The war of the worlds — Page 89

Vocabulary

และ

lae — Conjunction meaning 'and', connecting words or clauses.

ใน

nai — Preposition meaning 'in' or 'inside'.

ขณะ

kha-na — A moment or period of time; while.

ที่

thi — At, which, that; a relative pronoun or preposition.

พวก

phuak — Group, bunch, or gang of people or things.

อยู่

yu — To be located; to stay or reside somewhere.

เบื้องหลัง

bueang lang — Behind the scenes; in the background.

ฉัน

chan — I or me; first-person pronoun, informal female.

กำลัง

kam-lang — Currently doing; strength or power; progressive marker.

เตรียม

triam — To prepare or get ready for something.

พร้อม

phrom — Ready, prepared, or complete.

สำหรับ

sam-rap — For; intended or used for a purpose.

การ

kan — Nominalizing prefix indicating an action or process.

โจมตี

chom-ti — To attack or launch an assault on.

ครั้ง

khrang — Time, instance, or occasion of an event.

ต่อ

to — Next, toward, per, or to continue.

ไป

pai — To go; directional particle indicating movement away.

เบื้องหน้า

bueang na — In front; ahead or in the foreground.

มวล

muan — Mass, totality, or the whole of something.

มนุษยชาติ

ma-nut-ya-chat — Humanity; the entire human race collectively.

รวม

ruam — To combine, include, or gather together.

พล

phon — Force, troops, or military personnel.

เพื่อ

phuea — In order to; for the purpose of.

สู้รบ

su-rop — To fight or engage in combat.

ได้

dai — Can, able to; past tense marker; to get.

ฝ่าฟัน

fa-fan — To struggle through or overcome obstacles perseveringly.

ด้วย

duay — With, also, too; using an instrument or means.

ความ

khwam — Nominalizing prefix for abstract nouns or states.

เจ็บปวด

chep-puat — Pain, ache, or physical and emotional suffering.

พยายาม

pha-ya-yam — To try hard or make an effort.

อย่าง

yang — In a manner; way or kind of something.

สุดขีด

sut-kheet — Extreme, utmost, or at the maximum degree.

จาก

chak — From; originating or departing from a place.

เปลวไฟ

pleo-fai — Flame or tongue of fire burning brightly.

ควัน

khwan — Smoke produced by burning or combustion.

ของ

khong — Of, belonging to; possessive particle.

เมือง

mueang — City, town, or country as a place.

ลุกไหม้

luk-mai — To be on fire; to burn or blaze.

มุ่ง

mung — To head toward; to aim or be directed at.

สู่

su — Toward or to a destination or goal.

กรุง

krung — Capital city; used before a city's proper name.

เห็น

hen — To see or observe something visually.

เรือ

ruea — Boat or ship used for water travel.

ลำ

lam — Classifier for boats, aircraft, or tubular objects.

หนึ่ง

nueng — One; the number 1.

ถูก

thuk — To be subjected to; cheap; passive voice marker.

ทอดทิ้ง

thot-thing — To abandon or leave something or someone behind.

ขนาด

kha-nat — Size, dimension, or scale of something.

เล็ก

lek — Small or little in size.

มาก

mak — Many, much, a lot, very.

ห่างไกล

hang-klai — Far away, distant, or remote from something.

ลอย

loi — To float on water or in the air.

ตาม

tam — To follow; along; according to.

กระแสน้ำ

kra-saet-nam — Water current or flow in a river or sea.

สลัด

sa-lat — To shake off or fling away; also salad.

เสื้อผ้า

suea-pha — Clothes or clothing worn on the body.

เปียก

piak — Wet, soaked, or damp with liquid.

ชุ่ม

chum — Moist, saturated, or thoroughly soaked.

ส่วน

suan — Part, portion, or section of something.

ใหญ่

yai — Big, large, or great in size.

ออก

ok — To exit, go out, or come out.

ว่ายน้ำ

wai-nam — To swim in water.

ไล่

lai — To chase, pursue, or drive away.

คว้า

khwa — To grab or snatch something quickly.

หลบหนี

lop-ni — To flee or escape from danger.

หายนะ

hai-ya-na — Disaster, catastrophe, or great calamity.

นั้น

nan — That; referring to something previously mentioned.

ไม่

mai — No, not; negation particle.

มี

mi — To have or there is/are.

พาย

phai — To paddle a boat with an oar.

แต่

tae — But; however; a contrasting conjunction.

ก็

ko — Also, then, well; a discourse particle.

น้ำ

nam — Water; liquid in general.

มือ

mue — Hand; the part of the body at the wrist.

เท่า

thao — Equal to; as much as; the same amount.

ลวก

luak — To scald with boiling water; to blanch.

จะ

cha — Will, going to; future tense marker.

อำนวย

am-nuay — To facilitate, provide, or make something possible.

ล่อง

long — To drift or float downstream along a river.

ลง

long — To go down; descend; directional particle downward.

แม่น้ำ

mae-nam — River; a large natural flowing stream of water.

โดย

doi — By, by means of; via an agent or method.

เชื่องช้า

chueang-cha — Slow, sluggish, or leisurely in movement or pace.

