Daily Reading Practice · Beginner passage
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Last Saturday, the fifth of July, was my brother Bekzod's birthdaybirthday (noun)The day of the year when a person was born.≈ Synonym: —🇺🇿UZ: tug'ilgan kun🇷🇺RU: день рождения. It was a great party!
The party was at our house, in the garden. There were about twenty people — family and friends. There was a big tabletable (noun)Furniture with a flat top, for eating or working.≈ Synonym: —🇺🇿UZ: stol🇷🇺RU: стол with food and drinksdrink (noun)A liquid you swallow, like water or juice.≈ Synonym: beverage🇺🇿UZ: ichimlik🇷🇺RU: напиток, and there was a colourfulcolourful (adj)Having many bright colors.≈ Synonym: bright🇺🇿UZ: rang-barang🇷🇺RU: яркий cake with candlescandle (noun)A stick of wax with a flame, used for light or celebration.≈ Synonym: —🇺🇿UZ: sham🇷🇺RU: свеча.
The weather was perfect. It was sunny and warm, not cold at all. There were balloonsballoon (noun)A colorful rubber bag filled with air, used for parties.≈ Synonym: —🇺🇿UZ: shar🇷🇺RU: воздушный шар everywhere, and there was musicmusic (noun)Sounds made by instruments or singing, arranged in a nice way.≈ Synonym: —🇺🇿UZ: musiqa🇷🇺RU: музыка too.
My grandmother was there, and she was very happy. My cousinscousin (noun)The child of your aunt or uncle.≈ Synonym: —🇺🇿UZ: amakivachcha, xolavachcha🇷🇺RU: двоюродный брат/сестра were there too, and they were excitedexcited (adj)Feeling very happy and full of energy about something.≈ Synonym: thrilled🇺🇿UZ: hayajonlangan🇷🇺RU: взволнованный to play games in the garden.
There wasn't a lot of spacespace (noun)An empty area or room.≈ Synonym: room🇺🇿UZ: joy, bo'shliq🇷🇺RU: пространство inside the house, so most of us were outside all evening. There weren't any problems — everyone was friendly and helpfulhelpful (adj)Ready and willing to help.≈ Synonym: kind🇺🇿UZ: yordamchi🇷🇺RU: полезный (о человеке).
At seven o'clock, we sang “Happy Birthday” to Bekzod. He was eleven years old that day. He was so happy, and he was a little shyshy (adj)Nervous about meeting or talking to people.≈ Synonym: timid🇺🇿UZ: uyalchoq🇷🇺RU: застенчивый when everyone looked at him!
After the cake, there was a small football game in the garden. It was a lot of fun. The party finished at nine o'clock. It was a wonderful evening, and Bekzod said it was a really happy birthday.