ลงร่อง

long rông

Meanings

1NounB1

[to] get on track; [to] fall into place

to start working smoothly or correctly; to get into a routine or find the right way of doing something.

Examples

ทำงานtam ngaanทำงานtam ngaan1[to] work; do one's job; be on duty2[to] function; operateใหม่màiใหม่mài1new; not old2new; different; fresh3again; anew4new; inexperienced (novice)มาสmâatมาสmâatmonth (formal; literary)องongองong1degree (angle) [abbr.]2royal/monastic honorific (prefix)3classifier: Buddha images/statues (in some dialectal/colloquial use via องค์)อาทิตย์aa-títอาทิตย์aa-tít1Sunday; week (formal)2Sunday (abbr.)3given name4the Sunตอนนี้dton néeตอนนี้dton née1now; at the moment2this time/this moment (time noun)ทุกอย่างtúk yàangทุกอย่างtúk yàangeverything; all thingsเริ่มrêrmเริ่มrêrm1[to] start; begin2[to] start to; begin toลงร่องlong rôngลงร่องlong rông1[to] get on track; [to] fall into place2[to] fall into a groove/rutแล้วláeoแล้วláeo1already; now (as of this point)2then; and then; after that3already (preverbal perfective)4and; and then (linking clauses)5already (sentence-final)
I've been at the new job for two weeks, and now everything is starting to get into a routine.
2NounB2

[to] fall into a groove/rut

to go down into a channel, groove, or rut, like a wheel falling off a path.

Examples

ตอนdtonตอนdton1episode; chapter2when; at the time (of)3section; part4time segment; periodขับรถkàp rótขับรถkàp rót[to] drive (a motor vehicle)บนbonบนbon1on; upon2upper; top3[to] vow (at a shrine)ถนนดินลูกรังtà-nŏn din lôok rangถนนดินลูกรังtà-nŏn din lôok ranglaterite/gravel road; lateritic dirt roadต้องdtôngต้องdtông1must; have to2should; likely to; bound to3correct; rightระวังrá-wangระวังrá-wang1[to] be careful; take care2[to] watch out for; guard against3watch out!; caution!ล้อรถló rótล้อรถló rótvehicle wheelจะjàจะjà1will; shall (future/intention marker)2about to; going to (near future, often w/ กำลังจะ)3then; would (result in conditionals)ลงร่องlong rôngลงร่องlong rông1[to] get on track; [to] fall into place2[to] fall into a groove/rutข้างทางkâang taangข้างทางkâang taang1roadside/wayside2by the road/along the way3roadside (as a modifier)
When driving on a gravel road, you have to be careful that the car wheels don't go down into the rut on the side.

Related Words

Word Breakdown

ลงlongลงlong1[to] go down; descend2[to] put; apply; record3[to] decrease; go down4[to] land; alight5down; downstream6downstream; southbound7[to] get off (vehicle)Part 1
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ร่องrôngร่องrông1groove; channel2slot; notch3furrow (agricultural/face)Part 2
ลงร่องlong rôngลงร่องlong rông[to] get on track; [to] fall into place