equal; egalitarian
scope; range; extent
[to] slash prices; bargain hard (colloq.)
[to] shame publicly; expose
royal birth (of a monarch)
royal duties; royal activities
[to] have an audience with royalty
faded; lacking vividness
on duty; stationed (status)
blessed; auspicious (formal)
admonition; formal advice
terry cloth; towel
pervasive; diffused (smell/atmosphere)
betel leaf
red lime (slaked lime paste for betel chewing)
worship; veneration
[to] agree to borrow [money]
contrary; obstructive (of a person)
distinct; prominent
club house manager (Thai context)
rib (anatomy; slender rod-like part)
scapegoat
scapegoat
[to] transplant rice seedlings
green spider mite (Tetranychus spp.)
[to] bend and sway
[to] flaunt
sensational; dramatic
[to] sprout out; grow beyond
cyberspace; online realm
[to] let one’s feelings flow; relax emotionally
disorganized; all over the place
[fig.] [to] go off track/plan
[to] support; help sustain
complacent; overconfident
[to] vary; change with conditions
[to] force oneself; push through; tough it out
[to] counterbalance; check
[to] weigh up; hesitate; deliberate
[to] cake on (makeup); apply thickly
[to] reassign; relocate [staff/duties]
explicit; unequivocal
critical; urgent; tense (situation)
[to] respectfully inform; submit (very formal)
CLF: เกรียง (trowels/scrapers)
[to] slice/slash in one stroke
[to] fill/patch with putty
[fig.] strained; breaking down
pricking pain; nagging irritation; thorn in the side
parquet (wood flooring)
revered teachers; masters
custom; tradition; convention; norm
public affairs; public interest matters
rain under dark, gloomy skies
dairy cooperative
[to] set aside; earmark
domestic preference; economic nationalism
[of a tree/plant] die while still standing
[to] contrast (highlight differences)
cellulose (structural polysaccharide in plants)
polymer (large molecule of repeating units)
cell (electrochemical unit)
mechanism; device workings
cochlea (inner-ear spiral organ)
also; as a result
tissue (biological)
sharp; acute (pain, sensation, intelligence, style)
hesitant; evasive (speech)
[to] grill; interrogate (about wrongdoing)
loophole; vulnerability; weak spot
ordination hall (Buddhist)
[to] dedicate/transfer merit
[to] criticize harshly
phlebotomist; blood-draw nurse/tech (colloq.)
gypsum board/drywall; gypsum sheet
[to] interweave; interlace; thread
Department of Fisheries (Thailand)
highlight (makeup)
[to] conjure; enchant
sacred; holy
Buddha-; Buddhist- (prefix)
sprocket
gear tooth; cog
Thailand’s Budget Bureau
administrative office; management bureau
regulatory office/department
[to] conduct research and study
[to] wander; drift around
[to] retract; draw in
[to] play down; gloss over; downplay
[to] hide; lurk; infiltrate; be concealed
rhetoric; the art of persuasive language
garment construction; tailoring (process)
[to] imply; embed [an] implication
implication; connotation
smack/slap sound (onomatopoeia)
[to] liberate; emancipate
[to] spin; oscillate
military bandsman
in full dress; in full uniform