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Day 34 · Weather & Time · A1 Level

The Weather Today

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Every day, our teacherteacher (noun)A person who teaches students.≈ Synonym: instructor🇺🇿UZ: o‘qituvchi🇷🇺RU: учитель starts the lessonlesson (noun)A time when you learn something in class.≈ Synonym: class🇺🇿UZ: dars🇷🇺RU: урок with a question: “What's the weatherweather (noun)How hot, cold, sunny or rainy it is.🇺🇿UZ: ob-havo🇷🇺RU: погода like today?”

Today, it is cloudycloudy (adj)With many clouds in the sky.≈ Synonym: —🇺🇿UZ: bulutli🇷🇺RU: облачный and coolcool (adj)A little cold; not hot but not freezing.≈ Synonym: chilly🇺🇿UZ: salqin🇷🇺RU: прохладный. Yesterday, it was sunnysunny (adj)With a lot of sun.≈ Synonym: bright🇺🇿UZ: quyoshli🇷🇺RU: солнечный and hothot (adj)Very warm.🇺🇿UZ: issiq🇷🇺RU: жаркий, горячий. Uzbekistan has different weather in different seasonsseason (noun)One of four parts of the year: spring, summer, autumn, winter.≈ Synonym: —🇺🇿UZ: fasl🇷🇺RU: время года.

In summer, it is usually very hot and drydry (adj)Without water or rain.≈ Synonym: —🇺🇿UZ: quruq🇷🇺RU: сухой. The sun shinesshine (verb)To send out bright light.≈ Synonym: —🇺🇿UZ: charaqlamoq🇷🇺RU: светить every day, and the skysky (noun)The space above the Earth where you see the sun and clouds.🇺🇿UZ: osmon🇷🇺RU: небо is clearclear (adj)With nothing to block the view; not cloudy.≈ Synonym: —🇺🇿UZ: musaffo, tiniq🇷🇺RU: ясный and blue. Sometimes the temperaturetemperature (noun)How hot or cold something is.≈ Synonym: —🇺🇿UZ: harorat🇷🇺RU: температура reaches forty degreesdegree (noun)A unit for measuring temperature.≈ Synonym: —🇺🇿UZ: daraja🇷🇺RU: градус!

In winter, it is cold, and it sometimes snowssnow (verb)When soft white ice falls from the sky.≈ Synonym: —🇺🇿UZ: qor yog'moq🇷🇺RU: идти (о снеге) in the mountainsmountain (noun)A very high hill.≈ Synonym: —🇺🇿UZ: tog'🇷🇺RU: гора. In Tashkent, it doesn't snow very often, but it can be windywindy (adj)With a lot of wind.≈ Synonym: —🇺🇿UZ: shamolli🇷🇺RU: ветреный and grey.

In spring, the weather changes a lot. Some days are warmwarm (adj)A little hot, in a nice way.🇺🇿UZ: iliq🇷🇺RU: тёплый and sunny, and other days are rainy and cool. Flowersflower (noun)The colourful part of a plant.≈ Synonym: bloom🇺🇿UZ: gul🇷🇺RU: цветок start to grow, and the treestree (noun)A tall plant with a wooden trunk and branches.🇺🇿UZ: daraxt🇷🇺RU: дерево turn green again.

In autumn, the weather is usually mildmild (adj)Not extreme; gentle.≈ Synonym: gentle🇺🇿UZ: mo''tadil🇷🇺RU: умеренный. It isn't too hot or too cold. The leavesleaf (noun)A flat green part of a plant or tree.≈ Synonym: —🇺🇿UZ: barg🇷🇺RU: лист change colourcolour (noun)Red, blue, green, and other colors.≈ Synonym: —🇺🇿UZ: rang🇷🇺RU: цвет, and the windwind (noun)Moving air outside.≈ Synonym: —🇺🇿UZ: shamol🇷🇺RU: ветер blowsblow (verb)To move air, like wind does.≈ Synonym: —🇺🇿UZ: esmoq🇷🇺RU: дуть the leaves from the trees.

“Why do we talk about the weather so much?” Akiko asks. “Because weather affectsaffect (verb)To cause a change in something.≈ Synonym: influence🇺🇿UZ: ta'sir qilmoq🇷🇺RU: влиять our plansplan (noun)Something you decide to do in the future.🇺🇿UZ: reja🇷🇺RU: план,” the teacher explains. “When it rains, we stay insideinside (adv)In a building.≈ Synonym: indoors🇺🇿UZ: ichkarida🇷🇺RU: внутри, дома. When it's sunny, we go outside.”

I check the weather every morning before I choose my clothesclothes (noun)Things you wear, like shirts and trousers.🇺🇿UZ: kiyim🇷🇺RU: одежда. Today, because it's cloudy and cool, I wear a jacketjacket (noun)A short coat.≈ Synonym: coat🇺🇿UZ: kurtka🇷🇺RU: куртка.

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      1
      teachernoun
      o‘qituvchiучительThe teacher opens the window.
      2
      lessonnoun
      darsурокToday's lesson is about animals.
      3
      weathernoun
      ob-havoпогодаI love sunny weather.
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      cloudyadjective
      bulutliоблачныйIt is cloudy, so take an umbrella.
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      cooladjective
      salqinпрохладныйThe evening is cool and nice.
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      sunnyadjective
      quyoshliсолнечныйWe go to the beach on sunny days.
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      hotadjective
      issiqжаркий, горячийDon't drink hot tea so fast!
      8
      seasonnoun
      faslвремя годаSpring is my favourite season.
      9
      dryadjective
      quruqсухойThe desert is very dry.
      10
      shineverb
      charaqlamoqсветитьThe sun shines all day in summer.
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      skynoun
      osmonнебоThere are many stars in the sky.
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      clearadjective
      musaffo, tiniqясныйThe sky is clear tonight.
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      temperaturenoun
      haroratтемператураThe temperature is twenty degrees today.
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      degreenoun
      darajaградусIt is thirty degrees outside!
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      snowverb
      qor yog'moqидти (о снеге)It snows in the mountains in winter.
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      mountainnoun
      tog'гораChimgan is a beautiful mountain.
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      windyadjective
      shamolliветреныйIt is very windy today.
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      warmadjective
      iliqтёплыйWear warm clothes in winter.
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      flowernoun
      gulцветокMy mother loves flowers.
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      treenoun
      daraxtдеревоWe planted a tree in our yard.
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      mildadjective
      mo''tadilумеренныйThe weather is mild in October.
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      leafnoun
      bargлистThe leaves are yellow in autumn.
      23
      colournoun
      rangцветWhat colour is your bag?
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      windnoun
      shamolветерThe wind is very strong today.
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      blowverb
      esmoqдутьThe wind blows the leaves away.
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      affectverb
      ta'sir qilmoqвлиятьBad weather affects my mood.
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      plannoun
      rejaпланI have no plans for Sunday.
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      insideadverb
      ichkaridaвнутри, домаIt's raining. Let's stay inside.
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      clothesnoun
      kiyimодеждаI wash my clothes on Saturday.
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      jacketnoun
      kurtkaкурткаPut on your jacket. It's cold!