or someone

ตัวอย่างเช่น

tua yang chen — For example, for instance, such as the following

พบ

phop — To meet, find, encounter someone or something

คนหนึ่ง

khon nueng — One person, a certain individual, someone unspecified

ตนเอง

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

ชายชรา

chai cha ra — Old man, an elderly male person

ผู้ดี

phu di — Gentleman, person of good breeding or high class

พูด

phut — To speak, talk, say words to someone

ความรัก

khwam rak — Love, affection, deep emotional attachment to someone

บิดา

bi da — Father, male parent; formal or literary term

สิทธิ์

sit — Right, entitlement, privilege or legal authority

ผู้อาวุโส

phu a wu so — Senior person, elder, someone of higher seniority

ซึ่ง

sueng — Which, that; relative pronoun connecting clauses

วัย

wai — Age, life stage, period of one's life

น่าเคารพ

na khao rop — Respectable, worthy of respect and admiration

อุปนิสัย

up pa ni sai — Character, disposition, habitual nature of a person

ซื่อสัตย์

sue sat — Honest, faithful, sincere and trustworthy in character

ศักดิ์สิทธิ์

sak sit — Sacred, holy, spiritually powerful or consecrated

ตำแหน่ง

tam naeng — Position, rank, role or official title held

โบสถ์

bot — Church or temple, a religious worship building

ทำให้

tham hai — To make, cause, render something in a state

มี

mi — To have, there is, to possess something

ใช้

chai — To use, utilize, employ something for a purpose

รวม

ruam — To combine, include, gather together as a whole

ความเคารพ

khwam khao rop — Respect, reverence, high regard for someone

อย่าง

yang — Like, in a manner of, a way or kind

จน

chon — Until, to the point of, so much that

เกือบ

khuap — Almost, nearly, close to but not quite

การบูชา

kan bu cha — Worship, veneration, the act of devotional reverence

หน้าที่การงาน

na thi kan ngan — Work duties, professional responsibilities and job functions

เรื่องส่วนตัว

rueang suan tua — Personal matters, private affairs of an individual

ต่าง

tang — Different, various, distinct from one another

เรียกร้อง

riak rong — To demand, request urgently, claim a right strongly