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| afraid | กลัว | To be scared (She is afraid of spiders and snakes.) |
| alarm | เตือน | Sudden fear (She was alarmed when she saw the big snake.) |
| ancient | โบราณ | Very old (Those are ancient ruins on the mountain.) |
| announce | ประกาศ | To make known publicly (The government announced a new law.) |
| approach | เข้าใกล้ | To come/go nearer (We carefully approached the dangerous animal.) |
| art gallery | ห้องศิลป์ | Place for showing art (The paintings are on show in the art gallery.) |
| associate | หุ้นส่วน | Partner (His associate is a good businessman.) |
| athlete | นักกีฬา | Sportsperson (An athlete is someone who enjoys athletics.) |
| attempt | ลอง | To try (He will attempt to jump over the fence.) |
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| bodywork | ภายนอก | The outside part/s of something (The car's bodywork was damaged.) |
| breakage | ส่วนที่เสียหาย | Damaged part (There was a breakage in the old vase.) |
| bury | ฝัง | To put underground (The dog will bury it's bone over there.) |
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| caves | ถ้ำ | Holes in the mountainside (There are lots of caves in Phangnga province.) |
| chase | ไล่ล่า | To try and follow (The police were chasing the criminal.) |
| circus | ละครสัตว์ | An entertainment venue (Clowns are part of a circus.) |
| companion | เพื่อน, สหาย | A friend (My companion is called Peter.) |
| complete | เสร็จ | To finish something (I will complete my homework tomorrow.) |
| complicated | ยาก ซับซ้อน | Very difficult (The maths questions were complicated.) |
| crawl | คลาน | To move on hands and feet (The baby was crawling on the floor.) |
| cycle (v) | ปั่น | To power a bicycle (He cycles to work everyday.) |
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| directly | โดยตรง | Without deviation (The bus went directly to the town.) |
| disadvantages | เสียเปรียบ | Unfavourable conditions (Because he was short, he had many disadvantages.) |
| disturb | รบกวน | To annoy (The boy disturbed the cat while it was sleeping.) |
| dive in | ตรงเข้าไป | To jump into something (He dived straight into his work.) |
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| edutainment | การเรียนโดยทำให้เพลิดเพลิน | Fun education/learning (The students like edutainment in the class.) |
| electric circuit | แผงไฟ | Path for electrical current (There are many electrical circuits in a TV.) |
| exaggerated | คุยโม้ โอ้อวด | To say more than there is (He exaggerated about the size of the fish.) |
| eyewitness | พยาน | Person who saw an incident (The eyewitness saw everything.) |
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| fire walk | เดินบนไฟ | Walk on fire (The man did a fire walk over the flames.) |
| foreman | ผู้ควบคุม | Person in charge (The foreman was strict but fair with his workers.) |
| foresee | มองเห็นอนาคต | To see the future (The man was able to foresee the future.) |
| forward | ด้านหน้า | Ahead (When driving, you must always look forward.) |
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| government | รัฐบาล | Group in charge of a country (The government was recently elected. ) |
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| happen | เกิดขึ้น | To occur (An earthquake will happen sometime in the future.) |
| hollow | กลวง | Not solid (The bird lived inside the hollow tree.) |
| hormones | ฮอร์โมน | Substances in the body (The woman's hormones changed as she got older.) |
| horrible | รุนแรง | Very bad (I saw a horrible accident yesterday.) |
| housework | ดูแลบ้าน | Domestic chores (Cleaning and cooking are part of the housework.) |
| human (kind) | คน | People (You and I are humans.) |
| hypnosis | สะกดจิต | Sleep like condition (When he was under hypnosis, he didn't know anything.) |
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| immune system | ภูมิต้านทาน | Bodies defence (He has a very good immune system and is rarely ill.) |
| independently | อิสระ | Not relying on others (They independently helped all the others.) |
| infra-red | อินฟาเรด | Radiation wavelengths (The car is opened by an infra-red remote.) |
