square

I watched a  programe on TV last night. There were two men talking to each other..

A: You still owe me 15,000 dollars and I want it back, but if you work for me with a high service , we're square.

B: Let me think about it.

"we're square" means we do not owe each other /we do not know each other or we are even.

We're sqare หมายถึง เราไม่ได้เป็นหนี้ซึ่งกันและกัน / เสมอกัน / เจ๊ากัน นั่นเอง

costs me an arm and a leg

Yesterday I and my husband went to see Adam who just bought a house. He said ' This house costs me an arm and a leg.'

costs me an arm and a leg means extremely expensive.

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Greeting

Sawatdee kha! is Thai greeting. It is same as  Hi, Hello, Good morning, Good afternoon and Good evening . We do not have a specific word in different time, so just "Sawatdee" in anytime and also for good bye.


There are 2 words show sex of a person who speak. I would like to talk also, both words make the sentences soft and polite.

1. Kha= for women say include girls for example; Sawatdee kha. Kob khun kha ( means Thank you.)

2.Krab =  for men include boys for example  Sawatdee Krab.  My name is Tom krab.


Body language for Sawatdee is bowing hands and bend your head. There are  3 levels for this issue :

1. Greeting a person or people who older: we will bowing hands at the chest level and bend the  head to touch the big fingers.

2. Greeting a person or people who has same age : we will bowing hands at  the chest level and just move head down little ,not bend head down to touch big fingers.

3. Greeting a person or people  whom are younger : Thai traditional  younger person/people  give respect / greeting  to a person/people who older first with bowing and older person/people respons as greeting to a person/people who has same age, or just say Sawatdee without bowing.


PS:
 I talk inThai and English because only 2 langueages I speak dairy. I would like to learn other languages too.

Conversations ..

BOY : May I hold your hand?
GIRL : No thanks, it isn't heavy.

GIRL : Say you love me! Say you love me!
BOY : You love me...

GIRL : If we become engaged will you give me a ring??
BOY : Sure, what's your phone number??

GIRL : I think the poorest people are the happiest.
BOY : Then marry me and we'll be the happiest couple

GIRL : Darling, I want to dance like this forever.
BOY : Don't you ever want to improve??

BOY : I love you and I could die for you!
GIRL : How soon??

BOY : I would go to the end of the world for you!
GIRL : Yes, but would you stay there??

SHARON : Have you ever had a hot passionate, burning
Kiss??
TRACY : I did once. He'd forgotten to take the
Cigarette out of his mouth.

MAN : You remind me of the sea.
WOMAN : Because I'm wild, romantic and exciting?
MAN : NO, because you make me sick.

WIFE : You tell a man something, it goes in one ear
And comes out of the other.
HUSBAND : You tell a woman something: It goes in both
Ears and comes out of the mouth.

MARY : John says I'm pretty. Andrew says I'm ugly.What
Do u think,
Peter?
PETER : A bit of both. I think you're pretty ugly.

1) Girlfriend : "...And are you sure you love me and
No one else ?"
Boyfriend : "Dead Sure! I checked the whole list again
Yesterday".

2) Teacher : "Which is more important to us, the sun
Or the moon?"
Pupil : "The moon".
Teacher : "Why?"
Pupil : "The moon gives us light at night when we need
It but the sun gives us light only in the day time
When we don't need it".

3) Teacher : "What do you call a person who keeps on
Talking when people are no longer interested?"
Pupil : "A teacher".

4) Waiter : "Would you like your coffee black?"
Customer : "What other colors do you have?"

5) My father is so old that when he was in school,
History was called current affairs.

6) Teacher : "Sam, you talk a lot !"
Sam : "It's a family tradition".
Teacher : "What do you mean?"
Sam : "Sir, my grandpa was a street hawker, my father
Is a teacher".
Teacher : "What about your mother?"
Sam : "She's a woman".

7) Tom : "How should I convey the news to my father
That I've failed?"
David: "You just send a telegram: Result declared,
Past year's performance repeated".

8) Teacher : "Now, children, if I saw a man beating a
Donkey and stopped him, what virtue would I be
Showing?"
Student : "Brotherly love".
9) Teacher : "Now, Sam, tell me frankly do you say
Prayers before eating?"
Sam : "No sir, I don't have to, my mom is a good
Cook".

10) Patient : "What are the chances of my recovering
Doctor?"
Doctor : "One hundred percent. Medical records show
That nine out of ten people die of the disease you
Have. Yours is the tenth case I've treated. The others
All died".

11) Teacher : " Can anybody give an example of
COINCIDENCE?"
One Student : "Sir, my Mother and Father got married
On the same day and at the same time."

12) Teacher : " George Washington not only chopped
Down his father's Cherry tree, but also admitted doing it.
Now do you know why his father didn't punish him ?"
One Student: " Because George still had the axe in is hand."

