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Day 10 · City & Technology · A2 Level

My First Day at the Café

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⏱ Time target: 4-5 minutes 📖 Reading + Vocabulary ✅ 10 True / False questions
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Yesterdayyesterday (adverb)On the day before today.Synonym: the day before🇺🇿UZ: kecha🇷🇺RU: вчера was Elyor's first day workingwork (verb)To do a job, especially for money.Synonym: be employed🇺🇿UZ: ishlamoq🇷🇺RU: работать at a café in the city centrecentre (noun)The middle part of something, like a city.Synonym: middle🇺🇿UZ: markaz🇷🇺RU: центр. He arrivedarrive (verb)To reach a place.Synonym: get there🇺🇿UZ: yetib kelmoq🇷🇺RU: прибывать earlyearly (adverb)Before the usual or expected time.Synonym: ahead of time🇺🇿UZ: erta🇷🇺RU: рано, put onput on (phrasal verb)To place clothing on your body.Synonym: wear🇺🇿UZ: kiymoq🇷🇺RU: надевать his apronapron (noun)A piece of clothing worn over the front of your clothes to keep them clean.Synonym: pinafore🇺🇿UZ: fartuk🇷🇺RU: фартук, and tried to rememberremember (verb)To keep something in your memory.Synonym: recall🇺🇿UZ: eslamoq🇷🇺RU: помнить everything his managermanager (noun)A person who is in charge of a business.Synonym: boss🇺🇿UZ: menejer🇷🇺RU: менеджер taughtteach (verb)To help someone learn something.Synonym: instruct🇺🇿UZ: o'rgatmoq🇷🇺RU: учить (обучать) him during trainingtraining (noun)The process of learning skills for a job.Synonym: instruction🇺🇿UZ: o'qitish🇷🇺RU: обучение.

The first hourhour (noun)A period of sixty minutes.Synonym: sixty minutes🇺🇿UZ: soat🇷🇺RU: час was quiet. Elyor mademake (verb)To produce or create something.Synonym: create🇺🇿UZ: tayyorlamoq🇷🇺RU: делать a few coffeescoffee (noun)A hot drink made from roasted coffee beans.Synonym: cup of coffee🇺🇿UZ: qahva🇷🇺RU: кофе and cleanedclean (verb)To remove dirt from something.Synonym: wipe🇺🇿UZ: tozalamoq🇷🇺RU: убирать some tables. "This isn't so hardhard (adj)Difficult to do.Synonym: difficult🇺🇿UZ: qiyin🇷🇺RU: трудный," he thoughtthink (verb)To use your mind to consider something.Synonym: consider🇺🇿UZ: o'ylamoq🇷🇺RU: думать. Then, suddenly, ten customerscustomer (noun)A person who buys goods or services.Synonym: client🇺🇿UZ: mijoz🇷🇺RU: клиент walked in at the same time.

"Can I have a large lattelatte (noun)A coffee drink made with a lot of hot milk.Synonym: milky coffee🇺🇿UZ: latte🇷🇺RU: латте, please?" one customer asked. "And I'd like a blackblack (adj)Of the darkest colour; without milk, for coffee.Synonym: dark🇺🇿UZ: qora🇷🇺RU: чёрный coffee," said anotheranother (determiner)One more, or a different one.Synonym: a different one🇺🇿UZ: yana bir🇷🇺RU: другой. Elyor tried to remember all the ordersorder (noun)A request for food or drink in a café or restaurant.Synonym: request🇺🇿UZ: buyurtma🇷🇺RU: заказ, but he quickly got confusedconfused (adj)Unable to think clearly; puzzled.Synonym: puzzled🇺🇿UZ: chalkash🇷🇺RU: растерянный.

He accidentallyaccidentally (adverb)By chance; not on purpose.Synonym: by mistake🇺🇿UZ: bilmasdan🇷🇺RU: случайно gavegive (verb)To hand something to someone.Synonym: hand over🇺🇿UZ: bermoq🇷🇺RU: давать the wrongwrong (adj)Not correct; a mistake.Synonym: incorrect🇺🇿UZ: noto'g'ri🇷🇺RU: неправильный drinkdrink (noun)A liquid that you swallow.Synonym: beverage🇺🇿UZ: ichimlik🇷🇺RU: напиток to the wrong table. "Sorry! I'll fixfix (verb)To repair or correct something.Synonym: correct🇺🇿UZ: tuzatmoq🇷🇺RU: исправить it right away," he said, feelingfeel (verb)To experience an emotion or physical sensation.Synonym: sense🇺🇿UZ: his qilmoq🇷🇺RU: чувствовать his faceface (noun)The front part of the head.Synonym: countenance🇺🇿UZ: yuz🇷🇺RU: лицо turn redred (adj)Having the colour of blood.Synonym: crimson🇺🇿UZ: qizil🇷🇺RU: красный. The customer just smiled. "Don't worry, it happens to everyone."

By the afternoon, Elyor started to feel more confidentconfident (adj)Feeling sure about your own abilities.Synonym: self-assured🇺🇿UZ: o'ziga ishongan🇷🇺RU: уверенный. He learned to writewrite (verb)To make letters or words on a surface.Synonym: note down🇺🇿UZ: yozmoq🇷🇺RU: писать down every order carefully, and he stoppedstop (verb)To no longer continue doing something.Synonym: cease🇺🇿UZ: to'xtatmoq🇷🇺RU: прекращать mixing upmix up (phrasal verb)To confuse one thing with another.Synonym: confuse🇺🇿UZ: chalkashtirmoq🇷🇺RU: путать the cupscup (noun)A small container used for drinking.Synonym: mug🇺🇿UZ: chashka🇷🇺RU: чашка.

At the end of his shiftshift (noun)A period of work time.Synonym: work period🇺🇿UZ: smena🇷🇺RU: смена, his manager camecome (verb)To move towards a place or person.Synonym: arrive🇺🇿UZ: kelmoq🇷🇺RU: приходить over. "How was your first day?" she asked. "Chaoticchaotic (adj)Completely confused and disorganised.Synonym: disorderly🇺🇿UZ: tartibsiz🇷🇺RU: хаотичный," Elyor admitted, "but I actually enjoyedenjoy (verb)To get pleasure from something.Synonym: like🇺🇿UZ: yoqtirmoq🇷🇺RU: наслаждаться it." "Everyone finds their first day difficultdifficult (adj)Not easy; hard to do.Synonym: hard🇺🇿UZ: qiyin🇷🇺RU: трудный," she said. "You did well."

Elyor walked home tired but proudproud (adj)Feeling pleased about an achievement.Synonym: satisfied🇺🇿UZ: faxrlangan🇷🇺RU: гордый. He had made mistakes, but he had also learned fastfast (adverb)Quickly; at speed.Synonym: quickly🇺🇿UZ: tez🇷🇺RU: быстро — and that felt like a good startstart (noun)The beginning of something.Synonym: beginning🇺🇿UZ: boshlanish🇷🇺RU: начало.

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