You can get by to a certain degree in Thailand if you speak only English, especially if you know which English words the Thais use in their daily life. The relatively few Thais who can speak English well know a lot more than these words, of course. But, if you meet ordinary people, you know that they at least know and use these words:
| Air (airconditioning) | game | queue |
| alcohol | gas | reception |
| apartment | gay | recycle |
| apple | gear | remote (control) |
| Asia | guaranty | resort |
| bacteria | guide | rock (music) |
| bank | helicopter | romantic |
| bar | hello | safe (for storing valuables) |
| barber | ice cream | sandwich |
| battery | idea | scoop |
| beer | IQ | scotch (tape, fabric) |
| bill (”bin”) | jeans | sexy |
| bonus | kilo | shirt (with a collar) |
| boss | lane | shopping |
| brake | lens | show |
| buffet | lift | silicon |
| bye-bye | lipstick | size |
| cable (-TV) | lock | sofa |
| cafe | lotion | soup |
| cake | love | spray |
| cancel | mafia | stamp |
| cartoon | makeup | start (an engine) |
| cashier | malaria | steak |
| champ | mascara | sticker |
| chocolate | menu | style |
| christmas | motorcycle | supermarket |
| coffee | motorway | superstar |
| computer | muslim | sure |
| concert | necktie | surprise |
| concrete | office | switch (electrical) |
| contact (contact lenses) | OK | taxi |
| cook | OT (overtime) | team |
| copy | party | technology |
| corruption | passport | tent |
| counter | percent | term (school) |
| dictionary | perfect | tissue |
| diesel | piano | tom (tomboy) |
| fair | pickup (truck) | tour |
| fan | ping pong | townhouse |
| farm | plaster | video |
| fashion | plastic | view |
| film | plug (electrical) | virus |
| fluke | poster | visa |
| foam | program (tv) | vitamin |
| free | promotion | vote |
| furniture | pump |
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