[alternate spelling of มึง]

to turn one's face away from somebody

to approach; to make an overture

[is] circumspect; cautious; looking sideways, [is] looking from the corner of the eyes

[เมียงมอง] to peep; look around

formerly; previously; before; earlier

last month; in a prior month; in a month gone by

"Whenever a gathering like this arises, it generates many different waves of criticism regarding the appropriateness and propriety of the monks' behavior. Some agree; some disagree."

two nights ago

seaport; harbor

[is] exhausted; cramped; worn out

a fishwife

[แม่น้ำโขง] Mekong River

[แม่น้ำอิระวะดี] [Burma's] river Irrawaddy

jack (for car)

McKinley

[Thai transcription of foreign loanword] manganin

insect bite

Mae Hong Son, a province in northern Thailand with a 1995 population of 212,928 (rank 72 of 76)

[Thai transcription of the foreign loanword] molecule;; molecular

[is] dull; blunt; not sharp

[ไม่เคยอยู่] has never been (located at); is never (located at)

soon

[ไม่ได้ทำ] <subject> didn't do

[ไม่ต้องการว่า] <subject> doesn't need to say

[is] not yet forgotten; just recent

"it doesn't make sense" — "rubbish" — "nonsense"

nowhere

to ignore; to neglect

[voucher, offer, prize, etc.] non-transferable.

[is] absent; not here; not there

fly flap; an instrument for killing flies; fly swatter