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Day 39 · Family & People · A1 Level

My Best Friend

Daily Reading Practice · Beginner passage

⏱ Time target: 4-5 minutes 📖 Reading + Vocabulary ✅ 10 True / False questions
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Reading Passage

I want to tell you about my best friend, Malika.

Malika is kindkind (adj)Friendly and good to other people.Synonym: nice๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฟUZ: mehribon๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บRU: ะดะพะฑั€ั‹ะน and generousgenerous (adj)Happy to give or share things.Synonym: giving๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฟUZ: saxiy๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บRU: ั‰ะตะดั€ั‹ะน. She always helps her friends when they have problems. She listens carefully, and she never judgesjudge (verb)To decide if someone is good or bad, often too quickly.Synonym: criticize๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฟUZ: hukm qilmoq๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บRU: ะพััƒะถะดะฐั‚ัŒ anyone.

She is also very funnyfunny (adj)Making people laugh.Synonym: amusing๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฟUZ: kulgili๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บRU: ัะผะตัˆะฝะพะน. She tells great jokesjoke (noun)Something said to make people laugh.Synonym: โ€”๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฟUZ: hazil, latifa๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บRU: ัˆัƒั‚ะบะฐ, and she always makes me laugh, even on difficult days.

Malika is honesthonest (adj)Always telling the truth.Synonym: truthful๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฟUZ: halol, rostgo'y๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บRU: ั‡ะตัั‚ะฝั‹ะน too. She always tells the truth, even when it is difficult. I trusttrust (verb)To believe that someone is good and won't hurt you.Synonym: believe in๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฟUZ: ishonmoq๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บRU: ะดะพะฒะตั€ัั‚ัŒ her completelycompletely (adv)Fully; in every way.Synonym: fully๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฟUZ: to'liq, butunlay๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บRU: ะฟะพะปะฝะพัั‚ัŒัŽ because I know she never lieslie (verb)To say something that is not true.Synonym: โ€”๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฟUZ: yolg'on gapirmoq๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บRU: ะฒั€ะฐั‚ัŒ to me.

Physically, Malika is not very tall, but she has a big smile and brightbright (adj)Full of light, or a strong colour.Synonym: โ€”๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฟUZ: yorqin๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บRU: ัั€ะบะธะน eyes. She usually wears colourful clothes because she loves bright colours.

Malika works as a nurse at the local hospital. She is patientpatient (adj)Able to wait calmly without getting angry.Synonym: calm๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฟUZ: sabrli๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บRU: ั‚ะตั€ะฟะตะปะธะฒั‹ะน and gentlegentle (adj)Kind and soft; not rough.Synonym: โ€”๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฟUZ: muloyim๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บRU: ะฝะตะถะฝั‹ะน with her patients. Her job is difficult, but she loves helping people.

In her free time, Malika enjoys painting and reading. She also loves cooking, and she often invites me to try her new recipesrecipe (noun)Instructions for cooking a food.Synonym: โ€”๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฟUZ: retsept๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บRU: ั€ะตั†ะตะฟั‚.

We met at school many years ago, and we became friends immediately. Now, we talk on the phone every week, and we meet for coffee every weekend.

A good friend like Malika is a real treasuretreasure (noun)Something very valuable and special.Synonym: โ€”๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฟUZ: xazina๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บRU: ัะพะบั€ะพะฒะธั‰ะต. I feel luckylucky (adj)Having good things happen to you by chance.Synonym: fortunate๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฟUZ: baxtli, omadli๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บRU: ะฒะตะทัƒั‡ะธะน to have her in my life.

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