| injection | ฉีดยา | A medical term for putting medicines in a body (I hate having injections.) |
| inspire | ดลใจ กระตุ้น | To stimulate an action (The lady inspired me to do this work.) |
| interrupt | รบกวน | To disturb (The young boy interrupted the class with his talking.) |
| intruder | แขกที่ไม่รับเชิญ | An unwanted visitor (The intruder stole a lot of things from the house.) |
| invade | บุก ร้าวราน | To enter using force (The group of men invaded the village.) |
| involved | เกี่ยวข้อง | To be part of (The young boys were involved in the bank robbery.) |
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| keep an eye on | ดูแล เผ้า | To look after something (They will keep an eye on our house.) |
| kingdom | อาณาจักร | Area ruled by a king (or queen) (The United Kingdom has a Queen.) |
| knights | ได้รับการแต่งตั้ง | Man holding title (The queen made the the movie-star into a knight.) |
| knitting | ถัก | Form of sewing (My grand-mother is knitting me some socks.) |
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| low | ต่ำ | Not high (The student got low grades last year.) |
| lucky | โชคดี | Fortunate (If you are lucky, you will win the competition.) |
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| make | ทำให้ | To cause (If I eat that it will make me sick.) |
| make up one's mind | เลือก ตัดสินใจ | To decide (I will make up my mind later.) |
| magnet | แม่เหล็ก | Something that exerts attraction (He used a magnet.) |
| manufacture | โรงงาน | To make a finished object (That company manufactures umbrellas.) |
| marriage | แต่งงาน | Union of husband/wife (There is a marriage ceremony over there.) |
| mechanical | ช่างกล | A machine (A car is a mechanical machine.) |
| medical | ตรวจร่างกาย | Health term (The man has to pass a medical before he can join the army.) |
| mend | ซ่อม | To fix (The lady mended the zip in the jeans.) |
| murder | ฆ่า | Act of killing someone (Murder is very bad.) |
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| newborn | เพิ่งเกิด | Recently born (There were newborn babies in the hospital.) |
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| observation | ตรวจ สำรวจ | To have noticed somethin (As an observation, I noticed the wall was dirty.) |
| occur | เกิดขึ้น | To happen (A bad storm will occur tonight.) |
| old age | แก่ | Elderly (You will reach old age when you're 75 years old.) |
| outer | นอกขอบเขต | The outside area (The outer area of a banana is yellow in colour.) |
| overeat | กินเกินขนาด | Eat too much (If you overeat, you will get fat.) |
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| patient (n) | คนป่วย | Doctors 'customer' (If you go to see a doctor you'll be his patient.) |
| perfect | ดีที่สุด | To have no faults (The student always gets perfect scores.) |
| physical | ร่างกาย | Relating to the body (He does a lot of physical work.) |
| pile | กองสูงเนิน | A heap (There is a pile of washing to be done tomorrow.) |
| pleasure | ประทับใจ | Happiness/being pleased (She had great pleasure when she passed the exams.) |
| powerful | แข็งแรงมาก | To be very strong (The engines are powerful on a jet airplane.) |
| prehistoric | ก่อนประวัติศาสตร์ | Before recorded history (Dinosaurs were prehistoric animals.) |
| proclaim | ประกาศ | To officially announce (I proclaim that this building is now open.) |
| produce | ผลิต | To create (The bees produced a lot of honey this year.) |
| production line | ขอบเขตการผลิต | One after the other (The cars are produced on a production line.) |
| proverb | สุภาษิต | Saying that proclaims the truth (A stitch in time saves nine is a proverb.) |
| psychological | หมอตรวจโรคประสาท | Relating to the mind (The old lady had some psychological problems.) |
| push | ผลัก | To apply pressure to move (We had to push the car.) |
| pyramids | ปิระมิด | Tall historical Egyptian buildings (There are some big pyramids near Cairo.) |
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| recall | เรียกคืน | To order a return (All of the new TVs were recalled because of a fault.) |
| recurring | เกิดขึ้นอีกครั้ง | Repeating (The old man had a recurring problem with his leg.) |
