เล็ดลอดสายตา(lêt lôt săai dtaa)
Meanings
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[to] escape [sb]'s notice; slip past [sb]'s attention
For [sth] or [sb] to go unnoticed by [sb]; to slip past [sb]'s watch or attention, often when it should have been seen.
Examples
ถึงแม้จะtĕung máe jàถึงแม้จะtĕung máe jàeven though; althoughมีmeeมีmee1[to] have; possess2there is/are; exist3[to] experience; undergoกล้องวงจรปิดglông wong-jon bpìtกล้องวงจรปิดglông wong-jon bpìt1CCTV camera; security camera2CCTV system (by extension)แต่dtàeแต่dtàe1but; however (contrast)2only; just (restriction)3from; since (starting point)4even; despite (emphatic concessive)ขโมยkà-mŏoyขโมยkà-mŏoy1[to] steal2thiefก็gâwก็gâw1also; too2then; so (sequence/result)3even; after all (emphasis/justification)4conditional marker (if… then…)5topic/resumption markerยังyangยังyang1not yet (with ไม่)2yet? (question use)3still; continuing4still/even (emphatic degree)สามารถsăa-mâatสามารถsăa-mâat1able; capable2ability; capability3talented; competentเล็ดลอดสายตาlêt lôt săai dtaaเล็ดลอดสายตาlêt lôt săai dtaa[to] escape [sb]'s notice; slip past [sb]'s attentionของkŏngของkŏng1of; belonging to2thing; item; stuff3property; goodsยามyaamยามyaam1time; period; at the time of (formal/lit.)2guard; watchman3watch duty; guard shift4quarter of the night (traditional)เข้าไปkâo bpaiเข้าไปkâo bpai1[to] go in; enter (away from the speaker)2directional complement: into; in (away from speaker)ได้dâiได้dâi1get; obtain; receive2may (polite permission/request)3able to (postverbal/resultative)4manage to; succeed in (achievement)5can; be able to; may (possibility/permission)6okay; sure; agreed
Even though there were CCTV cameras, the thief still managed to slip past the guard's watch.
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เล็ดลอดสายตาlêt lôt săai dtaaเล็ดลอดสายตาlêt lôt săai dtaa[to] escape [sb]'s notice; slip past [sb]'s attention