What Idioms Mean

# Take a shot at it   ;     Try it  ลองทำ

# That idea want up in smoke      ; That idea didn't   work   disappeared;no one liked it
   ความคิดนี้ไม่ได้ผล / ไม่มีใครชอบ

# She was swept off her feet   ; She fell in love quickly  หล่อนตกหลุมรักอย่างรวดเร็ว

# I was hot and bothered         ; I was upset ฉันเคยเศร้า

# He kicked the bucket              ; He died  เขาตาย 
                                                             
 ( another word means died is croaked อีกคำที่แปลว่าตาย คือ croaked)
                                                                        
( croak is the sound of frog เสียงร้องของกบ croak)

# Pass the buck           ; Expect someone else to take the blameor responsibility ปัดความรับผิดชอบไปให้คนอื่น
  (buck= dollar)          
 ( do not want to take responsible so give to somebody else โยนความรับผิดชอบไปให้คนอื่น)



# At the drop of a hat       ; Quickly; without advance notice เกิดขึ้นเร็วมากโดยที่ไม่รู้ล่วงหน้า

#Down in the dumps          ;  Depressed; gloomy ; sad เศร้า /  กดดัน
 

# Make both ends meet        ; Income = outg ,money in = money to pay รายรับ=รายจ่าย

#  Break the ice                     ;Prepare the way; start a conversation ทำให้ความเงียบหายไป  เช่น กลุ่มคนในงานสังสรรค์ที่ไม่รู้จักกันมาก่อน ทุกคนเงียบ ทำให้บรรยากาศอีดอัด แล้วมีคนหนึ่งพูดขึ้นมาคนแรก เป็นการทำให้ความเงียบหายไป บรรยากาสดีขึ้นเมื่อทุกคนคุยกัน คนที่พูดคนแรกคือคนที่ Break the ice

   A person who starts a conversation is break the ice.

# It's all cut and dried          ; It's all settled = finished, it's over, taking care of
ทุกอย่างจัดการเรียบร้อยแล้ว / จบไปแล้ว / เสร็จสิ้นแล้ว

# On the edge of tears          ;     About to cry  ใกล้จะร้องไห้ น้ำตาปริ่มที่ขอบตา

# Burn the candle at both ends    ; Too much work or play ; not enough rest
 ทำงานมากเกินไป/ เล่นมากเกินไป / ผักผ่อนไม่พอ เหมือนเทียนที่ถูกจุดทั้งสองด้าน

#  On the double                ; Hurry!  รีบเร่ง

# He's too big for his britches         ; He thinks he's more important than he really is. คิดว่าตัวเองมีความสำคัญมากกว่าความเป็นจริง/ พวกหลงตัวเอง

 ( britches = a slang word for pants   เป็นคำแสลงเรียกกางเกง)

This idiom makes me think to a tale about a bull frog and a hen. A bull frog try to makes himself  as big as a hen so he blows his body as a balloon until his body broke. He dead!

ทำให้นีกถึงนิทานเรื่องกบเห็นแม่ไก่ พยายามพองตัวให้โตเท่าแม่ไก่ สุดท้าย พองตัวเองจน ท้องแตกตาย

keep...

# keep a stiff upper lip =  not afraid, brave ไม่กลัว / กล้าหาญ

# keep a straight face =  the face does not show emotion สีหน้าไม่แสดงอารมณ์ / หน้าเฉย

# keep an eye on = look at something, someone  จับตามอง

I want to go to the bathroom please keep an eye on my bag .
ฉันจะไปห้องน้ำ ช่วยดูกระเป๋าให้ด้วยนะ

You need to keep an eye on that boy because I am afraid he is going to steal something.
คุณต้องคอยดูเด็กชายคนนั้นไว้เพราะฉันเกรงว่า เขากำลังจะโขมยของ


# keep an eye out = keep watching for someone is coming คอยดูคนที่กำลังจะมา

Everyone is in the class room except Ked, then the teacher told students to keep an eye out for Ked.
ทุกคนในอยู่ในห้องเรียนยกเว้นเกด คุณครูบอกจึงบอกให้นักเรียนทุกคนคอยดูว่าเกดมาหรือยัง

I ask my friend to keep an eye out for my husband if he comes home because I want to surprise his birthday.
ฉันบอกให้เพื่อนคอยดูว่าสามีของฉันจะมาหรือยัง เพราะฉันต้องการเซอร์ไพรส์วันเกิดเขา

why foreigner do not understand me?

I took this topic from my Thai friend's blog in Thai  .

The main problem is Pronunciation because Thai language does not have sound at the end of word and does not say the word up through the nose.

For example the word Salad

Thai says : saaa-lad
English says: sae-lad

When speak English in Thai way sounds like the music in flat tone but English is different such as the sound of the end of word ; t, ch, sh, k... when say wrong sound it could be the different word in different meaning and also the word need to stress in some syllable for example Photography  stress at the second syllable (-to) which I have the problem with this point because I do not know where to stress in anyword.

What about other languages?

Quotation # 4

"Darkness cannot drive out darkness, only light can do that, Hate cannot drive out hat, only love can do that."

ความมืดไม่สามารถขับไล่ความมืดได้ มีเพียงแสงสว่างเท่านั้นที่ทำได้
ความเกลียดไม่สามารถกำจัดความเกลียดได้ มีเพียงความรักเท่านั้นที่ทำได้

Martin Lutherking