B1 Thai words
Intermediate vocabulary for stories, explanations, and real conversations.
electronic (relating to electronic devices/systems)
free; unrestricted; loose
sports center; sports complex
property; assets (legal/financial)
intelligence; intellect; mental ability
[to] carve; engrave
[to] pump; draw off (fluid or gas)
[to] bet; gamble; wager [on sth]
checkpoint; border post; toll booth; inspection station
minister; cabinet minister (abbrev.)
acting; interim (holding office temporarily)
hall; lobby; large open room
opposite; contrary
spec; specification
in one go; in one shot
branch; offshoot (figurative)
furnace; kiln; oven
[to] spread; escalate (esp. fire/disease/conflict)
whoosh!; swoosh!
[to] wrap fish
weed; weedy vegetation
[to] roll flat; press flat; compress
classifier: monks; royalty; deities; sacred statues
booth; stall; kiosk
literature; literary works
package (bundle)
opera company
[to] raise (funds)
classifier for clumps of plants
plan; blueprint; layout (drawing)
wind direction/axis; airflow line
watercourse; river/stream
[to] sail; move swiftly (through water/air)
interpreter
[to] deal (cards)
measles (rubeola)
[to] swindle; con; scam; defraud
[to] turn/go back; reverse; rewind
[to] train hard; work out
[to] pass away
Teachers’ Day (Thailand)
[to] found; establish; set up
[to] collapse; cave in
female flight attendant; air hostess (colloq.)
classifier for domesticated elephants
[to] rise sharply (fig.)
novel; work of fiction
[to] be far from; lie far from
method; way; means
physical channel
boundary; limit; bounds
former; ex-
abandoned building
prompt; brief; guiding question
leave out; omit; skip
space; gap
[to] take a shortcut through alleys
long-established; longstanding
[to] distinguish; tell apart
arts and culture
attachment; emotional hold
rose apple; wax apple (fruit or tree)
Pterocarpus macrocarpus; Burma padauk
mixed; composite
[to] intend; aim; mean (to do)
history; background
mental strength; morale
vaccine
flame; blaze; fire (formal)
season (TV series)
busy; crowded; bustling
stressed; taking [sth] too seriously (informal)
transport; transportation; communications (formal)
[to] upgrade items; enhance gear (gaming)
[to] ordain; enter the monkhood
[to] pray; [to] recite a prayer
sea of mist; sea of fog
boxing instructor; Muay Thai trainer
disciple; pupil; student
musical scale
open up emotionally
shrill; piercing (sound)
stump; stubble
[to] be immersed; be buried; be stuck (literal/figurative)
irritating; irritated (physical)
[to] indicate; be indicative of
property; possessions; assets; belongings
longan tree
coffee plantation; coffee farm; coffee garden
careless; negligent; reckless
[to] transfer; reassign (job/role); relocate
map pin; location marker
close-fitting; snug; tightly against
[to] smack; swat
[to] collapse; give way (structural)
lineage; family; clan
[to] inherit; succeed to
ancestor; forebear
hospital bed/capacity
[to] accumulate; build up (over time)