Daily Reading Practice · Beginner passage
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On Monday morning, our teacher asks, “How was your weekendweekend (noun)Saturday and Sunday.≈ Synonym: —🇺🇿UZ: dam olish kunlari🇷🇺RU: выходные?”
“It was great!” says Maria. “The weatherweather (noun)The condition outside, like rain, sun, or wind.≈ Synonym: climate🇺🇿UZ: ob-havo🇷🇺RU: погода was hot and sunny, so I went to the park with my friends.”
“Was it crowdedcrowded (adj)Full of people.≈ Synonym: packed🇺🇿UZ: gavjum, odam ko'p🇷🇺RU: переполненный?” the teacher asks. “Yes, very crowded. But we found a quiet spotspot (noun)A particular place.≈ Synonym: place🇺🇿UZ: joy🇷🇺RU: место near the lake.”
“What about you, John? Was your weekend good?” “It was OK,” John says. “On Saturday, I was busybusy (adj)Having a lot to do.≈ Synonym: occupied🇺🇿UZ: band🇷🇺RU: занятой — I cleaned my flat all day. It was boringboring (adj)Not interesting; making you feel tired of it.≈ Synonym: dull🇺🇿UZ: zerikarli🇷🇺RU: скучный! But Sunday was nice. I watched a football matchmatch (noun)A sports game between two teams or players.≈ Synonym: game🇺🇿UZ: o'yin, musobaqa🇷🇺RU: матч with my friends.”
“Was the match exciting?” “Yes, very exciting! The scorescore (noun)The number of points in a game.≈ Synonym: result🇺🇿UZ: hisob (o'yinda)🇷🇺RU: счёт (в игре) was three-two.”
“Piotr, was your weekend easy or difficult?” “It was difficult,” Piotr says. “I had an examexam (noun)A test of what you know.≈ Synonym: test🇺🇿UZ: imtihon🇷🇺RU: экзамен on Monday, so I studiedstudy (verb)To spend time learning about something.≈ Synonym: learn🇺🇿UZ: o'qimoq, o'rganmoq🇷🇺RU: учиться all weekend. It was hardhard (adj)Difficult; needing a lot of effort.≈ Synonym: difficult🇺🇿UZ: qiyin, mashaqqatli🇷🇺RU: тяжёлый work, but I wasn't alonealone (adv)Without other people.≈ Synonym: by yourself🇺🇿UZ: yolg'iz🇷🇺RU: один — my classmates helped me.”
“And you, Aziz? Was your weekend long or short?” “It felt short!” I say. “On Saturday, I visited my grandparents. It was lovelylovely (adj)Very nice or beautiful.≈ Synonym: beautiful🇺🇿UZ: chiroyli, yoqimli🇷🇺RU: прекрасный. On Sunday, I was tiredtired (adj)Needing rest or sleep; not having energy.≈ Synonym: exhausted🇺🇿UZ: charchagan🇷🇺RU: усталый, so I stayed home and slept a lot.” Everyone's weekend was different, but everyone was happy to be back in class on Monday.