Vocab

Gateway B1
Unit 1: Ages and stages of life.
Vocab type meaning synonym
Baby noun a very young child, especially one newly or
recently born.

Child noun a young human being below the age of

puberty or below the legal age of majority.

Middle- adjective the period of your adult life from about 40

aged to 65 years old when you are no longer
considered young but are not yet old
วัยกลางคน
Senior noun an older person, usually over the age of 60
citizen or 65, esp. one who is no longer employed
ผู้สูงอายุมักเป็นผู้ที่เกษียณแล้วและรับเบี้ย
บำเหน็จบำนาญ
Teenager noun a person who is 13 through 19 years old adolescent, teen,
บุคคลที่มีอายุระหว่าง 13-19 ปี youngster
Toddler a young child, esp. one just learning to walk: tot
เด็กวัยหัดเดิน
Young noun a person who is in his or her late teenage
adult years or early twenties
วัยหนุ่ม-สาว
Unit 1: The family
Vocab type meaning synonym
Aunt noun. the sister of someone’s mother or grandaunt,
father, or the wife of someone’s uncle auntie
พี่หรือน้องสาวของแม่หรือพ่อ
Brother-in-law noun. the husband of someone’s sister, or the
brother of someone’s wife or husband,
or the husband of the sister of
someone’s wife or husband
พี่เขยหรือน้องเขย
Sister-in-law noun. the wife of someone’s brother, or the
sister of someone's husband or wife, or
the wife of the brother of someone's
husband or wife
พี่หรือน้องสะใภ้
Cousin noun. a child of a person’s aunt or uncle relative
ญาติห่าง ๆ, ลูกพี่ลูกน้อง
Daughter noun. the wife of a person’s son
ลูกสาว
daughter-in-law noun. a female child in relation to her parents
ลูกสะใภ้
Father-in-law noun. the father of someone’s husband or wife
พ่อตา, พ่อสามี
Mother-in-law noun. the mother of someone’s wife or
husband
แม่สามี, แม่ยาย, แม่ภรรยา
grandchild noun. the child of a person’s son or daughter
หลาน
grandfather noun. the father of a person’s mother or granddad
father
ปู,่ ตา
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grandmother noun. the mother of a person’s father or grandmom
mother
ย่า, ยาย
grandparent noun. the father or mother of a person’s
father or mother
ปู่ย่าตายาย
grandson noun. the son of a person’s son or daughter
หลานชาย
granddaughter noun. the daughter of a person’s son or
daughter
หลานสาว
great- noun. the grandfather of one of your parents
grandfather ปู่ทวด, ตาทวด
great- noun. the grandmother of one of your parents
grandmother ยายทวด, ยายทวด
husband noun. the man to whom a woman is married; a
married man
สามี
nephew noun. a son of someone’s brother or sister, or brother's son
a son of someone’s husband’s or wife’s
sister or brother
หลานชาย
great nephew noun. the son of your niece (= the daughter of grand -
your brother or sister) or nephew (= the nephew
son of your brother or sister
ลูกชายของหลาน
niece noun. a daughter of someone’s brother or
sister, or a daughter of someone’s
husband’s or wife’s brother or sister
หลานสาว
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great-niece noun. the daughter of your nephew (= the son grand-niece
of your brother or sister) or niece (=
the daughter of your brother or sister)
ลูกสาวของหลาน
son noun. a male child in relation to his parents: male child,
ลูกชาย offspring
son-in-law noun. the husband of a person’s daughter
ลูกเขย
daughter-in-law noun. the wife of a person’s son
ลูกสะใภ้
stepfather noun. a man who is married to the mother of
a child but is not the biological father
พ่อเลี้ยง
stepmother noun. a woman who is married to the father
of a child but is not the biological
mother
แม่เลี้ยง
uncle noun. the brother of someone’s mother or
father, or the husband of someone’s
aunt:
ลุง, อาผู้ชาย, น้าผูช
้ าย
wife noun. the woman to whom a man is married; a
married woman
ภรรยา
Unit 1: Words connected with the family
Vocab type meaning synonym
Divorced Adj. married in the past but not now
married
หย่าร้าง
Extended Adj. long or longer than usual expansive,
ซึ่งกว้างออกไป spread,
widespread
extended family Adj. a family that includes grandparents,
aunts, uncles, and others in addition to
parents and children
ครอบครัวขยาย, ครอบครัวใหญ่ ที่มีพ่อ แม่
ลูก ปู่ ย่า ตา ยาย และญาติๆ อยู่ร่วมกัน
Immediate Adj. happening or done without delay or instant,
very soon after something else prompt,
ทันทีทันใด, sudden,
Relative n. a member of your family associated,
ซึ่งสัมพันธ์กัน, เกี่ยวข้องกัน dependent,
related
Single Adj. not married, or not having a romantic companionless,
relationship with someone bachelor,
โสด unwed,
Twin n. either of two children born to the same
mother on the same occasion
แฝด
Unit 1: Noun suffixes -ment, -ion, -ence
Vocab type meaning synonym
Adolescence n. the period of time in a person's life teens, puberty,
when they are developing into an adult youth
ช่วงวัยรุ่น
Argument n. a disagreement, or the process of dispute, debate
disagreeing
การโต้แย้ง
Confidence n. a feeling of having little doubt about belief, trust,
yourself and your abilities, or a feeling reliance
of trust in someone or something
ความเป็นเพื่อนที่ไว้ใจได้, ความไว้เนื้อเชื่อใจ
connection n. the state of being related to someone association,
or something else relationship
ความสัมพันธ์
Difference n. the way in which two things being adaptability,
compared are not the same, or the deviation,
fact of not being the same dissimilarity,
ความแตกต่าง, ข้อโต้แย้ง contradiction,
disagreement
Embarrassment n. the feeling of being embarrassed, or humiliation, shame,
something that makes you feel uncomfortableness
embarrassed
ความขวยเขิน, ความอึดอัดใจ, ความลำบาก
ใจ
Enjoyment n. the feeling of enjoying something gratification,
ความเพลิดเพลิน pleasure,
satisfaction
Explanation n. the details or reasons that someone clarification,
gives to make something clear or easy demonstration
to understand
การอธิบาย, การชี้แจง, การขยายความ
 Vocab type meaning synonym
Improvement n. an occasion when something gets amelioration,
better or when you make it better development,
การปรับปรุง
Independence n. freedom from being governed or ruled
by another country
ความเป็นอิสระ
Permission n. the act of allowing someone to do license, permit
something, or of allowing something to
happen
ความยินยอม
Solution n. the answer to a problem explication,
วิธีแก้ปัญหา resolution,
clarification