The Wind in the Willows — Page 87

Vocabulary

พวกเขา

phuak khao — Third person plural pronoun meaning 'they' or 'them'

เดิน

doen — To walk on foot

ต่อไป

to pai — To continue forward or onwards

อย่าง

yang — In a manner or way; like something

เงียบๆ

ngiap ngiap — Quietly, silently, without making noise

ได้

dai — Can, able to; also marks past tense

สักพัก

sak phak — For a short while or a moment

เมื่อ

muea — When; at the time that something happened

ฉับพลัน

chap phlan — Suddenly, abruptly, all at once

นั้น

nan — That; demonstrative pronoun referring to something

แรต

raet — A rat, small rodent mammal

ก็

ko — Then; also; discourse particle connecting clauses

รู้สึก

ru suek — To feel; to sense an emotion or sensation

ผ่าน

phan — To pass through or go past something

ทางแขน

thang khaen — Along the arm; through the arm area

ที่

thi — At, which, that; relative pronoun or place marker

เกี่ยว

kiao — To relate to; to be connected or involved with

อยู่

yu — To be located; to stay; ongoing action marker

กับ

kap — With; together with; and (joining nouns)

โมล

mon — Mole (the animal); small burrowing mammal

ถึง

thueng — To reach; to arrive at a place

ความรู้สึก

khwam ru suek — A feeling, emotion, or physical sensation

สั่นสะเทือน

san sa thuean — To vibrate, tremble, or shake noticeably

อ่อนๆ

on on — Gently, softly, mildly in degree

คล้าย

khlai — Similar to; resembling something else

กระแสไฟฟ้า

krasae fai fa — Electric current; flow of electrical energy

กำลัง

kamlang — Currently doing; also means strength or power

ลงมา

long ma — To come down; to move downward toward speaker

ตาม

tam — To follow; along; according to

ร่างกาย

rang kai — The physical body of a person or animal

ของ

khong — Of; belonging to; possessive particle

สัตว์

sat — An animal; any living creature

ตัวนั้น

tua nan — That creature; that particular individual animal

ใน

nai — In, inside, within a space or time

ทันใด

than dai — Suddenly, immediately, right at that moment

เขา

khao — He, she, him, her; third person singular pronoun

แยกตัว

yaek tua — To separate oneself; to detach from a group

ออก

ok — Out; away; to exit from a place

ถอย

thoi — To step back; to retreat or move backward

หลัง

lang — Behind; back; after; the rear side

หนึ่ง

nueng — One; the number one

ก้าว

kao — A step; one footstep forward or backward

และ

lae — And; connecting two words or clauses

รอคอย

ro khoi — To wait and anticipate; to await something

ตั้งใจ

tang jai — To pay attention; to concentrate; to intend

สัญญาณ

sanyyan — A signal; a sign or indication of something

ส่ง

song — To send; to transmit something to someone

มา

ma — To come; toward the speaker; directional verb

แล้ว

laeo — Already; then; completion marker for actions

ยืน

yuen — To stand upright on one's feet

นิ่ง

ning — Still, motionless, without moving at all

ครู่หนึ่ง

khru nueng — For a moment; a brief period of time

ขณะ

khana — While; at the moment that; during a time

จมูก

chamuk — Nose; the organ used for smelling

ซึ่ง

sueng — Which; that; relative pronoun in formal Thai

ชู

chu — To raise up; to lift something upward

ขึ้น

khuen — Up; upward; to rise or increase

สั่น

san — To shake; to tremble or quiver quickly

เบาๆ

bao bao — Lightly, gently, softly in movement or touch

สูด

sut — To sniff or inhale through the nose

อากาศ

akat — Air; atmosphere; also means weather

รอบข้าง

rop khang — Surroundings; all around; the nearby area

จากนั้น

chak nan — After that; then; following that event

วิ่ง

wing — To run; to move quickly on foot

สั้นๆ

san san — Briefly; shortly; in a short manner

รวดเร็ว

ruat reo — Fast, rapid, quick in movement or action

ไป

pai — To go; away from speaker; directional verb

ข้างหน้า

khang na — In front; ahead; the forward direction

สะดุด

sadut — To stumble; to trip and hesitate suddenly

หยุด

yut — To stop; to halt movement or action

ลอง

long — To try; to attempt doing something new

ย้อน

yon — To go back; to reverse direction or course

กลับ

klap — To return; to go back to origin

เดินหน้า

doen na — To move forward; to proceed ahead confidently

ช้าๆ

cha cha — Slowly, at a gradual unhurried pace

มั่นคง

man khong — Stable, firm, steady and secure

