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Day 35 · People & Relationships · A2 Level

Making Excuses

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⏱ Time target: 4-5 minutes 📖 Reading + Vocabulary ✅ 10 True / False questions
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Jasur arrivesarrive (verb)To reach a place.Synonym: gets to🇺🇿UZ: yetib keladi🇷🇺RU: прибывает at the meeting twenty minutes latelate (adj)After the expected time.Synonym: delayed🇺🇿UZ: kech🇷🇺RU: поздний, out of breathout of breath (phrase)Breathing heavily after physical effort.Synonym: breathless🇺🇿UZ: nafasi bo'g'ilgan🇷🇺RU: запыхавшись. "I'm so sorry I'm late," he says quicklyquickly (adverb)At a fast speed.Synonym: fast🇺🇿UZ: tezda🇷🇺RU: быстро. "The traffictraffic (noun)Vehicles moving on a road.Synonym: road traffic🇺🇿UZ: transport oqimi🇷🇺RU: движение (транспорт) today was too heavyheavy (adj)Great in amount or force.Synonym: dense🇺🇿UZ: og'ir (zich)🇷🇺RU: интенсивный to movemove (verb)To change position or go from one place to another.Synonym: shift🇺🇿UZ: harakatlanmoq🇷🇺RU: двигаться at all."

"Againagain (adverb)Once more; another time.Synonym: once more🇺🇿UZ: yana🇷🇺RU: снова?" his colleaguecolleague (noun)A person you work with.Synonym: co-worker🇺🇿UZ: hamkasb🇷🇺RU: коллега Nargiza asks, raisingraise (verb)To lift something up.Synonym: lifting🇺🇿UZ: ko'tarib🇷🇺RU: поднимая an eyebroweyebrow (noun)The line of hair above the eye.Synonym: brow🇺🇿UZ: qosh🇷🇺RU: бровь. "This is the thirdthird (adj)Coming after second in order.Synonym: 3rd🇺🇿UZ: uchinchi🇷🇺RU: третий time this month." "I know, I know," Jasur says, "but this time it's a good excuseexcuse (noun)A reason given to explain a fault.Synonym: justification🇺🇿UZ: bahona🇷🇺RU: оправдание, I promise."

"Go on then," Nargiza says, crossingcross (verb)To place one thing over another, e.g. your arms.Synonym: folding🇺🇿UZ: chalishtirib🇷🇺RU: скрещивая her armsarm (noun)The parts of the body from shoulder to hand.Synonym: limbs🇺🇿UZ: qo'llar🇷🇺RU: руки. "My car wouldn't startstart (verb)To begin working, e.g. an engine.Synonym: turn on🇺🇿UZ: ishga tushmoq🇷🇺RU: заводиться," Jasur explainsexplain (verb)To make something clear by describing it.Synonym: clarifies🇺🇿UZ: tushuntiradi🇷🇺RU: объясняет, "so I had to call a taxitaxi (noun)A car that carries passengers for a fare.Synonym: cab🇺🇿UZ: taksi🇷🇺RU: такси, but the roadsroad (noun)A wide way that vehicles travel on.Synonym: street🇺🇿UZ: yo'llar🇷🇺RU: дороги were too busy for it to arrivearrive (verb)To reach a destination.Synonym: get there🇺🇿UZ: yetib bormoq🇷🇺RU: прибыть quickly."

"That's not too bad an excuse," Nargiza admitsadmit (verb)To agree that something is true.Synonym: confesses🇺🇿UZ: tan oladi🇷🇺RU: признаёт. "But you're always too late for something. Maybe you should leaveleave (verb)To go away from a place.Synonym: depart🇺🇿UZ: ketmoq🇷🇺RU: уходить home earlierearly (adverb)Before the usual time; sooner.Synonym: sooner🇺🇿UZ: ertaroq🇷🇺RU: раньше."

"You're right," Jasur sighssigh (verb)To breathe out slowly showing tiredness.Synonym: exhales🇺🇿UZ: xo'rsinadi🇷🇺RU: вздыхает. "I always think I have enough time, but I never actuallyactually (adverb)In fact; really.Synonym: in fact🇺🇿UZ: aslida🇷🇺RU: на самом деле do." "Exactlyexactly (adverb)Precisely and correctly.Synonym: precisely🇺🇿UZ: aynan🇷🇺RU: именно," Nargiza nodsnod (verb)To move the head down and up to show agreement.Synonym: agrees with a gesture🇺🇿UZ: bosh irg'aydi🇷🇺RU: кивает. "You're not too busy — you're just too optimisticoptimistic (adj)Expecting good things to happen; hopeful about the future.Synonym: hopeful🇺🇿UZ: optimist🇷🇺RU: оптимистичный about time."

"That's a fairfair (adj)Reasonable and just.Synonym: reasonable🇺🇿UZ: adolatli🇷🇺RU: справедливый pointpoint (noun)A particular idea or opinion expressed.Synonym: argument🇺🇿UZ: fikr🇷🇺RU: довод," Jasur laughs. "From tomorrow, I'll leave thirty minutes earlier. That should be more than enough time, even for unexpectedunexpected (adj)Not anticipated; surprising.Synonym: surprising🇺🇿UZ: kutilmagan🇷🇺RU: неожиданный problems."

The next day, Jasur arrives ten minutes early. "Look at that!" Nargiza smiles. "Was that too difficultdifficult (adj)Not easy; hard to do.Synonym: hard🇺🇿UZ: qiyin🇷🇺RU: трудный?" "Surprisinglysurprisingly (adverb)In a way that causes surprise.Synonym: unexpectedly🇺🇿UZ: kutilmaganda🇷🇺RU: удивительно, no," Jasur grinsgrin (verb)To smile broadly.Synonym: beams🇺🇿UZ: keng jilmayadi🇷🇺RU: широко улыбается. "It just took enough planningplanning (noun)The process of deciding what to do in advance.Synonym: organising🇺🇿UZ: rejalashtirish🇷🇺RU: планирование."

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