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Last Sunday, our class visited the zoozoo (noun)A place where wild animals are kept for people to see.≈ Synonym: โ๐บ๐ฟUZ: hayvonot bog'i๐ท๐บRU: ะทะพะพะฟะฐัะบ.
We arrived at ten o'clock. First, we saw the lionslion (noun)A big wild cat, often called the king of animals.≈ Synonym: โ๐บ๐ฟUZ: sher๐ท๐บRU: ะปะตะฒ. They slept most of the time, but one lion roaredroar (verb)To make a loud, deep sound, like a lion.≈ Synonym: โ๐บ๐ฟUZ: bo'kirmoq๐ท๐บRU: ัััะฐัั loudly! Everyone jumpedjump (verb)To push yourself up into the air.≈ Synonym: leap๐บ๐ฟUZ: sakramoq๐ท๐บRU: ะฟััะณะฐัั with surprisesurprise (noun)A feeling caused by something unexpected.≈ Synonym: shock๐บ๐ฟUZ: hayrat๐ท๐บRU: ัะดะธะฒะปะตะฝะธะต.
Then we walked to see the elephantselephant (noun)A very big grey animal with a long trunk.≈ Synonym: โ๐บ๐ฟUZ: fil๐ท๐บRU: ัะปะพะฝ. They were hugehuge (adj)Very big.≈ Synonym: enormous๐บ๐ฟUZ: ulkan๐ท๐บRU: ะพะณัะพะผะฝัะน! An elephant used its trunktrunk (noun)The long nose of an elephant.≈ Synonym: โ๐บ๐ฟUZ: xartum๐ท๐บRU: ั ะพะฑะพั to pick up some food. 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: โ๐บ๐ฟUZ: maymun๐ท๐บRU: ะพะฑะตะทััะฝะฐ. They climbed trees and jumped from branchbranch (noun)A part of a tree that grows out from the trunk.≈ Synonym: โ๐บ๐ฟUZ: shox๐ท๐บRU: ะฒะตัะบะฐ to branch. One monkey stolesteal (verb)To take something that is not yours.≈ Synonym: take๐บ๐ฟUZ: o'g'irlamoq๐ท๐บRU: ะบัะฐััั John's hat! Everyone laughed a lot.
We saw the giraffesgiraffe (noun)A tall African animal with a very long neck.≈ Synonym: โ๐บ๐ฟUZ: jirafa๐ท๐บRU: ะถะธัะฐั too. They were very tall! A giraffe ate leaves from a high tree. I took many photos.
At midday, we had lunch near the reptilereptile (noun)An animal like a snake or turtle, with dry skin.≈ Synonym: โ๐บ๐ฟUZ: sudralib yuruvchi๐ท๐บRU: ัะตะฟัะธะปะธั house. Inside, we saw snakessnake (noun)A long animal without legs.≈ Synonym: โ๐บ๐ฟUZ: ilon๐ท๐บRU: ะทะผะตั and turtlesturtle (noun)An animal with a hard shell that moves slowly.≈ Synonym: โ๐บ๐ฟUZ: toshbaqa๐ท๐บRU: ัะตัะตะฟะฐั ะฐ. The snakes moved slowly, and a turtle hidhide (verb)To go somewhere you can't be seen.≈ Synonym: โ๐บ๐ฟUZ: yashirinmoq๐ท๐บRU: ะฟัััะฐัััั in its shellshell (noun)A hard outer covering, like on a turtle or egg.≈ Synonym: โ๐บ๐ฟUZ: qobiq๐ท๐บRU: ะฟะฐะฝัะธัั when Akiko touchedtouch (verb)To put your hand on something.≈ Synonym: โ๐บ๐ฟUZ: teginmoq๐ท๐บRU: ััะพะณะฐัั the glass.
In the afternoon, we visited the bird section. We saw colourful parrotsparrot (noun)A colourful bird that can copy human speech.≈ Synonym: โ๐บ๐ฟUZ: to'tiqush๐ท๐บRU: ะฟะพะฟัะณะฐะน that talked! One parrot said โHello!โ and everyone was surprised.
Finally, we watched the penguinspenguin (noun)A black-and-white bird that can't fly but swims well.≈ Synonym: โ๐บ๐ฟUZ: pingvin๐ท๐บRU: ะฟะธะฝะณะฒะธะฝ. 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 animals.