Most common Thai words

[to] practice; train

CL: books/volumes/issues

[to] do; perform; act

the United States (common Thai usage)

office; bureau; agency

[to] depend (on)

[to] boil

all the time; constantly

Tom (name; transliteration)

[to] tattle; complain (to authority)

percent; percentage (colloquial)

[to] increase; rise; go up

[to] prosper; flourish; develop

[to] get serious; be determined

performance; show

story; tale

moderately; fairly

Belle/Bel (nickname; transliteration)

small; modest-sized

this time; this occasion

[to] tie [sth]; fasten [sth]

method; procedure; way

pretty; beautiful (reduplicated)

dry; not wet

playful or whining exclamation (slang)

although; even though; even if

formerly; previously; in the past

[to] behave; conduct oneself; carry oneself

[to] lick

[to] affect; impact

Bangkok (city)

unlikely; probably not

yeah; uh-huh; right

gin (alcoholic spirit)

how is it; how are things

[to] guarantee; assure

[to] plant; grow (plants)

[to] sing (a song)

computer program; software; application

stage; platform

[to] inject

advertisement; ad

grandchild

religion (bound form)

use; utilization

form (document)

thank you very much; thanks a lot

artist (creator of art)

last year; the previous year

signal; reception

[to] retort; [to] rebut; [to] counter

skill; craftsmanship; workmanship

friendly; easygoing

teacher; instructor; professor (esp. tertiary)

stream; brook

round; circular

before (introducing a clause)

[to] go to work

to; toward (a destination)

[to] come and help

similar; alike

kind; type; category

government service; civil service

[it's] because; since

metre; meter (unit of length)

[to] hug; embrace

bi-; two; double

[to] suit; be suitable/appropriate for

[Q] right?; isn't it?

for a while; for a bit

sunlight; sunshine

for now; for the time being

close; adjacent

stone; rock

[to] apply a poultice; plaster on

[to] shine (a light); illuminate

main; chief; principal

[to] control; regulate; manage

beautiful; lovely

before (introducing a clause)

every time; on each occasion

all at once; in one go

Char (personal name)

cage; enclosure

crumpled; wrinkled

classifier for documents/printed texts

one of [a group]

brain (organ)

[to] lock; secure; immobilize

to please; be to one’s liking

[to] move; shift; budge

now; then; so; at this point

style; manner

[to] peck (bird action)

tiny; in small bits

we humans; people (in general)

some; a little; at all; too

fault; flaw; shortcoming

tense; awkward

[to] hand out; distribute; give away