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  Court cases in the news

  Terry Fredrickson, Published on 14/09/2010

  » There are currently four big legal cases in the news involving four different courts. We’ll look at the kind of vocabulary you are like to see in each of these cases, but first let’s look at some general vocabulary commonly found in court cases of all types. All come from recent Bangkok Post stories.

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  Dose / Overdose

  Terry Fredrickson, Published on 05/10/2010

  » an amount of drug that you take at a single time ปริมาณยาที่ให้ต่อครั้ง / too much of a drug that someone takes at one time ปริมาณยาที่มากเกินไป

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  adrenaline

  Terry Fredrickson, Published on 16/12/2010

  » a substance produced in the body when you are excited, afraid or angry. It makes the heart beat faster and increases your energy and ability to move quickly อะดรีนาลิน, ฮอร์โมนเนื้อในต่อมหมวกไต

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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.

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  wary

  Terry Fredrickson, Published on 04/03/2011

  » careful or nervous about someone or something because you think they might cause a problem ระมัดระวัง

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  vital

  Terry Fredrickson, Published on 17/03/2011

  » extremely important; necessary for the success or continued existence of something จำเป็นสำหรับชีวิต; สำคัญมาก

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  bruise

  Terry Fredrickson, Published on 02/09/2011

  » a mark that you get on your body if you are hit or if you knock against something แผลฟกช้ำ, รอยฟกช้ำ

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  nudge

  Terry Fredrickson, Published on 19/09/2011

  » to make something move gradually or a little way in a particular direction; to use a part of your body to give a little push to someone or something (The noun form is also nudge) ดัน,ถอง,สะกิด,ดุน

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  cramping

  Terry Fredrickson, Published on 21/09/2011

  » a condition (also known as "cramps" in which you experience a sudden pain when the muscles in a particular part of your body contract, usually caused by cold or too much exercise ตะคริว (the verb for is also cramp เป็นตะคริว)

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  overflow

  Terry Fredrickson, Published on 09/11/2011

  » (of a river, canal or other body of water) to flood the land next to it (The water that does this is also called overflow) เอ่อล้น, ไหลล้น

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