to make a mistake

to miss an opportunity

to prattle on and on without stopping

bend back

to overturn the established order; make exhaustive changes; effect dramatic change

to sacrifice (one's) life; to give up (one's) life

rebels

our group; us

rope; cable; line

[ไทพวน] Phuan, an ethnic group and Tai language of Northeast Thailand and Laos

Phuan [Thai male nickname]

a "Renaissance" man or woman; a jack of many trades; a cultured and well-read person

unfortunately; not so good

[is] a suitable amount; appropriate amount

foster father

Potsdam, a city in Germany

[is] disheveled; disorderly; tattered; messy

Phang Nga, a province in southern Thailand with a 1995 population of 224,500 (rank 70 of 76)

helm (of a boat or ship)

Police Colonel

genetic engineering

[พาณิชย์การ] [is] commercial

hurricane

[is] weird; strange; unusual

[พิธีเซ่นผีปะกำ] [กวย (Suay) language] [of สุรินทร์  (Surin Province)] an auspicious act or ceremony of worshipping a family's guardian spirit by the animistic กวย (Suay) people before, for example, getting married or looping the elephants. (See Notes for an additional Thai anecdote).

cake tin

vow; will; resolution; wish

to (make a) wish

[is] desirable

ground; surface; earth

Recollections of the Buddha; mindfulness of the Buddha

[is] long-winded

diamond of the first or superb water—also often used as a person's degree of excellence

[is] oblique