year-end festival; New Year festival
to be familiar with
zodiac (twelve signs)
musical part; voice (music)
[to] seize up; fail (of an engine)
standard-grade rubber
the Four Noble Truths (Buddhism)
shallow; superficial (ideas; understanding)
Advanced Photo System (APS)
Dyna (Toyota light truck; small truck)
old-fashioned; out of date (informal)
[to] decline; deteriorate; wane
beam brace; bracing member
brick used to reinforce a base
bustling Isan merit-making event
string(s) for Thai phin
[to] have faith in a revered monk
[to] demolish; dismantle; take down
[to] rack-mount [sth]
layer (level/stratum)
last place; bottom of the standings (slang)
[to] do research; conduct a study
brutalist building
Blue Force (friendly forces)
display lag
Buddhist discourse/scripture (sutta/sutra)
lay Buddhist; address term by monks
dawn light spreads
swift; sudden; abrupt
graceful; elegant (of appearance/form)
humble; respectful (in attitude)
to cut off supplies/services; stop entirely
cruel; brutal; inhumane
the King is head of state (Thai constitutional principle)
a kind of grasshopper (regional/colloquial)
[to] supply; feed (materials/energy)
[to] cut into a bob
prime assets/property
prime slot (peak-time slot)
repo; repurchase agreement (finance)
[to] take care to avoid bending
[to] take the blame; bear guilt
main cause
horsefly/deerfly
sluggish; slow
color spectrum
makeup look; makeup style
[to] lay out pages; do page layout
[to] initiate; pioneer
balanced flavor profile
nanoscale; nanotechnology-related
Thai land/territory
debt trap; debt quagmire
spinning wheel; spinning spindle
seething; tense (emotion/situation)
cyto- (biology)
coaxial cable
dopamine (neurotransmitter)
slat; lath; lattice slat
[to] cross (a ball)
sandpaper vine (Petrea volubilis)
talk; discussion; talk segment
allergenic; allergy‑inducing
broadcast‑seeded paddy field
complex; complicated
[to] go bankrupt; be declared bankrupt
view; scene (formal/element)
Su; Sue (personal name)
[to] be blown away by the wind (of a house)
[to] twist fibers into thread or cord
clamp bolt; bracket bolt
ultrasound nurse
ratification (treaties, agreements)
[to] enhance; augment
guileless; artless
dignified; stately
performance test (computing)
the creature/thing itself
minor scale (music)
minor chord
bridge (card game)
[to] lay claim to; stake out
[to] nourish [sb]'s heart; sustain [sb]'s spirit
[to] highlight; accentuate
[to] rake in; scoop up (profits)
clear wording; explicit wording
[to] maintain morale
heartsick; deeply hurt
emotionally bruised; heartsore
deeply bruised
indifferent; apathetic
hair whorl; scalp whorl
[to] harbor vengeance; bear malice
[to] slip up; err unintentionally
concise; succinct (of writing or speech)
[to] put on airs; act pretentious
[to] be captivated by a song/music
[to] sway; rock
minimalist; in a minimalist style/approach
[to] adapt a novel (into a script)