[is] very different; as different as can be

foreign; expatriate; alien

foreign; abroad; foreign country

all sorts; all kinds, a variety of

to go against the wind

as expected; as anticipated

[is] legendary

[ตามแบบ] [is] conventional; following the model

[is] secluded; alone; solitary

to be insensitive, to fail to explode or ignite; not sexually aroused

square inch

[is] extremely low; very short

a residential building in the royal compound

to be blocked by a float procession

to light up a lamp or lantern

[is] concerned with; involved with

[negative connotation] to get involved, พลอยฟ้าพลอยฝน (to suffer from or become mixed up with others [wrongdoers] without actual participation, to be involved with others). The expression ติดหลังแห has long been misspelled as ติดร่างแห - until the mistake has become widely, nationally, accepted. [rolleyes]

[Thai transcription of foreign loan word] tutor

to upset someone’s applecart; to disrupt someone’s plans

[อาตี๋] [แต้จิ๋ว  dialect] a Chinese boy

[แต้จิ๋ว  dialect] younger brother

[is] taut; tense; tight; stretched; strained

[is] deaf; hard of hearing

to shake; swing; sway; waver; rock; vacillate (short version)

mailbox (for receiving delivered mail)

[Thai transcription of the foreign loanword] tetra-

in full battle dress

a pressure cooker

bed

to break; burst; shatter; smash; break in pieces; break out; blossom

[is] broken; shattered

[ทำให้แตก] to crush; to break

[การแตก] breakage

[แตกกัน] to break up; split up (from each other)

to compose music

mountain stream; brook; creek; a stream running in a gorge or ravine with hardly any banks but high rising cliffs on both sides