[Thai transcription of the foreign loanword] consul

rules and regulations

the Charter of the United Nations

ex post facto law

to press; compress; thrust; constrain; compel, force; squash; hit, click (a button or keyboard key)

[ความกด] pressure

to tyrranize or oppress

to ring (a bell)

[ปลากด] catfish

[แม่กด] the third of the "Eight Word Ending Protocols" in Thai grammar, the "-d" and "-t" sound at the end of a syllable, a dead ending [see notes]

to force down the price

the quality of being a grateful person; gratitude; gratefulness.

filter tip [of a cigarette]

whorls of a fingerprint

"A big fish in a small pond"; a self-important person in a small community

droop; hang down

case study

Department of Land Transport (within the กระทรวงคมนาคม)

Department of Public Welfare (within กระทรวงการพัฒนาสังคมและความมั่นคงของมนุษย์)

long-handled umbrella

something without substance or essence; junk

to corrode; wear down; be eroded

to crave success

boxer's athletic supporter; boxer's jock strap

[a type of] watercress used in Thai salads

[ต้นกระเฉด] the plant, Neptunia oleracea

rice winnowing basket

sandpaper

spine; backbone; vertebral column

[vi] to stimulate a nerve; nerve-stimulating (effect)

Ministry of Industry

dipper; ladle

piggy bank

ripple; heave; rise and fall; surge; wave

[แรงกระเพื่อม] upheaval; turmoil; confusion

to shake; bounce; ripple

[น้ำกระเพื่อม] a ripple in water

[เสียงกระเพื่อม] lisp

current account; checking account

starboard side (of a ship)