What are people talking about?
published : 10 Sep 2014 at 15:31
writer: Terry Fredrickson
Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha hit out at anti-coup groups Thursday, saying they have resorted to using black magic against him.
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What are people talking about?
Friday, September 5, 2014
Black magic
Photo by Chanat Katanyu.
Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha hit out at anti-coup groups Thursday, saying they have resorted to using black magic against him.
"Today, I have a sore throat, a pain in the neck. Someone said there are some people putting curses on me," he told a meeting yesterday.
See this story by Wassana Nanuam here: http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/politics/430523/prayuth-says-he-a-target-of-black-magic
Learn from listening
Vocabulary
- coup: the seizure of power in a country by a group of people, usually members of the armed forces - รัฐประหาร
- curse: the saying of magic words which are intended to bring bad luck to someone - คำสาปแช่ง
- neck: the part of the body between the head and the shoulders - ลำคอ (อวัยวะ), คอ
- pain: the feelings that you have in your body when you have been hurt or when you are ill/sick; mental or emotional suffering - ความเจ็บปวด
- resort to: to do something extreme or unpleasant in order to solve a problem - ใช้มาตรการรุนแรงในการแก้ปัญหา ยุติปัญหา
- sore throat: a pain at the back of your mouth - เจ็บคอ
- Keywords
- Prayuth Chan-ocha
- black magic
