to shirk; evade

to avoid meeting someone

[is] royal; of the court; superior; official; great

state (pertaining to the government)

[a conferred title or rank of the ancient Thai civil nobility being the second of a series of five conferred ranks: ขุน  (Khun), Luang, พระ  (Phra), พระยา (Phraya), เจ้าพระยา  (Chao Phraya)]

title of respect shown to elderly relatives while in the Buddhist monkhood

[is] handsome; good-looking; attractive; statuesque

to cast in metal (as is done at a foundry)

to lubricate

hauntingly; scary

artery

kilometer post along the side of the highway

belief; religious principle; teaching

the ten thousands

to have one's back to/against the wall (to have very serious problems which limit the ways in which you can act)

"Go to sleep!"

grandchild or neice by marriage

[name of a panda in Chiang Mai zoo] Lin Ping

black hole; [a metaphor for something which is unretrievable]

water reservoir

to write legibly; scribe in clear cursive script

rattan; wicker

[ต้นหวาย] rattan plant, genus Calamus

package; parcel

pilothouse (of a boat); wheelhouse

onion

to clear the jungle; clear land for farming; make a clearing in a virgin forest

head; brain; bulb; tuber

the "heads" side of a coin

to laugh; to giggle; to chuckle

[prefix] inclined to be

front; gate; beginning

essence; chief; principal part

principal

[numerical classifier for head-like objects]

top; front; head

baby's pacifier; binky; dummy

shrewd; bright; resourceful

to find a needle in a haystack

rather (conjunction, not a preposition); however

[is] forbidden; taboo; prohibited; banned

to forbid; prohibit

to halt; [of a wheel] to brake

[ห้ามใจ] to restrain oneself; suppress or control (one's) feelings

shelf; mantle

[numerical classifier for shelf]

a small vagina

canyon