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Sap Jaak Khao looks at a selection of vocabulary from a timely news story in both Thai and English. It is helpful for learners of both languages

Below is a list of the lessons that have appeared in this column this year.

SEPTEMBER 2005

    September 13: rot ruu  — Luxurious cars are doing well in sales.

    September 6: fai tai  — The unrest in the South is the movement of "the new generation".

AUGUST 2005

    August 30: pit thanon  — Many jointly oppose the idea of closing a road for motorbike racing.
    August 23: chek deng  — Bounced cheques come flooding in Chiang Mai.
    August 16: taw  — A hornet hunter is stung to death.
    August 9: sapparot  — Pineapples treat cancer.

JULY 2005

    July 26: pao huu  — Southern militants brainwash villagers in taking revenge on state officials' .

    July 19: phong  — Thai and Taiwanese police seized a large sum of heroin .

    July 12: samret  — Nasa succeeded in striking the Temple-1.

    July 5: fuung phae  — Herds of goats get new job.

    JUNE 2005

    June 28: thiip  — TRT dismissed Mr Sanoh from every post.
    June 21: ai jaw  — Crab-eating macaques pread simian malaria to human.
    June 14: khwaamklua  — Daily attacks in the violence-stricken southern provinces is develping into the state of fear.
    June 7: thiidet  — Miss Universe's charm is khawpkhun kha.

MAY 2005

    May 31: chuat  — England team fails to get Beckham back.
    May 24: pen chaak  — One footage of Miss Universe contestants has the Temple of the Emerald Buddha and the Temple of Dawn as backdrops.
    May 17: lui  — Mr Thaksin asks ministers to take tough actions against corruption.
    May 10: hong  — UEFA is to punish ‘the Swan’ for the chaos caused by its football fans.
    May 3: tok raang  — A Japanese train derails claiming 50.

APRIL 2005

    April 26: lan  — The New Pope pledges to revive the unification of Christians.
    April 19: thapthom  — Traffice death and injury tolls are piling up.
    April 12: thanon Khao Saan  — Powder and pipe guns are to be banned from Khao San Road .
    April 5: tuuean  — Bangkok is listed among cities with high cost of living.

MARCH 2005

    March 29: tuuean  — Warning: A new earthquake is likely.
    March 22: mon rak  — A long-distance love in tsunami.
    March 15: krapao tung  — ITV's rebels go back home with bulging pockets.
    March 8: lamyai  — Watana's heavily criticised for the longan-for-lomotives plan.
    March 1: ot-taeng  — Ronaldo has to do without getting married.

FEBRUARY 2005

    February 22: ot-taeng  — Ronaldo has to do without getting married.
    February 15: namyaa  — A wise man is skeptical over the ability of the PM's plan to eliminate poverty.
    February 8: nawng-luueat  — The general election turns bloody.
    February 1: witmuay  — Nearly-deadHewitt makes a last-gasp comeback.

JANUARY 2005

    January 25: khon plot breyk  — It's the person who released the brake.
    January 18: hiiroo  — Federer takes on the role of a true hero
    January 11: rap phon bun  — The government gains benefits from tsunami.
See columns for 2004 here

Read our other sap jaak khao columns here.

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