group; amount; mass; cluster

[astronomy] a constellation (a group of stars which form a pattern and have a name)

Democratic Alliance Against Dictatorship; DAAD

securities portfolio

[chemistry] Glucinium, Gl, atomic number 4

to be disturbing/annoying (and thus asking for) trouble (i.e. getting hurt physically or a kick in the pants) [an euphemism of กวนตีน]

noodle soup

[is] wider

Thai Poetry

a bamboo clump

[abbreviation for กองอำนวยการรักษาความมั่นคงภายใน] ISOC

army troops; military forces

Crime Suppression Unit [Royal Thai Police]

to commiserate; join together; [is] shoulder to shoulder

[alliterative suffix]

[is] matted (as of hair); tossled; unkempt

to blink; wink

[กะพริบตา] to blink

[of the human body] waist

to endure; make a determined effort; be patient; bite the bullet

[book of the Old Testament] Numbers

to mark an election ballot

jeans

leaf sheaf of banana tree; fibrous layer on the trunk of the banana tree

[placed before a verb or noun to create a noun which indicates a general activity, process, or state] the process of..., the activity of..., an enactment of..., the state of... [see notes]

work; job; task; business; duty; action [can be placed before or after a word—see notes]

[a suffix usually placed at the end of a Pali or Sanskrit root word to form a new combined word, a noun]

[พอการ] appropriately; suitably

[พอการ] much; considerably

[การแก้] a cure; a remedy

[การเขียนสีร่ม] Thai umbrella painting, another handicraft that has created employment for a good number of locals in Thailand's Northern Provinces. A great souvenir

[การคืบคลาน] creeping slowly; inching along

[การจีบกัน] "cruising," the activity of flirting with romantic intent

[การซุบซิบ] gossip

a red-carpet welcome