Daily Reading Practice · Beginner passage
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On Sunday, my grandmother shows me an old photo albumalbum (noun)A book for keeping photos.≈ Synonym: photo book🇺🇿UZ: albom🇷🇺RU: альбом.
“Look at this picture,” she says. “This is your grandfather. Do you rememberremember (verb)To keep something in your mind; not forget.≈ Synonym: recall🇺🇿UZ: eslamoq🇷🇺RU: помнить him?” “Yes, I remember him a little,” I say. “He used to give me sweetssweet (noun)Food like candy or cake with a lot of sugar.≈ Synonym: candy🇺🇿UZ: shirinlik🇷🇺RU: сладость when I visited him.”
“And this is me, when I was young,” she says, showing me a black-and-whiteblack-and-white (adj)Having only black, white, and grey colors, like old photos.≈ Synonym: monochrome🇺🇿UZ: oq-qora🇷🇺RU: чёрно-белый photo. “Wow, you look just like my sister! People often say she looks like you.” My grandmother laughs. “Everyone tells her that too!”
Next, she shows me a photo of my parents. “This is your mother and father, on their weddingwedding (noun)The event when two people get married.≈ Synonym: marriage ceremony🇺🇿UZ: to'y, nikoh marosimi🇷🇺RU: свадьба day. I remember them — they were so happy.”
“Can I keepkeep (verb)To have something and not give it away.≈ Synonym: hold onto🇺🇿UZ: saqlamoq🇷🇺RU: хранить this photo?” I ask her. “I want to show it to my sister.” “Of course,” she says. “Take it and show it to her.”
Then she shows me a photo of my cousinscousin (noun)The child of your aunt or uncle.≈ Synonym: —🇺🇿UZ: amakivachcha, xolavachcha🇷🇺RU: двоюродный брат/сестра. “Do you remember them? They lived with us for two years.” “Yes, I remember them well. I missmiss (verb)To feel sad because someone is not with you.≈ Synonym: —🇺🇿UZ: sog'inmoq🇷🇺RU: скучать (по кому-то) them.”
Finally, she shows me a photo of our old dogdog (noun)A common animal people keep as a pet.≈ Synonym: —🇺🇿UZ: it🇷🇺RU: собака. “Do you remember him? He loved us so much.” “I remember him too,” I say. “Thank you for showing all these photos to me, Grandma. I love looking at them with you.”