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  • premium - the highest (the highest price for the highest quality)
  • premium grade - the highest level of quality of a product offered by a company
  • premium grade rubber - the highest level of quality of rubber you can buy
  • prepped - prepared เตรียมพร้อม
  • prescription (medication) - medication that has been ordered for you by a medical doctor ยาที่ต้องได้การสั่งจากแพทย์เท่านั้น
  • presence - the fact of being in a particular place, thing or situation การมีอยู่
  • preserve - to keep something as it is, especially in order to prevent it from being damaged or destroyed ทำให้คงอยู่, สงวน
  • preside - to be in charge of a ceremony, official meeting, or other event (ทรง) เป็นประธานในพิธี
  • press - newspapers and magazines, etc. สื่อมวลชน
  • press ahead - to continue as planned despite difficulties ดำเนินการ
  • press conference - an official meeting where someone makes a formal statement about a particular issue or event to journalists and answers their questions about it การแถลงข่าว
  • press for - to try in a determined way to make someone do something ผลักดัน, บังคับ, รบเร้า, กระตุ้น
  • pressure - a force pressing against you or attempting to force you to do something ความกดดัน
  • pressurised - able to force a substance out from a container when the container is opened
  • presumably - used for saying that you think something is true based on what you know, although you are not really certain น่าเป็นไปได้, ซึ่งพอเป็นจริงได้
  • presume - to accept that something is true unless someone proves that it is not true เชื่อว่าเป็นจริง
  • presumption - the act of supposing that something is true, although it has not yet been proved or is not certain การสันนิษฐาน, ข้อสันนิษฐาน
  • pretence - the act of behaving in a particular way, in order to make other people believe something that is not true พฤติกรรมที่ไม่จริงใจ
  • pretend - to behave as if something is true when you know that it is not, especially in order to deceive people แกล้งทำว่าเป็นจริง
  • prevention - preventing something bad from happening การป้องกันภ้ย
  • previous - happening or existing before the event or object that you are talking about แต่ก่อน, เมื่อก่อน
  • pride - a feeling of pleasure and satisfaction that you get when you, or someone connected with you, have achieved something special ความภาคภูมิใจ
  • principle - a basic rule or belief about what is right, a basic idea or rule that explains or controls how something happens or works ทฤษฎี, ข้อปฏิบัติ, หลักปฏิบัติ, หลักการ
  • prior - before ก่อนหน้า
  • prior to - before ก่อนหน้า
  • prioritise - to put tasks, problems, etc. in order of importance, so that you can deal with the most important first จัดลำดับก่อน
  • priority - something important that must be done first or needs more attention than anything else, something important that must be done first or which needs more attention than something else, something important that must be done first สี่งที่สำคัญเป็นลำดับแรก, การมาก่อน การให้ลำดับความสำคัญ
  • private - intended for or involving a particular person or group of people, not for people in general ส่วนตัว
  • probe - to investigate; to attempt to find out the truth about something; to examine ตรวจสอบ
  • procedure - a way of doing something ขั้นตอนการดำเนินการ

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