Most common Thai words

Get an unusable gift

Fight at a severe disadvantage

Scared stiff

Attempt far beyond one’s means

Heatedly; insistently

Nag; repeatedly remind

Have familiar private access

Get on one’s feet

Utterly silent

An inexperienced upstart

Forget the old for the new

Charm beats good looks

Scheming and deceitful

See through someone’s game

Buy votes

Land in serious trouble

Go off track in confusion

Loads of money

Work halfheartedly

Pull strings

Turn the tables on someone

Brazenly play dumb

Promising but ineffective

Warn repeatedly in vain

In a sorry state

Crack of dawn

Buy event tickets online

Falsely claim ownership or credit

what

[to] be unable to [do sth]

Mr.; mister

pattern; model; template

[to] speak; talk

fictional character; role

generosity; selfless relinquishment

dad; papa

menu; list of options

back (royal)

dearly beloved (literary)

silver (literary)

rarely; not often (formal)

lifeless; not alive

flesh; meat (literary)

meat; flesh (Northern Thai)

meat; flesh (Isan)

wait; hold on

[to] estimate; reckon; guess

airplane (dated)

definitely; for sure (informal)

[to] get out; get lost (rude)

hateful; detestable

it's all right; no problem; never mind (Isan)

[to] abolish; dissolve; discontinue

onion; shallot (Northern Thai)

wow

coffee (Southern Thai)

moreover; on top of that; to make matters worse

[to] lay eggs

balls; testicles; scrotum (vulgar)

where; in which direction

destitute; impoverished (literary)

[to] break away; abandon; desert

[to] hurry; be in a rush

school (Isan, Northern Thai)

ordinary; commonplace; unremarkable

police; police officer (dated)

skin; hide; leather (literary)

very plentiful; loads of (informal)

in a heap; in piles

[to] shoot at goal; score goals

ketamine

skinny; bony (informal)

crow (literary)

in vain; for nothing (literary)

Buddhist monk; monk's title (Northern Thai)

Chinese person (colloquial, often derogatory)

hors d'oeuvre; appetizer; starter

cow; cattle (regional or archaic)

only; do nothing but; only serve to

like that; that way (colloquial)

milk (literary)

breast (royal vocabulary)

unsteadily; staggering

[to] relax by changing posture

[to] disconnect a phone call; hang up

postal address

market (Southern Thai)

surge of determination; renewed fighting spirit

sole of the foot (royal vocabulary)

you; Your Highness (royal)

[to] travel together; accompany someone

[to] block light; shield from light

chapter; section (formal)

love; passionate attraction; affection

I wonder; huh? (very informal)

only then; only under that condition

master's degree

then; after that (literary)

because; since; for (formal or literary)

[to] invest jointly