Daily Reading Practice · Beginner passage
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My classmateclassmate (noun)A student in your class.≈ Synonym: fellow student🇺🇿UZ: sinfdosh🇷🇺RU: одноклассник Akiko is from Japan. She is Japanese. She is quietquiet (adj)Not making much noise; calm.≈ Synonym: silent🇺🇿UZ: jim, sokin🇷🇺RU: тихий, but she is very cleverclever (adj)Able to learn and understand things quickly.≈ Synonym: smart🇺🇿UZ: aqlli, zukko🇷🇺RU: умный. She is a universityuniversity (noun)A big school where people study after high school.≈ Synonym: college🇺🇿UZ: universitet🇷🇺RU: университет student, and she loves books.
My classmate Elif is from Turkey. She is Turkish. She is not quiet at all — she is talkativetalkative (adj)Liking to talk a lot.≈ Synonym: chatty🇺🇿UZ: gapga chechan, so'zamol🇷🇺RU: разговорчивый and cheerfulcheerful (adj)Happy and positive.≈ Synonym: happy🇺🇿UZ: quvnoq, xushchaqchaq🇷🇺RU: весёлый. She workswork (verb)To do a job.≈ Synonym: have a job🇺🇿UZ: ishlamoq🇷🇺RU: работать as an office workerworker (noun)A person who has a job.≈ Synonym: employee🇺🇿UZ: ishchi, xodim🇷🇺RU: работник in Tashkent.
My classmate Piotr is from Poland. He is Polish. He is talltall (adj)Having a big height.≈ Synonym: high🇺🇿UZ: baland bo'yli🇷🇺RU: высокий and seriousserious (adj)Not funny; thinking carefully about things.≈ Synonym: solemn🇺🇿UZ: jiddiy🇷🇺RU: серьёзный, but he is also kindkind (adj)Friendly and good to other people.≈ Synonym: nice🇺🇿UZ: mehribon🇷🇺RU: добрый. He is an engineerengineer (noun)A person who designs or builds machines and things.≈ Synonym: technician🇺🇿UZ: muhandis🇷🇺RU: инженер.
Yesterdayyesterday (adv)The day before today.≈ Synonym: the day before🇺🇿UZ: kecha🇷🇺RU: вчера, our teacher showedshow (verb)To let someone see something.≈ Synonym: display🇺🇿UZ: ko'rsatmoq🇷🇺RU: показывать us a mapmap (noun)A picture of a place, like a city or the world.≈ Synonym: chart🇺🇿UZ: xarita🇷🇺RU: карта. She asked, “Is Akiko from China?” “No, she isn't,” I said. “She is from Japan.” “Is Piotr a doctor?” “No, he isn't a doctor. He is an engineer.”
It is amazingamazing (adj)Very surprising and wonderful.≈ Synonym: wonderful🇺🇿UZ: ajoyib, hayratlanarli🇷🇺RU: удивительный. In one smallsmall (adj)Not big.≈ Synonym: little🇺🇿UZ: kichik🇷🇺RU: маленький classroom, there are people from Japan, Turkey, Poland, Spain, and the UK. Everyone is differentdifferent (adj)Not the same.≈ Synonym: not alike🇺🇿UZ: har xil, boshqacha🇷🇺RU: разный, but everyone is friendly. We are not the samesame (adj)Exactly like another; not different.≈ Synonym: identical🇺🇿UZ: bir xil🇷🇺RU: одинаковый nationalitynationality (noun)The country a person belongs to.≈ Synonym: citizenship🇺🇿UZ: millat, fuqarolik🇷🇺RU: национальность, but we are good classmates. I am proudproud (adj)Feeling happy about something good you or others did.≈ Synonym: pleased🇺🇿UZ: faxrlanuvchi🇷🇺RU: гордый to have friends from all over the worldworld (noun)The Earth and all its countries and people.≈ Synonym: earth🇺🇿UZ: dunyo🇷🇺RU: мир.