คอย

khoi — To wait or keep watching for something.

หัน

han — To turn the head or body in a direction.

มอง

mong — To look at or gaze at something.

ตลอด

ta-lot — Throughout, all along, or the entire duration.

เวลา

we-la — Time; a period or point in time.

ดัง

dang — Loud; famous; as or like something.

คุณ

khun — You; a polite second-person pronoun.

คง

khong — Probably, likely, or presumably; to remain stable.

เข้าใจ

khao-chai — To understand or comprehend something clearly.

ดี

di — Good, well, or fine in quality.

ติดตาม

tit-tam — To follow, track, or keep up with something.

เพราะ

phro — Because; the reason for something.

คิด

khit — To think, consider, or have an opinion.

ว่า

wa — That; to say; a complementizer or quotative particle.

สายน้ำ

sai-nam — A stream or flow of water.

ให้

hai — To give; to allow; causative marker.

โอกาส

o-kat — Opportunity, chance, or occasion to do something.

ที่สุด

thi-sut — The most; superlative marker indicating the highest degree.

แก่

kae — To; for; old or aged.

หาก

hak — If; in the event that something happens.

ยักษ์

yak — Giant; a large mythical or monstrous creature.

เหล่า

lao — Those; a group or collection of beings.

กลับ

klap — To return; to go back to a place.

มา

ma — To come; directional particle toward the speaker.

ร้อน

ron — Hot or warm in temperature.

พ่ายแพ้

phai-phae — To be defeated or lose in a contest.

กับ

kap — With; and; together with someone or something.

จน

chon — Until; so much that; to be poor.

กระทั่ง

kra-thang — Until, even, or up to a point in time.

ระยะทาง

ra-ya-thang — Distance or the length between two points.

เกือบ

kueap — Almost or nearly reaching a certain amount.

ไมล์

mail — Mile; a unit of distance equal to 1.6 km.

แทบ

thaep — Almost, barely, or hardly; nearly but not quite.

ฝั่ง

fang — Bank, shore, or side of a river or sea.

ทั้ง

thang — Both, all, or the entirety of something.

สอง

song — Two; the number 2.

ข้าง

khang — Side; beside or next to something.

อย่างไรก็ตาม

yang-rai-ko-tam — However, nevertheless, or regardless of the situation.

แถว

thaeo — Row, line, or area around a location.

ร่าง

rang — Body, figure, or draft outline of something.

ดำๆ

dam dam — Dark or blackish in color; very dark.

รีบเร่ง

rip-reng — To hurry or rush with urgency.

ข้าม

kham — To cross over or pass across something.

ทุ่งหญ้า

thung-ya — Grassland, meadow, or open grassy field.

ทิศทาง

thit-thang — Direction or orientation toward a place.

ดู

du — To look at, watch, or seem like.

เหมือน

muean — Like, similar to, or resembling something.

บ้าน

ban — House or home; a residential dwelling.

หลาย

lai — Many, several, or numerous in number.

หลัง

lang — Behind, after, or the back of something.

หน้า

na — Front, face, or the next in sequence.

เข้า

khao — To enter or go into a place.

หา

ha — To look for or seek something or someone.

มัน

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

ช่าง

chang — How; how very; a craftsman or technician.

แปลก

plaek — Strange, odd, or unusual in nature.

สถานที่

sa-than-thi — Place, location, or venue of a thing.

สงบ

sa-ngop — Calm, peaceful, or quiet and undisturbed.

นิ่ง

ning — Still, motionless, or not moving at all.

ยิ่ง

ying — Even more; increasingly; the more that.

ร้าง

rang — Abandoned, deserted, or uninhabited place.

ผู้คน

phu-khon — People, persons, or human beings in general.

สิ้นเชิง

sin-choeng — Completely, entirely, or totally without exception.

ใต้

tai — Under, below, or beneath something.

ท้องฟ้า

thong-fa — Sky; the expanse of air above the earth.

สีคราม

si-khram — Indigo or deep blue color.

ระอุ

ra-u — Stuffy and hot; sweltering or oppressively warm.

เส้น

sen — Line, strand, or classifier for roads and noodles.

เล็กๆ

lek lek — Very small or tiny in size.

พุ่ง

phung — To shoot up, dart, or surge quickly upward.

ตรง

trong — Straight, direct, or right at a point.

ขึ้น

khuen — To go up; rise; directional particle upward.

ยาม

yam — Period, time, or watch; a guard or watchman.

บ่าย

bai — Afternoon; the time after midday.

เคย

khoei — Used to; to have had experience doing something.

บ้านเรือน

ban-ruean — Houses and dwellings collectively; residential buildings.

ปราศจาก

prat-chak — Without, free from, or devoid of something.

ฝูงชน

fung-chon — Crowd or large group of people gathered together.

ห้อมล้อม

hom-lom — To surround or encircle on all sides.

เป็น

pen — To be; to have a condition or status.

อุปสรรค

up-pa-sak — Obstacle, barrier, or difficulty in achieving something.

ก่อน

kon — Before; prior to something in time or order.

เลย

loei — At all; already; beyond; an intensifying particle.