to encircle [referring to communist China]

Loi Kratong, Loy Krathong, a Thai festival and ceremony of Brahmin origin celebrated throughout the nation on the full moon night of November each year by floating กระทง  onto the local rivers or canals to ask for forgiveness from the River Goddess Ganges (พระแม่คงคา) for having polluted her in the past and to express gratitude toward her for giving everyone water

to get off scott-free; to get off without a penalty

to waggle one's head; move the head from side to side while talking

Loren [an English given name]

[informal, spoken pronunciation of ละ —a particle used at the end of a statement or question to add an imperative quality]

circus

[ละเมาะไม้] woods; forest; thicket

euphonious version of "play"

[is] delicate; fine; subtle

[grammar] a classifier, a numerative noun

Conservatism

to fire a weapon; shoot a bullet

to say goodby to someone as one is leaving

below; under; down below; underneath

[เบื้องล่าง] below

[is] lower

[general] fan palm, Corypha umbraculifera, Corypha lecontei

[ต้นลาน] fan palm tree

[ใบลาน] leaf of fan palm (sometimes used for writing religious texts)

yard; lawn; court; courtyard; open space; plaza; grounds

a (coiled metal) spring

[is] dazzled; flustered

dazzling; overwhelming

polka dot pattern

[is] muscular

creek; brook; stream

tongue-tied

to fly; to soar; to rise up high in the air; to streak; to rush

swiftly; with a rush

towering; soaring; extremely

to slip; slide; skid

one's relatives

[ลูกขุน] jury; juror

[informally referring to an] employee; subordinate

underling; assistant; helper; workmen

piglet

minute

to have an affair; to commit adultery; to cheat on (one's) wife

Les [an English given name]