Daily Reading Practice · Beginner passage
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When I was young, I lived in a small villagevillage (noun)A very small town in the countryside.≈ Synonym: โ๐บ๐ฟUZ: qishloq๐ท๐บRU: ะดะตัะตะฒะฝั near Samarkand. My childhoodchildhood (noun)The time when a person is a child.≈ Synonym: โ๐บ๐ฟUZ: bolalik๐ท๐บRU: ะดะตัััะฒะพ was simple, but I loved it.
Every morning, I walked to school with my friends. We talked and laughedlaugh (verb)To make sounds showing you think something is funny.≈ Synonym: โ๐บ๐ฟUZ: kulmoq๐ท๐บRU: ัะผะตััััั all the way. After school, I helped my mother in the kitchen, and I cleaned my room.
In the afternoon, I played football with the boys from my streetstreet (noun)A road in a town with houses on it.≈ Synonym: road๐บ๐ฟUZ: ko'cha๐ท๐บRU: ัะปะธัะฐ. We played every day, even in the rain! I also enjoyed climbingclimb (verb)To go up something using your hands and feet.≈ Synonym: go up๐บ๐ฟUZ: tirmashib chiqmoq๐ท๐บRU: ะบะฐัะฐะฑะบะฐัััั trees in the garden.
In the evening, my grandfathergrandfather (noun)The father of your mother or father.≈ Synonym: grandpa๐บ๐ฟUZ: bobo๐ท๐บRU: ะดะตะดััะบะฐ often visitedvisit (verb)To go to see a place or person.≈ Synonym: go to๐บ๐ฟUZ: tashrif buyurmoq, bormoq๐ท๐บRU: ะฟะพัะตัะฐัั us. He told stories about the old days, and we listenedlisten (verb)To pay attention in order to hear something.≈ Synonym: pay attention๐บ๐ฟUZ: tinglamoq๐ท๐บRU: ัะปััะฐัั carefullycarefully (adv)With attention; not carelessly.≈ Synonym: attentively๐บ๐ฟUZ: ehtiyotkorlik bilan๐ท๐บRU: ะฒะฝะธะผะฐัะตะปัะฝะพ. Sometimes he showed us old photos.
On Fridays, we usually watched a filmfilm (noun)A story shown as moving pictures.≈ Synonym: movie๐บ๐ฟUZ: film๐ท๐บRU: ัะธะปัะผ together as a family. I remember I loved cartoonscartoon (noun)A funny drawn film or story, often for children.≈ Synonym: โ๐บ๐ฟUZ: multfilm๐ท๐บRU: ะผัะปัััะธะปัะผ the most.
I studied hard at school, but I also played a lot. My teacher always encouragedencourage (verb)To give someone confidence to do something.≈ Synonym: support๐บ๐ฟUZ: rag'batlantirmoq๐ท๐บRU: ะฟะพะพััััั me to try new things. I wanted to learn English, so I asked my father for help.
Life in the village was quietquiet (adj)Calm, without much noise.≈ Synonym: calm๐บ๐ฟUZ: tinch, sokin๐ท๐บRU: ัะธั ะธะน, but I never felt boredbored (adj)Feeling tired because something is not interesting.≈ Synonym: uninterested๐บ๐ฟUZ: zerikkan๐ท๐บRU: ัะบััะฐััะธะน. I had my family, my friends, and my football matches in the street. Now, when I remember those days, I smilesmile (verb)To make your mouth show you are happy.≈ Synonym: grin๐บ๐ฟUZ: tabassum qilmoq๐ท๐บRU: ัะปัะฑะฐัััั.