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"What do you do in your freefree time (noun)Time when you are not working.≈ Synonym: leisure time🇺🇿UZ: bo'sh vaqt🇷🇺RU: свободное время timetime (noun)A period available for something.≈ Synonym: period🇺🇿UZ: vaqt🇷🇺RU: время?" a new colleaguecolleague (noun)A person you work with.≈ Synonym: co-worker🇺🇿UZ: hamkasb🇷🇺RU: коллега asks Ilhom. "I buildbuild (verb)To make something by putting parts together.≈ Synonym: construct🇺🇿UZ: yasamoq🇷🇺RU: строить kiteskite (noun)A light frame covered with material, flown in the wind.≈ Synonym: flying toy🇺🇿UZ: uçurtma🇷🇺RU: воздушные змеи," Ilhom says. "I've been doingdo (verb)To carry out an activity.≈ Synonym: performing🇺🇿UZ: qilib kelayotgan🇷🇺RU: занимающийся it since I was a childchild (noun)A young person.≈ Synonym: kid🇺🇿UZ: bola🇷🇺RU: ребёнок, and I still flyfly (verb)To make something move through the air.≈ Synonym: sail through air🇺🇿UZ: uchirmoq🇷🇺RU: запускать (в воздух) them every weekendweekend (noun)Saturday and Sunday.≈ Synonym: days off🇺🇿UZ: dam olish kunlari🇷🇺RU: выходные."
"That's unusualunusual (adj)Not common or ordinary.≈ Synonym: uncommon🇺🇿UZ: g'ayrioddiy🇷🇺RU: необычный," she says, surprisedsurprised (adj)Feeling astonishment.≈ Synonym: astonished🇺🇿UZ: hayron bo'lgan🇷🇺RU: удивлённая. "How did you startstart (verb)To begin doing something.≈ Synonym: begin🇺🇿UZ: boshlamoq🇷🇺RU: начать?" "My grandfathergrandfather (noun)The father of your mother or father.≈ Synonym: grandpa🇺🇿UZ: bobo🇷🇺RU: дедушка taughtteach (verb)To give someone knowledge or a skill.≈ Synonym: instructed🇺🇿UZ: o'rgatgan🇷🇺RU: учил me," Ilhom explainsexplain (verb)To make something clear by describing it.≈ Synonym: clarifies🇺🇿UZ: tushuntiradi🇷🇺RU: объясняет. "He used to build kites when he was youngyoung (adj)In an early period of life.≈ Synonym: youthful🇺🇿UZ: yosh🇷🇺RU: молодой, so I learnedlearn (verb)To gain knowledge or a skill.≈ Synonym: acquired🇺🇿UZ: o'rgangan🇷🇺RU: научился from watchingwatch (verb)To look at something for a period of time.≈ Synonym: observing🇺🇿UZ: kuzatib🇷🇺RU: наблюдая him."
"Are they difficultdifficult (adj)Not easy; hard to do.≈ Synonym: hard🇺🇿UZ: qiyin🇷🇺RU: трудный to makemake (verb)To create or produce something.≈ Synonym: create🇺🇿UZ: yasamoq🇷🇺RU: делать?" she asks. "They can be," Ilhom admitsadmit (verb)To agree that something is true.≈ Synonym: confesses🇺🇿UZ: tan oladi🇷🇺RU: признаёт. "I've made simplesimple (adj)Easy to understand or make.≈ Synonym: plain🇺🇿UZ: oddiy🇷🇺RU: простой kites and complicatedcomplicated (adj)Involving many parts; not simple.≈ Synonym: complex🇺🇿UZ: murakkab🇷🇺RU: сложный ones. The complicated ones can take a wholewhole (adj)Complete; all of something.≈ Synonym: entire🇺🇿UZ: butun🇷🇺RU: целый weekweek (noun)A period of seven days.≈ Synonym: seven days🇺🇿UZ: hafta🇷🇺RU: неделя to finishfinish (verb)To complete something.≈ Synonym: complete🇺🇿UZ: tugatmoq🇷🇺RU: закончить."
