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Gulnora is lookinglook (verb)To direct your eyes towards something.≈ Synonym: glance🇺🇿UZ: qaramoq🇷🇺RU: смотреть through an oldold (adj)Having existed for a long time; not new.≈ Synonym: aged🇺🇿UZ: eski🇷🇺RU: старый photo albumalbum (noun)A book for keeping photographs.≈ Synonym: photo book🇺🇿UZ: albom🇷🇺RU: альбом with her grandmothergrandmother (noun)The mother of your father or mother.≈ Synonym: grandma🇺🇿UZ: buvi🇷🇺RU: бабушка. "Everyone says I looklook (verb)To appear a certain way.≈ Synonym: appear🇺🇿UZ: o'xshaydi🇷🇺RU: выглядеть like my mothermother (noun)A female parent.≈ Synonym: mum🇺🇿UZ: ona🇷🇺RU: мать," she says, "but I've never really seensee (verb)To notice with your eyes.≈ Synonym: observe🇺🇿UZ: ko'rgan🇷🇺RU: видел it myself."
Her grandmother smilessmile (verb)To make a happy expression with the mouth.≈ Synonym: grin🇺🇿UZ: tabassum qiladi🇷🇺RU: улыбается and pointspoint (verb)To show where something is with your finger.≈ Synonym: indicate🇺🇿UZ: ko'rsatadi🇷🇺RU: указывает to a photophoto (noun)A picture taken with a camera.≈ Synonym: picture🇺🇿UZ: surat🇷🇺RU: фото. "Look at this — you look exactlyexactly (adverb)Precisely and correctly.≈ Synonym: precisely🇺🇿UZ: aniq🇷🇺RU: точно like her at your ageage (noun)The number of years someone has lived.≈ Synonym: years🇺🇿UZ: yosh🇷🇺RU: возраст. Same smile, same eyeseye (noun)The organs used for seeing.≈ Synonym: vision organs🇺🇿UZ: ko'zlar🇷🇺RU: глаза." Gulnora studiesstudy (verb)To look at something carefully.≈ Synonym: examine🇺🇿UZ: o'rganadi🇷🇺RU: изучает the photo carefullycarefully (adverb)With close attention.≈ Synonym: attentively🇺🇿UZ: ehtiyotkorlik bilan🇷🇺RU: внимательно.
"What was she like as a teenagerteenager (noun)A person between 13 and 19 years old.≈ Synonym: adolescent🇺🇿UZ: o'smir🇷🇺RU: подросток?" Gulnora asks. "She was like you in many waysway (noun)A manner or method of doing something.≈ Synonym: manner🇺🇿UZ: usul🇷🇺RU: способ," her grandmother says. "Stubbornstubborn (adj)Refusing to change one's mind or behaviour.≈ Synonym: obstinate🇺🇿UZ: qaysar🇷🇺RU: упрямый, funnyfunny (adj)Causing laughter or amusement.≈ Synonym: amusing🇺🇿UZ: kulgili🇷🇺RU: смешной, and always asking questionsquestion (noun)A sentence asking for information.≈ Synonym: query🇺🇿UZ: savollar🇷🇺RU: вопросы."
"Do I look like my fatherfather (noun)A male parent.≈ Synonym: dad🇺🇿UZ: ota🇷🇺RU: отец at all?" Gulnora asks. "A littlelittle (adverb)To a small extent; not much.≈ Synonym: slightly🇺🇿UZ: biroz🇷🇺RU: немного," her grandmother laughs. "You have his chinchin (noun)The part of the face below the mouth.≈ Synonym: jaw🇺🇿UZ: iyak🇷🇺RU: подбородок, and his terribleterrible (adj)Very bad or unpleasant.≈ Synonym: awful🇺🇿UZ: dahshatli🇷🇺RU: ужасный sensesense (noun)A natural ability to judge or understand.≈ Synonym: instinct🇺🇿UZ: tuyg'u🇷🇺RU: чувство of directiondirection (noun)The way something is facing or moving.≈ Synonym: way🇺🇿UZ: yo'nalish🇷🇺RU: направление!"
Gulnora laughs too. "What was your own mother like?" she asks. "She looked completelycompletely (adverb)Totally; in every way.≈ Synonym: entirely🇺🇿UZ: butunlay🇷🇺RU: полностью differentdifferent (adj)Not the same.≈ Synonym: distinct🇺🇿UZ: boshqacha🇷🇺RU: другой from me," her grandmother says. "But her personalitypersonality (noun)The character and qualities that make a person unique.≈ Synonym: character🇺🇿UZ: xarakter🇷🇺RU: личность? She was exactly like you — curiouscurious (adj)Interested in learning about things.≈ Synonym: inquisitive🇺🇿UZ: qiziquvchan🇷🇺RU: любопытный about everything."
"It's strangestrange (adj)Unusual or unfamiliar.≈ Synonym: unusual🇺🇿UZ: g'alati🇷🇺RU: странный," Gulnora says thoughtfullythoughtfully (adverb)In a way that shows careful thinking.≈ Synonym: reflectively🇺🇿UZ: o'ylab🇷🇺RU: задумчиво. "I never noticednotice (verb)To become aware of something.≈ Synonym: observe🇺🇿UZ: sezgan🇷🇺RU: заметил these things before. I always thoughtthink (verb)To believe or consider something.≈ Synonym: believe🇺🇿UZ: o'ylagan🇷🇺RU: думал I looked like nobodynobody (pronoun)No person; not anybody.≈ Synonym: no one🇺🇿UZ: hech kim🇷🇺RU: никто in particularparticular (adj)Specific; one and not any other.≈ Synonym: specific🇺🇿UZ: aniq🇷🇺RU: конкретный."
"That's how it workswork (verb)To function or operate in a certain way.≈ Synonym: function🇺🇿UZ: ishlaydi🇷🇺RU: работает sometimes," her grandmother says warmlywarmly (adverb)In a kind, friendly way.≈ Synonym: affectionately🇺🇿UZ: iliqlik bilan🇷🇺RU: тепло. "You look in the mirrormirror (noun)A glass surface that reflects an image.≈ Synonym: looking glass🇺🇿UZ: oyna🇷🇺RU: зеркало every day, so it's hardhard (adj)Difficult to do.≈ Synonym: difficult🇺🇿UZ: qiyin🇷🇺RU: трудно to see what everyone else sees so clearlyclearly (adverb)In a way that is easy to see or understand.≈ Synonym: plainly🇺🇿UZ: aniq ravishda🇷🇺RU: ясно."