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ã¨´Õ kind (heart + good)
ã¨àÂç¹ calm (heart + cool)
ã¨Ãé͹ impatient, impetuous (heart + hot)
ã¨á¤º narrow-minded (heart + narrow)


¹èÒʹ㨠interesting (son jai - to be interested in)
¹èÒàº×èÍ boring (buea - to be bored)
¹èÒÅ×Á forgettable (luem - to forget)
¹èÒ¡ÅÑÇ frightening (glua - to be afraid)


¢Õéà¡Õ¨ lazy (kiat does not exist in isolation)
¢ÕéÍÒ shy (aye – to be embarrassed)
¢ÕéÅ×Á forgetful (luem - to forget)
¢Õéà˹ÕÂÇ mean, stingy (niew – to be sticky)


ªèÒ§¾Ù´ talktative (phoot – to speak)
ªèÒ§¤Ô´ given to thinking (khit – to think)
ªèÒ§Êѧࡵ observant (sung-gate – to observe)
ªèÒ§à¶Õ§ arguementative (thieng – to argue)


ËÑÇ´Õ clever (head + good)
ËÑÇá¢ç§ stubborn, headstrong (head + hard)
ËÑÇÊÙ§ pretentious (head + high)
ËÑǹ͡ educated abroad (head + outside)
ËÑÇà¡èÒ conservative, old fashioned (head + old)