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Day 21 · People & Relationships · A2 Level

A Mentor Worth Having

Daily Reading Practice · Elementary passage

⏱ Time target: 4-5 minutes 📖 Reading + Vocabulary ✅ 10 True / False questions
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Farrukh is a studentstudent (noun)A person who is studying at a school or university.Synonym: learner🇺🇿UZ: talaba🇷🇺RU: студент who has alwaysalways (adverb)At all times; on every occasion.Synonym: constantly🇺🇿UZ: har doim🇷🇺RU: всегда found mathsmaths (noun)The study of numbers, shapes, and quantities.Synonym: mathematics🇺🇿UZ: matematika🇷🇺RU: математика difficultdifficult (adj)Not easy; hard to do.Synonym: hard🇺🇿UZ: qiyin🇷🇺RU: трудный. Everything changedchange (verb)To become different.Synonym: alter🇺🇿UZ: o'zgardi🇷🇺RU: изменился when he metmeet (verb)To come together with someone for the first time.Synonym: encounter🇺🇿UZ: uchrashdi🇷🇺RU: встретил Professor Nazarov, a teacher who explainsexplain (verb)To make something clear by describing it.Synonym: clarify🇺🇿UZ: tushuntiradi🇷🇺RU: объясняет things in a way everyoneeveryone (pronoun)Every person; all people.Synonym: everybody🇺🇿UZ: hamma🇷🇺RU: все understandsunderstand (verb)To know the meaning of something.Synonym: comprehend🇺🇿UZ: tushunadi🇷🇺RU: понимает.

"He's the kindkind (noun)A type or sort of something.Synonym: type🇺🇿UZ: turi🇷🇺RU: вид (тип) of teacher who never makes you feel stupidstupid (adj)Not intelligent; showing a lack of thought.Synonym: foolish🇺🇿UZ: ahmoq🇷🇺RU: глупый," Farrukh tells his sistersister (noun)A girl or woman with the same parents as you.Synonym: sibling🇺🇿UZ: opa-singil🇷🇺RU: сестра. "He's someone who really listenslisten (verb)To pay attention to sound or someone speaking.Synonym: hear🇺🇿UZ: tinglaydi🇷🇺RU: слушает when you're confusedconfused (adj)Unable to think clearly; puzzled.Synonym: puzzled🇺🇿UZ: chalkash🇷🇺RU: растерянный."

The classclass (noun)A group of students taught together.Synonym: lesson🇺🇿UZ: dars🇷🇺RU: класс (урок), which usually meetsmeet (verb)To take place at a particular time.Synonym: convene🇺🇿UZ: o'tkaziladi🇷🇺RU: проводится on Tuesdays, has become Farrukh's favouritefavourite (adj)Liked more than any other.Synonym: preferred🇺🇿UZ: sevimli🇷🇺RU: любимый partpart (noun)A piece or section of something bigger.Synonym: section🇺🇿UZ: qism🇷🇺RU: часть of the week. "It's the onlyonly (adj)Single or sole; no other.Synonym: sole🇺🇿UZ: yagona🇷🇺RU: единственный class that I actually look forwardlook forward to (phrasal verb)To feel excited about something that will happen.Synonym: anticipate happily🇺🇿UZ: intiqlik bilan kutmoq🇷🇺RU: с нетерпением ждать to," he admitsadmit (verb)To agree that something is true.Synonym: confess🇺🇿UZ: tan oladi🇷🇺RU: признаёт.

Professor Nazarov, who studiedstudy (verb)To spend time learning about something.Synonym: learn🇺🇿UZ: o'qigan🇷🇺RU: учился in Germany for manymany (determiner)A large number of.Synonym: a lot of🇺🇿UZ: ko'p🇷🇺RU: много years, oftenoften (adverb)Frequently; many times.Synonym: frequently🇺🇿UZ: tez-tez🇷🇺RU: часто sharesshare (verb)To tell others about something.Synonym: tell🇺🇿UZ: baham ko'radi🇷🇺RU: делится storiesstory (noun)An account of events, real or imagined.Synonym: tale🇺🇿UZ: hikoyalar🇷🇺RU: истории about his own strugglesstruggle (noun)Great difficulty in doing something.Synonym: difficulty🇺🇿UZ: qiyinchiliklar🇷🇺RU: трудности with maths as a student. "He's a person who understands what it's like to failfail (verb)To not succeed at something.Synonym: not succeed🇺🇿UZ: muvaffaqiyatsizlikka uchramoq🇷🇺RU: терпеть неудачу and try again," Farrukh says.

One day, Farrukh finallyfinally (adverb)After a long time; at last.Synonym: eventually🇺🇿UZ: nihoyat🇷🇺RU: наконец understood a topictopic (noun)A subject that is discussed or studied.Synonym: subject🇺🇿UZ: mavzu🇷🇺RU: тема that had confused him for monthsmonth (noun)Periods of about thirty days.Synonym: thirty-day periods🇺🇿UZ: oylar🇷🇺RU: месяцы. "That's the momentmoment (noun)A very short period of time.Synonym: instant🇺🇿UZ: lahza🇷🇺RU: момент which changed everything for me," he says. "I realisedrealise (verb)To become aware of something.Synonym: understand🇺🇿UZ: angladi🇷🇺RU: осознал maths isn't something I'm bad at — it's just something I hadn't learnedlearn (verb)To gain knowledge or a skill.Synonym: acquire🇺🇿UZ: o'rgandi🇷🇺RU: выучил properlyproperly (adverb)In a correct or suitable way.Synonym: correctly🇺🇿UZ: to'g'ri🇷🇺RU: должным образом yet."

"Do you want to becomebecome (verb)To start to be something.Synonym: turn into🇺🇿UZ: bo'lmoq🇷🇺RU: становиться a teacher who inspiresinspire (verb)To give someone the desire or motivation to do something.Synonym: motivate🇺🇿UZ: ilhomlantiradi🇷🇺RU: вдохновляет people the way he does?" his sister asks. Farrukh thinks for a moment. "Actually... yes. I never expectedexpect (verb)To think that something will happen.Synonym: anticipate🇺🇿UZ: kutgan🇷🇺RU: ожидал to say that."

Now Farrukh helps youngeryoung (adj)In an early period of life.Synonym: youthful🇺🇿UZ: yoshroq🇷🇺RU: младше students who strugglestruggle (verb)To have great difficulty doing something.Synonym: have difficulty🇺🇿UZ: qiynalmoq🇷🇺RU: испытывать трудности with maths, using the same patiencepatience (noun)The ability to stay calm while waiting or facing difficulty.Synonym: tolerance🇺🇿UZ: sabr🇷🇺RU: терпение Professor Nazarov showedshow (verb)To demonstrate something to someone.Synonym: demonstrate🇺🇿UZ: ko'rsatgan🇷🇺RU: показал him. "It's the best way I know to say thank you," he says.

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