เอาใจความ

ao jai kwaam

Meanings

1NounB2

[to] get the gist; extract the main idea

To understand or extract the essential meaning or main point from what is read or heard.

Examples

ถึงtĕungถึงtĕung1to; toward (recipient/goal)2even; so ... that; to the point that3as far as; concerning (formal)4to; until; up to5[to] arrive; reachฉันchănฉันchăn1I; me (1st person pronoun)2[to] eat (polite/old-fashioned)จะjàจะjà1will; shall (future/intention marker)2about to; going to (near future, often w/ กำลังจะ)3then; would (result in conditionals)ไม่mâiไม่mâi1not (negator)2no (reply)เข้าใจkâo jaiเข้าใจkâo jai1[to] understand; grasp2[to be] understanding (of [sb])3[to] assume; take sth to be trueทุกtúkทุกtúk1every; each2every (interval/frequency)คำkamคำkam1word; term2speech; saying; utterance3classifier for words/utterancesแต่dtàeแต่dtàe1but; however (contrast)2only; just (restriction)3from; since (starting point)4even; despite (emphatic concessive)ก็gâwก็gâw1also; too2then; so (sequence/result)3even; after all (emphasis/justification)4conditional marker (if… then…)5topic/resumption markerพอจะpor jàพอจะpor jàcan possibly; be able to (to some extent)เอาใจความao jai kwaamเอาใจความao jai kwaam1[to] get the gist; extract the main idea2[to] summarize the gistของkŏngของkŏng1of; belonging to2thing; item; stuff3property; goodsเรื่องrêuuangเรื่องrêuuang1matter; issue; subject2story; tale3about; regarding (as a topic marker)4classifier for stories/films/casesได้dâiได้dâi1get; obtain; receive2may (polite permission/request)3able to (postverbal/resultative)4manage to; succeed in (achievement)5can; be able to; may (possibility/permission)
Even though I don't understand every word, I can roughly get the main point of the story.
2NounB2

[to] summarize the gist

To state or give a brief summary focusing on the main points.

Examples

ช่วยchûuaiช่วยchûuai1please (polite request)2[to] save; rescue [sb]3[to] help; assist [sb/sth]เอาใจความao jai kwaamเอาใจความao jai kwaam1[to] get the gist; extract the main idea2[to] summarize the gistของkŏngของkŏng1of; belonging to2thing; item; stuff3property; goodsเรื่องrêuuangเรื่องrêuuang1matter; issue; subject2story; tale3about; regarding (as a topic marker)4classifier for stories/films/casesทั้งหมดtáng mòtทั้งหมดtáng mòt1all; entire; whole2all; in total; completely3the whole; everythingให้hâiให้hâi1[to] give; provide2[to] have [sb] do; cause to3for (benefit of)4so that; in order to5until; to the point that (result)6[to] allow; let; permitฟังfangฟังfang1listen2heed3[to] sound; seem (to the ear)หน่อยnòiหน่อยnòi1a little; a bit2polite softener (request)ผมpŏmผมpŏm1I; me (male speaker, polite)2hair (on the head)ไม่มีmâi meeไม่มีmâi mee1to not have; lack2there is/are not; does/do not exist3[reply] we don't have it; out of stockเวลาway-laaเวลาway-laa1time2time; period; occasion3when; at the time (that)4time (classifier) [rare/idiomatic]อ่านàanอ่านàan1[to] read2[to] read aloud; pronounce3[to] interpret; make sense ofเองayngเองayng1oneself; personally; by oneself2exactly that/itself3emphatic particle (self/only)
Please summarize the whole story for me; I don't have time to read it myself.

Related Words

Word Breakdown

เอาaoเอาao1[to] take; get; pick2[to] want (request/ordering)3[to] use; employ4[to] bring/take (for use)5marker: purpose/focus6marker: insistence/emphasisPart 1
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ใจความjai kwaamใจความjai kwaam1substance; essential content2main idea; gistPart 2
เอาใจความao jai kwaamเอาใจความao jai kwaam[to] get the gist; extract the main idea