[is] appropriate; just right

to have an equal chance; even odds; equal probability

[a male] chef; cook

[พ่อทูนหัว] godfather

the sovereign of an ancient city state

[is] in high spirits

Port-of-Spain, the capital city of ตรินิแดดและโตเบโก (Trinidad and Tobago)

[ไฟพะเนียง] sparkler variety of fireworks; Roman candle

[is] sparkling

[ต้นพะเนียง] [a tropical tree with edible seeds] Archidendron jiringa

[ลูกพะเนียง] seeds of the tree Archidendron jiringa

to physically relax oneself

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

helm (of a boat or ship)

Phattalung, a province in southern Thailand with a 1995 population of 491,326 (rank 48 of 76)

Pantip

Pantip Plaza (computers, electronics, and IT shopping mall in Bangkok)

[พากเพียร] to persevere; stick to doing something

apple pie

[Thai transcription of the foreign loanword] paraffin

to kill or destroy

[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).

National Museum

[is] queer; fantastic; odd

elder brother; elder sister of one's wife

genetically modified plants

[is] chubby; paunchy

underbrush

to go on and on; speak seemingly without end

hardness; durability

to call out; chirp; cry; shout

[ถนนเพลินจิต] [name of a road in Bangkok] Ploenjit; Ploenchit; etc.

[เพิ่งจะมี] <subject> has just recently had

a recess or groove cut into the edge of a piece of wood or stone