Daily Reading Practice · Beginner passage
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Last Sunday, my friends and I went to the beach.
The weather was warm and sunny. The sea was calmcalm (adj)Peaceful; not stormy or excited.≈ Synonym: peaceful🇺🇿UZ: sokin, tinch🇷🇺RU: спокойный, and the water was cleanclean (adj)Not dirty.≈ Synonym: tidy🇺🇿UZ: toza🇷🇺RU: чистый. We arrived early, so the beach wasn't crowded yet.
First, we swam in the sea. The water was cold at first, but it was refreshingrefreshing (adj)Making you feel cool, fresh, or full of energy.≈ Synonym: —🇺🇿UZ: tetiklashtiruvchi🇷🇺RU: освежающий. Then we played volleyball on the sandsand (noun)Tiny pieces of rock found on beaches.≈ Synonym: —🇺🇿UZ: qum🇷🇺RU: песок. It was a lot of fun, but I was terrible at it!
At middaymidday (noun)Twelve o'clock in the middle of the day.≈ Synonym: noon🇺🇿UZ: peshin🇷🇺RU: полдень, we had a picnicpicnic (noun)A meal eaten outdoors, away from home.≈ Synonym: —🇺🇿UZ: piknik🇷🇺RU: пикник. We ate sandwichessandwich (noun)Food made of bread with something inside.≈ Synonym: —🇺🇿UZ: sendvich🇷🇺RU: бутерброд, fruit, and cold drinks. The sandwiches were delicious, and the fruit was sweet and juicyjuicy (adj)Full of juice.≈ Synonym: —🇺🇿UZ: sersuv, shirali🇷🇺RU: сочный.
In the afternoon, the beach became busy and crowded. There were many families with children. The children were noisy but happy, playing in the water.
We also built a big sandcastlesandcastle (noun)A model of a castle made from sand.≈ Synonym: —🇺🇿UZ: qumdan qasr🇷🇺RU: замок из песка. It was tall and impressiveimpressive (adj)Making people admire it; very good.≈ Synonym: amazing🇺🇿UZ: taassurot qoldiruvchi🇷🇺RU: впечатляющий, but a wavewave (noun)A moving line of water in the sea.≈ Synonym: —🇺🇿UZ: to'lqin🇷🇺RU: волна destroyeddestroy (verb)To damage something so badly it stops existing.≈ Synonym: ruin🇺🇿UZ: vayron qilmoq🇷🇺RU: уничтожать it quickly! We laughed a lot.
By evening, we were tired but happy. The sunset was beautiful — the sky was orange and pink. It was a peaceful end to a wonderful day.
My skin was a little red from the sun, but I didn't mind. It was a perfect day at the beach, and I was gratefulgrateful (adj)Feeling thankful.≈ Synonym: thankful🇺🇿UZ: minnatdor🇷🇺RU: благодарный for such good friends.