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The vocabulary of political conflict
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 27/12/2010
» The ongoing political conflict has been a daily topic in the Bangkok Post for the past several years and there is a whole set of vocabulary that we have seen again and again.
unprecedented
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 08/11/2010
» never having happened before ที่ไม่เคยเกิดขึ้นมาก่อน
Revoke
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 01/11/2010
» to officially say that something is no longer legal, e.g., a contract, a law, a document, etc. ยกเลิก, เพิกถอน
evacuate
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 25/10/2010
» to cause to leave a place because it is not safe เคลื่อนย้ายออกจาก (the noun form is evacuation)
Fiasco
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 24/09/2010
» something planned that goes wrong and is a complete failure, usually in an embarrassing way ความล้มเหลวอย่างสิ้นเชิง
Auction, auction off
Published on 22/09/2010
» (n) a usually public sale of goods or property, where people make higher and higher bids (= offers of money) for each thing, until the thing is sold to the person who will pay most การประมูล การขายโดยการประมูล (v) to sell through an auction นำไปขายโดยการประมูล
Charoen Pokphand patriarch at Concordian
Learningpost, Purich Trivitayakhun, Published on 15/06/2010
» Recently, Charoen Pokphand Group's chairman and CEO Dhanin Chearavanont appeared at Concordian International School in Bangkok to preside over the graduation ceremony of Grade 12 (Mathayom 6) students. The topic of his speech was "Ethics of Leadership", in which he provided parents and students with keys to lifelong success.
HCU does HM the King's philosophy proud
Learningpost, Purich Trivitayakhun, Published on 15/06/2010
» Recently, Huachiew Chalermprakiet University (HCU) was awarded the third prize in the 2nd National Best Practice of the Philosophy of Sufficiency Economy Contest (Sufficiency Economy Contest) in the Large Businesses category, which was organised by the Office of the Royal Development Projects Board.
Bayer and friends teach conservation
Learningpost, Published on 03/06/2010
» On a Saturday afternoon, a line of green-clad student naturalists walked under a scorching sun between a sugar cane field and a forest. They were headed to Khao Pasang community forest, which serves as a buffer between the cultivated land in Mae Poen district and the reserved forests of Mae Wong National Park, in Nakhon Sawan province. The district is about 300km north of Bangkok.
ISB students help peers
Learningpost, Published on 03/06/2010
» Today, while Thailand is struggling to recover from the menacing problem of political disunity, the efforts of a small group of young students are as welcome as a breath of fresh air.