natural impulse

current account; checking account

rivers; streams

sinciput, the crown of the head or the upper half of the skull

[1st person pronoun] I

to recall; recollect; think back

pant; gasp for breath; be out of breath

[is] furious; infuriated; extremely angry; enraged

to prostrate oneself as a sign of religious respect

[ปลากริม] Ctenops noblis

stadium

a cell or hole inside a pagoda

to partition (a room)

to pad, fill up, line (a container or area)

to stare (somebody) with affection in eyes; flirt with; coquette with

machine

[กล้วยไม้ป่า] wild orchids; orchids in their natural state

camera

matchbox

to reverse; make a reversal; turn over a new leaf

ringworm

to say good-bye; bid someone farewell

(of people) quartet

[Western Thai dialect] basket

[of สุรินทร์  (Surin Province)] a traditional sacred village rite depicting the locals' way of life along with an act of "Pa-Gam Ghost Worshipping"—part of Surin's famous annual Elephant Round-up Festival

[of สุรินทร์  (Surin Province)] a mahout or elephant-driver who is very masterful with the arduous routine of training and taming wild elephants

[a kind of Thai stanza or verse composed of varying types of poetic feet]

water tap; faucet

to pile up; heap up

[onomatopoea] crackling sound

transvestite; male-to-female transsexual; gay; ladyboy [see notes]

hermaphrodite

fruit with undeveloped seeds

skull; head

bumper of a car

Gus [an English given name]

swimming trunks; swimsuit; bathing suit