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Last Sunday, our classclass (noun)A group of students who learn together.≈ Synonym: group🇺🇿UZ: sinf, guruh🇷🇺RU: класс, группа visited the zoozoo (noun)A place where wild animals are kept for people to see.≈ Synonym: —🇺🇿UZ: hayvonot bog'i🇷🇺RU: зоопарк.
We arrived at ten o'clock. First, we saw the lionslion (noun)A big wild cat, often called the king of animals.≈ Synonym: —🇺🇿UZ: sher🇷🇺RU: лев. They slept most of the time, but one lion roaredroar (verb)To make a loud, deep sound, like a lion.≈ Synonym: —🇺🇿UZ: bo'kirmoq🇷🇺RU: рычать loudly! Everyone jumpedjump (verb)To push yourself up into the air.≈ Synonym: leap🇺🇿UZ: sakramoq🇷🇺RU: прыгать with surprisesurprise (noun)A feeling caused by something unexpected.≈ Synonym: shock🇺🇿UZ: hayrat🇷🇺RU: удивление.
Then we walked to see the elephantselephant (noun)A very big grey animal with a long trunk.≈ Synonym: —🇺🇿UZ: fil🇷🇺RU: слон. They were hugehuge (adj)Very big.≈ Synonym: enormous🇺🇿UZ: ulkan🇷🇺RU: огромный! An elephant used its trunktrunk (noun)The long nose of an elephant.≈ Synonym: —🇺🇿UZ: xartum🇷🇺RU: хобот to pick up some foodfood (noun)Things that people or animals eat.≈ Synonym: meals🇺🇿UZ: ovqat, yem🇷🇺RU: еда, корм. We watched it for a long time.
After that, we visited the monkeysmonkey (noun)An animal that climbs trees and looks a little like a person.≈ Synonym: —🇺🇿UZ: maymun🇷🇺RU: обезьяна. They climbed treestree (noun)A tall plant with a wooden trunk and branches.🇺🇿UZ: daraxt🇷🇺RU: дерево and jumped from branchbranch (noun)A part of a tree that grows out from the trunk.≈ Synonym: —🇺🇿UZ: shox🇷🇺RU: ветка to branch. One monkey stolesteal (verb)To take something that is not yours.≈ Synonym: take🇺🇿UZ: o'g'irlamoq🇷🇺RU: красть John's hathat (noun)A thing you wear on your head.≈ Synonym: cap🇺🇿UZ: shapka, shlyapa🇷🇺RU: шляпа, шапка! Everyone laughed a lot.
We saw the giraffesgiraffe (noun)A tall African animal with a very long neck.≈ Synonym: —🇺🇿UZ: jirafa🇷🇺RU: жираф too. They were very talltall (adj)Higher than most others.≈ Synonym: high🇺🇿UZ: baland🇷🇺RU: высокий! A giraffe ate leavesleaf (noun)The flat green part of a tree or plant.🇺🇿UZ: barg🇷🇺RU: лист from a high tree. I took many photosphoto (noun)A picture you take with a camera or phone.≈ Synonym: picture🇺🇿UZ: surat🇷🇺RU: фотография.
At midday, we had lunchlunch (noun)The meal you eat in the middle of the day.≈ Synonym: midday meal🇺🇿UZ: tushlik🇷🇺RU: обед near the reptilereptile (noun)An animal like a snake or turtle, with dry skin.≈ Synonym: —🇺🇿UZ: sudralib yuruvchi🇷🇺RU: рептилия house. Inside, we saw snakessnake (noun)A long animal without legs.≈ Synonym: —🇺🇿UZ: ilon🇷🇺RU: змея and turtlesturtle (noun)An animal with a hard shell that moves slowly.≈ Synonym: —🇺🇿UZ: toshbaqa🇷🇺RU: черепаха. The snakes moved slowly, and a turtle hidhide (verb)To go somewhere you can't be seen.≈ Synonym: —🇺🇿UZ: yashirinmoq🇷🇺RU: прятаться in its shellshell (noun)A hard outer covering, like on a turtle or egg.≈ Synonym: —🇺🇿UZ: qobiq🇷🇺RU: панцирь when Akiko touchedtouch (verb)To put your hand on something.≈ Synonym: —🇺🇿UZ: teginmoq🇷🇺RU: трогать the glassglass (noun)A hard material you can see through, used in windows.🇺🇿UZ: shisha🇷🇺RU: стекло.
