Daily Reading Practice · Elementary passage
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Every househouse (noun)A building where people live.≈ Synonym: home🇺🇿UZ: uy🇷🇺RU: дом has a roomroom (noun)A separate area within a building.≈ Synonym: chamber🇺🇿UZ: xona🇷🇺RU: комната that feelsfeel (verb)To give a particular impression or sensation.≈ Synonym: seems🇺🇿UZ: his qildiradi🇷🇺RU: ощущается specialspecial (adj)Different from usual; important.≈ Synonym: unique🇺🇿UZ: maxsus🇷🇺RU: особенный, and for Malika, it's the small readingreading (noun)The activity of looking at and understanding written words.≈ Synonym: book-reading🇺🇿UZ: o'qish🇷🇺RU: чтение cornercorner (noun)A place where two lines or walls meet.≈ Synonym: nook🇺🇿UZ: burchak🇷🇺RU: уголок near a windowwindow (noun)An opening in a wall fitted with glass.≈ Synonym: pane🇺🇿UZ: deraza🇷🇺RU: окно in her bedroombedroom (noun)A room used for sleeping.≈ Synonym: sleeping room🇺🇿UZ: yotoqxona🇷🇺RU: спальня. It's not a big room — it's just a chairchair (noun)A seat for one person.≈ Synonym: seat🇺🇿UZ: stul🇷🇺RU: стул, a lamplamp (noun)A device that produces light.≈ Synonym: light🇺🇿UZ: chiroq🇷🇺RU: лампа, and a bookshelfbookshelf (noun)A shelf for holding books.≈ Synonym: book rack🇺🇿UZ: kitob javoni🇷🇺RU: книжная полка.
"Why do you lovelove (verb)To like something very much.≈ Synonym: adore🇺🇿UZ: yaxshi ko'rmoq🇷🇺RU: любить that corner so much?" her brotherbrother (noun)A boy or man with the same parents as you.≈ Synonym: sibling🇺🇿UZ: aka-uka🇷🇺RU: брат asks one evening. "It's the quietestquiet (adj)Making the least noise.≈ Synonym: calmest🇺🇿UZ: eng tinch🇷🇺RU: самый тихий place in the whole house," Malika explainsexplain (verb)To make something clear by describing it.≈ Synonym: clarifies🇺🇿UZ: tushuntiradi🇷🇺RU: объясняет, "and it has the best lightlight (noun)Brightness that lets you see.≈ Synonym: brightness🇺🇿UZ: yorug'lik🇷🇺RU: свет in the morning."
The chair is an oldold (adj)Having existed for a long time.≈ Synonym: aged🇺🇿UZ: eski🇷🇺RU: старый armchairarmchair (noun)A comfortable chair with side supports for the arms.≈ Synonym: easy chair🇺🇿UZ: kreslo🇷🇺RU: кресло her grandmothergrandmother (noun)The mother of your mother or father.≈ Synonym: granny🇺🇿UZ: buvi🇷🇺RU: бабушка gave her. It's not the most comfortablecomfortable (adj)Giving a pleasant feeling of ease.≈ Synonym: cosy🇺🇿UZ: qulay🇷🇺RU: удобный chair in the world, but it's the one she chosechoose (verb)To pick out from a number of things.≈ Synonym: selected🇺🇿UZ: tanladi🇷🇺RU: выбрала herself, and that makes it perfectperfect (adj)Exactly right; without fault.≈ Synonym: ideal🇺🇿UZ: mukammal🇷🇺RU: идеальный.
On the bookshelf, there's a collectioncollection (noun)A group of things gathered together.≈ Synonym: set🇺🇿UZ: to'plam🇷🇺RU: коллекция of books she has read many times. "This is a book I've read at leastat least (phrase)Not less than a certain amount.≈ Synonym: no fewer than🇺🇿UZ: kamida🇷🇺RU: по крайней мере ten times," she says, pointingpoint (verb)To show something with your finger.≈ Synonym: indicating🇺🇿UZ: ko'rsatib🇷🇺RU: указывающий to an old, wornworn (adj)Damaged from long use.≈ Synonym: well-used🇺🇿UZ: eskirgan🇷🇺RU: потрёпанный novelnovel (noun)A long fictional story in book form.≈ Synonym: book🇺🇿UZ: roman🇷🇺RU: роман.
In the evenings, Malika turns onturn on (phrasal verb)To switch something on.≈ Synonym: switches on🇺🇿UZ: yoqadi🇷🇺RU: включает the lamp — an old lamp that used to belongbelong to (verb)To be rightfully owned by someone.≈ Synonym: be owned by🇺🇿UZ: tegishli bo'lmoq🇷🇺RU: принадлежать to her father — and readsread (verb)To look at and understand written words.≈ Synonym: peruses🇺🇿UZ: o'qiydi🇷🇺RU: читает until she feels sleepysleepy (adj)Feeling ready to sleep; tired.≈ Synonym: drowsy🇺🇿UZ: uyquchil🇷🇺RU: сонный. "It's the best partpart (noun)A piece or section of something bigger.≈ Synonym: portion🇺🇿UZ: qism🇷🇺RU: часть of my day," she admitsadmit (verb)To agree that something is true.≈ Synonym: confesses🇺🇿UZ: tan oladi🇷🇺RU: признаёт.
"Isn't it a bit lonelylonely (adj)Feeling unhappy because you are alone.≈ Synonym: isolated🇺🇿UZ: yolg'iz🇷🇺RU: одинокий, always reading alonealone (adverb)Without other people.≈ Synonym: by yourself🇺🇿UZ: yolg'iz o'zi🇷🇺RU: одна (одиноко)?" her brother asks. "No," Malika smiles. "When I'm in a good book, I'm never really alone."
Sometimes her friends ask why she doesn't just read anywhereanywhere (adverb)In or to any place.≈ Synonym: any place🇺🇿UZ: istalgan joyda🇷🇺RU: где угодно. "I could," she says, "but this corner is a placeplace (noun)A particular position or area.≈ Synonym: spot🇺🇿UZ: joy🇷🇺RU: место, not just a chair. It's the one spotspot (noun)A particular place.≈ Synonym: place🇺🇿UZ: joy🇷🇺RU: местечко in the world that's completely minemine (pronoun)Belonging to me.≈ Synonym: my own🇺🇿UZ: meniki🇷🇺RU: моё."