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How to say to be about to, poised to (headline)
in Thai
จ่อ
jàaw
to be about to, poised to (headline)
jàaw low
Headline shorthand for กำลังจะ: จ่อขึ้นราคา 'set to raise prices'.
- Part of speech
- verb
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In a sentence
- จ่อขึ้นค่าไฟjàaw kûen kâa-faipoised to raise electricity prices
From the same situation: News and society
- รัฐบาลgovernment
- นายกรัฐมนตรีprime minister
- รัฐมนตรีminister
- กระทรวงministry
- สภาparliament, council
- ส.ส.MP, member of parliament
- ฝ่ายค้านthe opposition
- นโยบายpolicy
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