In the afternoon, we visited the bird section. We saw colourful parrotsparrot (noun)A colourful bird that can copy human speech.≈ Synonym: —🇺🇿UZ: to'tiqush🇷🇺RU: попугай that talked! One parrot said “Hello!” and everyone was surprised.
Finally, we watched the penguinspenguin (noun)A black-and-white bird that can't fly but swims well.≈ Synonym: —🇺🇿UZ: pingvin🇷🇺RU: пингвин. They swam fast in the water and walked funny on land. It was a really fun part of the trip, everyone agreed.
We left the zoo at four o'clock. It was a wonderful day, and we learned a lot about different animalsanimal (noun)A living thing that can move, like a dog or a lion.≈ Synonym: creature🇺🇿UZ: hayvon🇷🇺RU: животное.
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| # | 🇬🇧 | 🇺🇿 | 🇷🇺 | Example |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | classnoun | sinf, guruh | класс, группа | Our class is going on a trip. |
| 2 | zoonoun | hayvonot bog'i | зоопарк | We saw a tiger at the zoo. |
| 3 | lionnoun | sher | лев | The lion is the king of animals. |
| 4 | roarverb | bo'kirmoq | рычать | Lions roar very loudly. |
| 5 | jumpverb | sakramoq | прыгать | The cat can jump very high. |
| 6 | surprisenoun | hayrat | удивление | What a nice surprise! |
| 7 | elephantnoun | fil | слон | The elephant is very big. |
| 8 | hugeadjective | ulkan | огромный | Their house is huge! |
| 9 | trunknoun | xartum | хобот | An elephant drinks water with its trunk. |
| 10 | foodnoun | ovqat, yem | еда, корм | Don't give the animals any food. |
| 11 | monkeynoun | maymun | обезьяна | The monkey is eating a banana. |
| 12 | treenoun | daraxt | дерево | The monkey climbed the tree. |
| 13 | branchnoun | shox | ветка | A bird is sitting on the branch. |
| 14 | stealverb | o'g'irlamoq | красть | Someone stole my bike! |
| 15 | hatnoun | shapka, shlyapa | шляпа, шапка | Wear a hat in the sun. |
| 16 | giraffenoun | jirafa | жираф | A giraffe has a very long neck. |
| 17 | talladjective | baland | высокий | The building is very tall. |
| 18 | leafnoun | barg | лист | Giraffes eat leaves from trees. |
| 19 | photonoun | surat | фотография | I took a photo of the elephant. |
| 20 | lunchnoun | tushlik | обед | We had lunch in the park. |
| 21 | reptilenoun | sudralib yuruvchi | рептилия | A snake is a reptile. |
| 22 | snakenoun | ilon | змея | I am afraid of snakes. |
| 23 | turtlenoun | toshbaqa | черепаха | The turtle walks very slowly. |
| 24 | hideverb | yashirinmoq | прятаться | The children hide behind the door. |
| 25 | shellnoun | qobiq | панцирь | I found a pretty shell on the beach. |
| 26 | touchverb | teginmoq | трогать | Don't touch the hot pan! |
| 27 | glassnoun | shisha | стекло | The window glass is broken. |
| 28 | parrotnoun | to'tiqush | попугай | Our parrot can say my name. |
| 29 | penguinnoun | pingvin | пингвин | Penguins can't fly. |
| 30 | animalnoun | hayvon | животное | The horse is a beautiful animal. |