to forestall; bar; obstruct; hinder; prevent

Douglas [an English given name]

as usual

as such; such as this; like this...; thus; therefore

[is] original; traditional; first; earliest; initial; introductory; opening; primary; starting; ingenious; inventive

to correct someone's behavior; train; reform

to listen carefully to

to hurl abuses at each other; curse back and forth

[Thai transcription of the foreign loanword] data

the windward side

cotton thread, string, cord, or yarn

star [in sports or entertainment]

comet

to sink or sink down deeply, feel deeply

dirt; earth; soil; ground; land; kingdom; realm

[ที่ดิน] a plot of land, ground, or earth; real estate

[electricity] ground

[ชาวดิน] peasant; rural folk; farmer

pencil

[is] nice; graceful; fine; beautiful

to tap with the fingers; to flick; pick at; flip

[is] stubborn; obstinate

to look at; examine; or inspect; to watch (for example, a film)

[น่าดู] worth seeing; really; very much

to appear

to glance; look sideways; look from the corner of the eye

young girl; lass

Deborah [an English given name]

to experience something directly; (lit., “to walk with one’s feet; to see with one’s own eyes; to speak directly, and to hear with one’s own ears.”)

to be of age; to know what is right and wrong; to know the language

sunlight; sunshine; sun; strong sunlight; rays of the sun

to skip class; play truant

in a peaceful manner

namely...; with respect to...; that is...

"...may I?" — "...can you?"