Advanced Thai vocabulary: idioms, nuanced expressions, and words an upper-level learner meets. Front: the Thai word, phrase, or idiom (romanization in parentheses). Back: English meaning.
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- นอกลู่นอกทาง (nok loo nok tang)
- off the beaten path, astray
- ขยี้ตา (khayii ta)
- to brush off as insignificant, to dismiss
- ยืดเยื้อ (yeuut yua)
- to drag on, to procrastinate
- หนักใจ (nak jai)
- to be troubled, anxious, or worried
- ใจร้าว (jai raao)
- to be sad, disheartened, or downcast
- ยอมรับ (yom rap)
- to accept, to admit, to concede
- ยึดมั่น (yeuut man)
- to persist in, to adhere to, to hold fast
- พากพิง (phak phing)
- to follow along, to go along with, to comply
- ปวนปั่น (puan pan)
- to cause trouble, to make a fuss, to stir up
- สลัด (salat)
- to shake off, to cast aside, to reject
- ปั้นตัวเอง (pan tua-eng)
- to reinvent oneself, to remake oneself
- ระงม (ra-ngom)
- to hold in, to suppress or contain emotion
- บ่วงบำรุง (buang bam-rung)
- to nourish, to support, to foster
- มืดมิด (muut mit)
- pitch black, completely dark
- เขียง (khiang)
- tilted, askew, unfair