Most common Thai words

Swansea

[to] manage and oversee medication use

[to] keep time; get the timing right

ascetic practices; austere wandering (Buddhist)

revered monk-master

[to] skip a step; [to] bypass a level

[to] graciously command, permit, or grant (royal)

locking; the act of locking

essence; core; gist

manner of speaking

challenge; dare

brooch; pin

mechanical bridge (billiards/snooker)

infatuated; obsessed; engrossed (in vice, power, etc.)

per person; individually

[to] prepare medicine; [to] arrange medication

B team; reserve squad

fair-skinned; light-skinned

bulging; swollen; protruding

customer ID; customer code

I/we humbly beg your pardon (very deferential)

[to] forgive [sb]; pardon [sb]

[to] ignite; catch fire

influential; powerful

[to] hold tryouts; [to] select [sb]; [to] try out

ancient times; antiquity

[to] draw prizes; hold a raffle

music video

[to] pair up; [to] match

deterioration; decline; decay

[to] stand up

renowned; celebrated

argument; quarrel

ginger tea; ginger drink

[to] be on duty

[to] raise the price; mark up

silver nielloware

Kantrum (traditional Thai-Khmer folk music)

top news; headlines

millions (of); numbering in the millions

a train (set of rail cars)

[to] support; assist; foster; promote

turn on a lathe

[to] protect [workers]; [to] safeguard [labor rights]

extremely severe; critical

principal Buddha image

minor (music)

it’s wasteful; it uses too much

fundraising (donations)

[to] surrender; capitulate

Malay (language)

Chonburi Province

weir; small dam; check dam

[to] transfer a call; [to] forward a call

Royal Thai Police

tire tread

antenna tower; signal mast

the old days; former times

a Thai male given name (Surasak)

delivery; handover

white; bright; pure

[to] walk on the ground

power; might (formal/literary)

graduation ceremony

royal throne; royal seat (honorific)

[to] remember a code/password

groin

circumstances; circumstances of a case

[to] break one’s word; renege

Nan City (in Nan Province)

[to] pile on; [to] chime in (often negatively)

directly; straight

Liverpool team; Liverpool F.C.

football match; soccer game

Central Bangna (shopping mall)

[to] be sterile; [to] be infertile

smeared; splattered; smudged

medicine (formal/archaic)

perfect; spot-on; flawless (colloquial)

streetlight; street lamp

mirage

personal business; private matter

windpipe; trachea (everyday)

orchid (esp. native species)

stock market index

burial; interment

[to] go home late (at night); get home late

fragrant and refreshing; fresh-scented

[to] offer royal blessings/good wishes

brain; intellect; mind

[to] go on a date; [to] date

already a pro; now skilled/expert

giving an interview

thus; in this manner (formal)

muscle definition; striations

[to] check [sth]; [to] review work

nicely hot (positive)

advisor (academic)

[to] spoil [sb]'s appetite

new blood; new generation