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Sardor workswork (verb)To do a job, especially for money.≈ Synonym: be employed🇺🇿UZ: ishlamoq🇷🇺RU: работать at a small bakerybakery (noun)A shop that makes and sells bread and cakes.≈ Synonym: bakehouse🇺🇿UZ: novvoyxona🇷🇺RU: пекарня near the old marketmarket (noun)A place where people buy and sell goods.≈ Synonym: bazaar🇺🇿UZ: bozor🇷🇺RU: рынок. Every morning, he bakesbake (verb)To cook food, especially bread or cakes, in an oven.≈ Synonym: cook🇺🇿UZ: pishirmoq🇷🇺RU: печь freshfresh (adj)Recently made, grown, or picked; not old.≈ Synonym: new🇺🇿UZ: yangi🇷🇺RU: свежий bread and nonnon (noun)Traditional round Uzbek flatbread.≈ Synonym: flatbread🇺🇿UZ: non🇷🇺RU: лепёшка before the shop opensopen (verb)To become available for business; to start operating.≈ Synonym: start🇺🇿UZ: ochilmoq🇷🇺RU: открываться at seven. It's a quietquiet (adj)Making little or no noise.≈ Synonym: silent🇺🇿UZ: sokin🇷🇺RU: тихий, calmcalm (adj)Peaceful and not busy or excited.≈ Synonym: relaxed🇺🇿UZ: tinch🇷🇺RU: спокойный job — most days.
But this week is differentdifferent (adj)Not the same as something else.≈ Synonym: distinct🇺🇿UZ: boshqacha🇷🇺RU: другой. Navruz is coming, and everyone in the citycity (noun)A large town where many people live.≈ Synonym: town🇺🇿UZ: shahar🇷🇺RU: город wants sweetsweet (adj)Having the taste of sugar; not sour.≈ Synonym: sugary🇺🇿UZ: shirin🇷🇺RU: сладкий pastriespastry (noun)Food made from a mixture of flour, fat, and water, baked in the oven.≈ Synonym: baked goods🇺🇿UZ: pishiriq🇷🇺RU: выпечка and specialspecial (adj)Different from what is usual; important.≈ Synonym: unique🇺🇿UZ: maxsus🇷🇺RU: особый bread. "Look!" Sardor's bossboss (noun)A person who is in charge of workers.≈ Synonym: manager🇺🇿UZ: boshliq🇷🇺RU: начальник says, pointingpoint (verb)To show where something is with your finger.≈ Synonym: indicate🇺🇿UZ: ko'rsatmoq🇷🇺RU: указывать at the street. "There's already a queuequeue (noun)A line of people waiting for something.≈ Synonym: line🇺🇿UZ: navbat🇷🇺RU: очередь outside, and we haven't even opened yet!"
Right now, Sardor is mixingmix (verb)To combine different things together.≈ Synonym: combine🇺🇿UZ: aralashtirmoq🇷🇺RU: смешивать a hugehuge (adj)Extremely large in size or amount.≈ Synonym: enormous🇺🇿UZ: ulkan🇷🇺RU: огромный bowlbowl (noun)A round, deep dish used for food.≈ Synonym: dish🇺🇿UZ: kosa🇷🇺RU: миска of doughdough (noun)A soft mixture of flour and water used to make bread.≈ Synonym: paste🇺🇿UZ: xamir🇷🇺RU: тесто while his colleaguecolleague (noun)A person you work with.≈ Synonym: co-worker🇺🇿UZ: hamkasb🇷🇺RU: коллега Rustam is cuttingcut (verb)To divide something using a sharp tool.≈ Synonym: slice🇺🇿UZ: kesmoq🇷🇺RU: резать pastries into small trianglestriangle (noun)A shape with three straight sides.≈ Synonym: three-sided shape🇺🇿UZ: uchburchak🇷🇺RU: треугольник. "I'm working fasterfast (adj)Moving or happening with great speed.≈ Synonym: quick🇺🇿UZ: tezroq🇷🇺RU: быстрее than I usually do," Sardor says, "but I don't want to make any mistakesmistake (noun)Something done wrong; an error.≈ Synonym: error🇺🇿UZ: xato🇷🇺RU: ошибка."
A customercustomer (noun)A person who buys goods or services.≈ Synonym: client🇺🇿UZ: mijoz🇷🇺RU: клиент knocks on the windowwindow (noun)An opening in a wall, usually with glass, to let in light.≈ Synonym: glass pane🇺🇿UZ: deraza🇷🇺RU: окно. "Are you open yet?" she calls. "Not yet," Rustam calls back, "but we're opening in ten minutes!" The woman waits patientlypatiently (adverb)Without getting annoyed while waiting.≈ Synonym: calmly🇺🇿UZ: sabr bilan🇷🇺RU: терпеливо, tappingtap (verb)To hit something gently and quickly, making a light noise.≈ Synonym: knock lightly🇺🇿UZ: chertmoq🇷🇺RU: постукивать her foot.
By eight o'clock, the bakery is fullfull (adj)Containing as much as possible; not empty.≈ Synonym: packed🇺🇿UZ: to'la🇷🇺RU: полный of people. Some are buyingbuy (verb)To get something by paying money for it.≈ Synonym: purchase🇺🇿UZ: sotib olmoq🇷🇺RU: покупать bread for their families; others are choosingchoose (verb)To decide which thing you want from several options.≈ Synonym: select🇺🇿UZ: tanlamoq🇷🇺RU: выбирать giftsgift (noun)Something given to someone without payment.≈ Synonym: present🇺🇿UZ: sovg'a🇷🇺RU: подарок for their neighboursneighbour (noun)A person who lives next to or near you.≈ Synonym: resident nearby🇺🇿UZ: qo'shni🇷🇺RU: сосед. The smellsmell (noun)The quality that you notice with your nose.≈ Synonym: scent🇺🇿UZ: hid🇷🇺RU: запах of warm bread fillsfill (verb)To make something completely full.≈ Synonym: occupy🇺🇿UZ: to'ldirmoq🇷🇺RU: наполнять the whole street.
"This is exhaustingexhausting (adj)Making you feel extremely tired.≈ Synonym: tiring🇺🇿UZ: charchatuvchi🇷🇺RU: изнурительный," Sardor says during a shortshort (adj)Not lasting very long; brief.≈ Synonym: brief🇺🇿UZ: qisqa🇷🇺RU: короткий breakbreak (noun)A short pause from work or activity.≈ Synonym: rest🇺🇿UZ: tanaffus🇷🇺RU: перерыв, "but I love it. On a normalnormal (adj)Usual, typical, and expected.≈ Synonym: typical🇺🇿UZ: oddiy🇷🇺RU: обычный day, I bake for people I already know. This week, I'm baking for the whole neighbourhoodneighbourhood (noun)The area around where someone lives.≈ Synonym: area🇺🇿UZ: mahalla🇷🇺RU: район."
By the evening, every shelfshelf (noun)A flat surface for holding or storing things.≈ Synonym: rack🇺🇿UZ: javon🇷🇺RU: полка is emptyempty (adj)Containing nothing; not full.≈ Synonym: vacant🇺🇿UZ: bo'sh🇷🇺RU: пустой. Sardor looks tiredtired (adj)Feeling that you need to rest or sleep.≈ Synonym: exhausted🇺🇿UZ: charchagan🇷🇺RU: уставший but happyhappy (adj)Feeling pleased or glad.≈ Synonym: glad🇺🇿UZ: baxtli🇷🇺RU: счастливый. "Same time tomorrow?" Rustam asks, smiling. "Of course," Sardor says. "Navruz only comes once a year."