| red hot | ไฟแดง | Glowing with heat (The metal rod was red hot after being in the fire.) |
| regard | ให้ความเคารพ | To hold respect for (The students regarded their teacher as very nice.) |
| relaxed | ผ่อนคลาย | Not serious (The tourists were very relaxed lying on the beach.) |
| remember | จำได้ | To not forget (Everybody can remember their own name.) |
| repair | ซ่อม | To fix (He will repair my watch tomorrow.) |
| routine | เป็นประจำ | Regular actions (His routine was the same everyday.) |
| ruins | ปรักหักพัง | Remains of a structure (After the explosion, the house was in ruins.) |
| run off | ล้น | Overflow of a liquid (The run-off was full of dirty water.) |
| rusty | สนิมเหล็ก | Corroded (The bicycle was rusty because it had been left outside.) |
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| satisfaction | ดีใจกับความสำเร็จ | Happiness with something you've done (He was full of satisfaction.) |
| shortly | เร็วๆนี้ | Very soon (Shortly we will be starting a new project in class.) |
| simple | ธรรมดา ง่าย | Very easy (The instructions were very simple.) |
| simplified | ทำให้ง่าย | Made easier (The teacher simplified everything making it easier to learn.) |
| simulation | การลอกเลียน | Resemblance to (There was a simulation as part of the exercise.) |
| software | โปรแกรมของคอมพิวเตอร์ | Data needed to run computer (I've installed new software.) |
| solar system | จักรวาล | Collection of planets (The sun, moon and earth are all in one solar system.) |
| solution | คำตอบ | An answer (The solution to 4 + 4 is 8.) |
| sonar | เสียงระบบซาวน่า | Underwater sound tracking (Submarines use sonar to find their way.) |
| specialist | ผู้ชำนาญ | An expert (Someone who concentrates on one subject is a specialist.) |
| stately home | คฤหาสน์ | Large house belonging to a rich person (That stately home is beautiful.) |
| structure | โครงสร้าง | Any building (All buildings are structures.) |
| success | ประสบความสำเร็จ | To win or achieve (He passed all the exams so was successfull.) |
| summary | การสรุป | A conclusion (A summary is usually the final words on a subject.) |
| surgery | รับการรักษา | Medical operation (He had to have surgery to fix his broken arm.) |
| system | ระบบ | Set of objects/rules (The system here is that older people go first.) |
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| tales | หาง | Short stories (Have you heard the tale of the young boy and his dog?) |
| theme park | สวนสนุก | Fun park (Children everywhere love theme parks.) |
| theory | ทฤษฎี | On paperwork ... (An idea that should work in theory anyway.) |
| three dimensional | สามมิติ | Having length, width and depth (A box is a three dimensional object.) |
| total | รวม | Sum (The total of 2 + 5 + 7 + 3 is 17) |
| tribe | เผ่าพันธุ์ | Large family (There are many tribes in Indonesia.) |
| try | ทดลอง | Attempt (He will try to climb Mount Everest next year.) |
| twitch | ชัก กระตุก | Sudden nervous movements (The man's neck had a nervous twitch.) |
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| unfortunately | โชคไม่ดี | Unluckily (Unfortunately, he had an accident.) |
| upset | โกรธ | To be unhappy (The young girl was upset when her kitten died.) |
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| valley | ที่ราบต่ำ | Lowlands between mountains (There is a river flowing along the valley.) |
| version | เรื่องราว | One account of many (The schoolboys all had different versions.) |
| virtual reality | สภาวะเหมือนจริง | False realism (Those goggles make you have virtual reality in space.) |
| visualization | การมองเห็น | Mental images (My visualization was one of sunshine and beaches.) |
| voice | เสียง | Sound from a person (The singer had a beautiful voice.) |
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| ward | ห้องหวอด | Room for in-patients in a hospital (Six people stayed in the ward.) |
| water skiing | เครื่องเล่นสกีน้ำ | Water sport (People are water skiing on the sea today.) |
| well being | สภาพที่ดี | Being healthy/appy (There was a sense of well being after the exams.) |
| workshop | ห้องทำงาน | Small building for light industry (The two men worked in the workshop.) |
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