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  • sacred - considered to be holy ศักดิ์สิทธิ์
  • sacrifice - to give up important or valuable things, so that you or other people can have or do something else เสียสละเพื่อส่วนรวม
  • safe and sound - safe and in a good, healthy condition ปลอดภัย, สุขภาพดี
  • safeguard - to protect something/somebody from loss, harm or damage; to keep something/somebody safe ป้องกัน, ปกป้อง, คุ้มครอง, อารักขา
  • saga - a long complicated series of related usually negative events การเล่าอย่างยืดยาว
  • salvage - to save something from being lost completely กอบกู้
  • sample - a small amount of a substance that is used for scientific or medical tests ตัวอย่างทดลอง
  • sandwich - to fit something/somebody into a very small space between two other things or people, or between two times ใส่ไปในระหว่างสองสิ่ง
  • sarcasm - saying or writing the opposite of what you mean การเขียนหรือพูดเสียดสี แดกดัน
  • satellite - an electronic device that is sent into space and moves around the earth or another planet. It is used for communicating by radio, television, etc. and for providing information ดาวเทียม
  • satire - a way of criticising people or ideas in a humorous way, or a piece of writing or play which uses this style การเสียดสี, การเย้ยหยัน, การถากถาง
  • saturate - to make something completely wet ทำให้ชุ่มไปด้วยน้ำ
  • saviour - a person (or thing) who saves someone or something from trouble or danger ผู้ช่วยให้รอด, ผู้ช่วยเหลือ, ผู้ช่วยชีวิต
  • savvy - having practical knowledge or understanding of something รู้,เข้าใจ, มีความรู้ความสามารถ
  • scale - magnitude; level; degree the size of something, especially when it is big ความใหญ่เล็ก
  • scandal - a situation in which important people behave in a dishonest or immoral way that shocks people เรื่องอื้อฉาว
  • scarcity - when there is not enough of something and it is difficult to obtain it ความขาดแคลน, ความไม่เพียงพอ
  • scarf - a piece of cloth that is worn around the neck, for example for warmth or decoration. Women also wear scarves over their shoulders or hair ผ้าพันคอ
  • scenario - a description of possible actions or events in the future การสมมติสภาพที่เลวร้ายที่เป็นไปได้
  • scene - site; a place where something happens or happened สถานที่เกิดเหตุ
  • scented - having a strong pleasant smell หอมกรุ่น
  • scheduled - planned to happen at a particular time or day, a list showing the times at which particular events will happen ตามตารางเวลา
  • scheme - a plan that is developed by a government or large organisation in order to provide a particular service for people แผนการ โครงการ
  • scope - the things that a particular activity, organisation, subject, etc deals with ขอบเขต
  • scorpion - a small creature like an insect with six legs, two front claws (= curved and pointed arms) and a long tail that curves over its back and can give a poisonous sting. แมงป่อง
  • scout - a person, an aircraft, etc. sent ahead to get information about the enemy's position, strength, etc. ทหารสอดแนม,ทหารพราน,แมวมอง
  • scramble - to move quickly but with difficulty; to take quick action to solve a problem ทำอย่างรีบเร่ง
  • script - a written text of a play, film/movie, broadcast, talk, etc ตัวเขียน,ต้นฉบับ, บท
  • sculpture - a solid object that someone makes as a work of art by shaping a substance such as stone, metal or wood รูปปั้น
  • search - looking somewhere or through something carefully in order to find something การค้นหา

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