Words in the News

The verb fabricate means to invent information or evidence in order to deceive people, i.e., to make up and give out false information. Fabricate can also mean to make something out of various materials. The adjective form is fabricated.

The group's methods included releasing false or fabricated information to serve their purpose, said the chief of AoT, an agency under the Transport Ministry overseeing international airports, including Suvarnabhumi.

Democrat party spokesman Ong-art Khlamphaibul said the rumour was a “fabricated story designed to raise public sympathy” for Mr Thaksin,

Some of the statistics and figures being claimed by the aviation industry may not "correspond with reality" and may even be fabricated, according to the chief statistician of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO).

He elaborately depicts all the details onto his canvas including the cracks on the surface of the relics and the natural textures of materials used to fabricate the old structure.

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The noun hiatus refers to a pause or period of time in which nothing happens.

The eight-month bird flu-free hiatus in Thailand ended yesterday as the Agriculture and Cooperatives Ministry confirmed a fresh outbreak of the H5N1 virus in the northern province of Phichit.

Back again after a three-year hiatus, the Kuala Lumpur International Motor Show 2006 was a bit lacking in brand representation, pricey booths and number of exhibits.

“I was busy on television all the time, so I usually did movies during hiatus periods,” the actor said.

Flag carrier Philippine Airlines said yesterday it would start regular flights to the Chinese capital Beijing on November 11, ending a 16-year hiatus.

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The noun verdict means a decision made by a court of law, either by judges in some systems or a jury (group of citizens) in other systems.

The Criminal Court is due tomorrow to hand down a verdict on a case brought against the three commissioners by Democrat Thavorn Senniam accusing them of abuse of authority.

Italy's World Cup-winning captain Fabio Cannavaro, defenders Gianluca Zambrotta and Lilian Thuram, and Brazilian midfielder Emerson have left the club since the sports tribunal announced its guilty verdict last Friday.

The Criminal Court finally handed down its verdict yesterday, acquitting all the defendants except Mr Chuwit's lawyer, Charnwet Malaibucha.

Today the court is expected to announce its verdict against Pol Lt-Gen Chalor, already sentenced to death for murders in the same case, and against other accomplices.

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The verb inflict means to cause someone or something suffer something unpleasant.

The court supported the lower court's decision on grounds that the three, if released, could inflict damage on the election process leading to a crisis.

The Hizbollah sources estimated 35 casualties had been inflicted on the force and said Israeli attempts to evacuate casualties had failed.

Wei Yong, 47, a former government official, knows something about the environmental destruction coal mining can inflict on the land.

Gao Man Hua also used a needle to inflict puncture wounds on 19-year-old Yahya Herin Kartikawati, burned her with an iron and kicked her in the back.

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The noun incision refers a sharp cut, often one made in a medical operation.

The surgical incision from the operation was healing normally.

Computer-aided surgery (CAS) aims to reduce the size of the incision, thereby minimising soft tissue damage, which leads to less injury, less pain and faster recovery.

Using a knife with a thin blade, make an incision in each chicken breast to form a small pocket.

The incision on crystal creates new paths of light that produce the glittering sparkles that enhance the beauty and add more value to the glass.

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The noun gesture refers to an action or a movement you do in order to express a feeling, belief, emotion or information.

In Ubon Ratchatani, more than 100 people dressed in white in a gesture of sacrifice.

Later, as relations warmed, Portuguese people also served in the army and as a gesture of appreciation King Chairachathirat gave away land on which they built a church and around which grew the Portuguese settlement.

The 10 million people who marked 'no' in April 2's snap election were less than the 16 million voters who endorsed caretaker Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra's Thai Rak Thai party, but their symbolic gesture turned out to be hugely significant.

Every once in a while, she would beat her mother’s chest in excitement and smile, a gesture she usually repeated after she had milk to her heart's content.

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