มั่นใจ

man jai — Confident, certain, sure about something

ตื่นเต้น

tuen ten — Excited, thrilled, feeling eager anticipation

มาก

mak — Very, much, a lot; high degree intensifier

คอย

khoi — To wait for; to keep watch for something

ติดตาม

tit tam — To follow; to track; to keep up with

ใกล้ชิด

klai chit — Close, intimate, in near proximity

มี

mi — To have; to exist; there is something

ท่าทาง

tha thang — Manner, posture, appearance, or bearing of someone

คน

khon — A person; a human being; people

ละเมอ

lamoe — To sleepwalk; to act unconsciously while sleeping

ข้าม

kham — To cross over; to go across something

คู

khu — A ditch or drainage channel in the ground

แห้ง

haeng — Dry; lacking moisture or water

ปีน

pien — To climb; to scale up something

ฝ่า

fa — To push through; to force one's way past

พุ่มไม้

phum mai — A bush or shrub; dense low vegetation

ใช้

chai — To use; to make use of something

นำทาง

nam thang — To guide; to lead the way for others

ทุ่ง

thung — A field or open meadow of land

โล่ง

long — Open and clear; unobstructed wide space

ไม่มี

mai mi — There is none; to not have something

ร่องรอย

rong roi — A trace, track, or mark left behind

เปลือยเปล่า

plueai plao — Bare, naked, exposed without covering

แสงดาว

saeng dao — Starlight; the faint light from stars

ริบหรี่

rip ri — Faint, dim, barely visible light

โดย

doi — By; by means of; through an action

การ

kan — Nominalizer for actions; the act of doing

เตือน

tuean — To warn; to remind someone of danger

ล่วงหน้า

luang na — In advance; ahead of time; beforehand

ดำดิ่ง

dam ding — To plunge or dive steeply downward

ลงไป

long pai — To go down; downward away from speaker

แต่

tae — But; however; a contrasting conjunction

ระวังตัว

rawang tua — To be careful; to watch out for oneself

รีบ

rip — To hurry; to rush; to act quickly

อุโมงค์

umong — A tunnel; underground passage through earth

อัน

an — A classifier for objects; one item

แม่นยำ

maen yam — Accurate, precise, exactly on target

ซื่อสัตย์

sue sat — Honest, faithful, loyal and trustworthy

มัน

man — It; third person pronoun for animals or things

อับ

ap — Stuffy, stale, closed-in and poorly ventilated

กลิ่น

klin — A smell, scent, or odor of something

ดิน

din — Soil, earth, dirt from the ground

โชย

choi — To waft; to drift gently as a scent

แรง

raeng — Strong, powerful, intensely forceful

ดู

du — To look; to watch; to seem or appear

เหมือน

muean — Like, similar to, resembling something

ว่า

wa — That; to say; complementizer introducing clauses

นาน

nan — Long time; for a lengthy duration

สำหรับ

samrap — For; intended for a particular purpose or person

กว่า

kwa — More than; comparative particle in Thai

ทางเดิน

thang doen — A passageway or walkway for traveling through

จะ

cha — Will; future tense marker or intention

สิ้นสุด

sin sut — To end, to terminate, to come to conclusion

ลง

long — Down; downward; to descend or decrease

ยืดตัว

yuet tua — To stretch one's body out fully

สลัดตัว

salat tua — To shake or flick one's body free

จุด

chut — To light; a point or dot; to ignite

ไม้ขีดไฟ

mai khit fai — A match; small stick used to make fire

แสง

saeng — Light; a beam or ray of light

มองเห็น

mong hen — To be able to see; to perceive visually

กวาด

kwat — To sweep; to scan across an area

โรย

roi — To sprinkle; to scatter lightly over a surface

ทราย

sai — Sand; fine granular material from earth

ไว้

wai — To keep; to place; to retain for later

เรียบร้อย

riap roi — Neat, tidy, orderly and properly arranged

ตรงหน้า

trong na — Directly in front; straight ahead of oneself

คือ

khue — Is; to be; identifies or defines something

ประตูหน้าบ้าน

pratu na ban — The front door of a house

เล็กๆ

lek lek — Small, tiny, little in size

คำว่า

kham wa — The word; the term that says something

เขียน

khian — To write; to inscribe letters or words

ด้วย

duai — With, also, by means of something

ตัวอักษร

tua akson — A letter of the alphabet; a written character

แบบ

baep — Style, type, design, or pattern of something

เหนือ

nuea — Above; north; higher than something else

กริ่ง

kring — A doorbell; a small ringing bell device

ข้างประตู

khang pratu — Beside the door; next to the entrance