ผม นึกว่า เขา จะ เลิก ดึงดัน ซื้อ ของ เกินตัว ครับ

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Why use นึกว่า instead of คิดว่า for 'I thought'?
At the B2 level, it is important to distinguish these. คิดว่า is a neutral 'to think that' or 'to opine.' นึกว่า usually implies an assumption that turned out to be incorrect (like 'I figured...' or 'I mistakenly thought...'). The use of นึกว่า here strongly hints that the person did not actually stop his stubborn buying habits.
Since the current lesson teaches the warning auxiliary ขืน (to persist), why is ดึงดัน used here instead?
ขืน acts as an auxiliary to set up a conditional phrase meaning 'if you stubbornly persist in doing [X], a bad consequence will happen.' By contrast, ดึงดัน is an action verb meaning 'to stubbornly insist' or 'to push forward against advice.' The speaker isn't setting up a conditional warning here; they are simply describing the person's stubborn behavior that they had hoped was over.
How does the verb string เลิก ดึงดัน ซื้อ work grammatically?
Thai often stacks verbs directly without needing linking prepositions like 'to' or 'on' as English does. Here, the primary verb เลิก (to quit/stop) directly governs the next verb ดึงดัน (to stubbornly insist), which in turn governs the action ซื้อ (to buy). You read it straight through as a logical chain: 'stop insisting [on] buying.'
What is the literal meaning of เกินตัว in this context?
It literally translates to 'beyond the body' or 'exceeding oneself' (เกิน = to exceed, ตัว = body/self). It is a very common expression used to describe doing something that exceeds your personal capacity, especially financially. Therefore, ซื้อของเกินตัว means 'buying things beyond one's budget' or living beyond one's means.

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