"Where do you fly them?" she asks. "There's a bigbig (adj)Large in size.≈ Synonym: large🇺🇿UZ: katta🇷🇺RU: большой fieldfield (noun)An area of open land.≈ Synonym: open ground🇺🇿UZ: dala🇷🇺RU: поле nearnear (preposition)Close to a place.≈ Synonym: close to🇺🇿UZ: yaqinida🇷🇺RU: рядом с my househouse (noun)A building where people live.≈ Synonym: home🇺🇿UZ: uy🇷🇺RU: дом," Ilhom says, "where I've been goinggo (verb)To travel to a place.≈ Synonym: travelling to🇺🇿UZ: borib turgan🇷🇺RU: ходящий since I was ten. It's the perfectperfect (adj)Exactly right; without fault.≈ Synonym: ideal🇺🇿UZ: ajoyib🇷🇺RU: идеальный placeplace (noun)A particular position or area.≈ Synonym: location🇺🇿UZ: joy🇷🇺RU: место — lots of openopen (adj)Not enclosed or blocked; free.≈ Synonym: unobstructed🇺🇿UZ: ochiq🇷🇺RU: открытый spacespace (noun)An amount of area available.≈ Synonym: room🇺🇿UZ: joy (bo'shliq)🇷🇺RU: пространство and windwind (noun)Moving air.≈ Synonym: breeze🇺🇿UZ: shamol🇷🇺RU: ветер."
"Have you ever enteredenter (verb)To take part in a competition.≈ Synonym: took part in🇺🇿UZ: qatnashgan🇷🇺RU: участвовал a competitioncompetition (noun)An event where people try to win against others.≈ Synonym: contest🇺🇿UZ: musobaqa🇷🇺RU: соревнование?" she asks. "Actually, yes," Ilhom smiles. "Last year, I entered a kite festivalkite festival (noun)An event where people fly kites competitively.≈ Synonym: kite contest🇺🇿UZ: uçurtma festivali🇷🇺RU: фестиваль воздушных змеев, and I wonwin (verb)To achieve victory in a contest.≈ Synonym: achieved victory🇺🇿UZ: yutgan🇷🇺RU: выиграл secondsecond (adj)Coming after first in order.≈ Synonym: 2nd🇺🇿UZ: ikkinchi🇷🇺RU: второй placeplace (noun)A particular position or area.≈ Synonym: location🇺🇿UZ: joy🇷🇺RU: место. I was trainingtrain (verb)To practise regularly to improve a skill.≈ Synonym: practising🇺🇿UZ: mashq qilayotgan🇷🇺RU: тренирующийся for monthsmonth (noun)Periods of about thirty days.≈ Synonym: thirty-day periods🇺🇿UZ: oylar🇷🇺RU: месяцы before that."
"What's the best part of the hobbyhobby (noun)An activity done for pleasure in free time.≈ Synonym: pastime🇺🇿UZ: sevimli mashg'ulot🇷🇺RU: хобби?" she asks. "Honestlyhonestly (adverb)In a truthful way; frankly.≈ Synonym: frankly🇺🇿UZ: rostini aytsam🇷🇺RU: честно говоря," Ilhom says, "it's watching something I made with my own handshand (noun)The parts of the body at the end of the arms.≈ Synonym: palms🇺🇿UZ: qo'llar🇷🇺RU: руки fly highhigh (adverb)At or to a great height.≈ Synonym: far up🇺🇿UZ: baland🇷🇺RU: высоко in the skysky (noun)The space above the earth.≈ Synonym: heavens🇺🇿UZ: osmon🇷🇺RU: небо. It never stopsstop (verb)To cease doing something.≈ Synonym: ceases🇺🇿UZ: to'xtaydi🇷🇺RU: перестаёт feeling magicalmagical (adj)Wonderful and exciting, as if by magic.≈ Synonym: enchanting🇺🇿UZ: sehrli🇷🇺RU: волшебный."
"I mightmight (modal)Used to express possibility.≈ Synonym: may🇺🇿UZ: balki🇷🇺RU: может быть try it myselfmyself (pronoun)Used to refer back to the speaker.≈ Synonym: personally🇺🇿UZ: o'zim🇷🇺RU: сама," she laughs. "If you do," Ilhom smiles, "I'll teachteach (verb)To give someone knowledge or a skill.≈ Synonym: instruct🇺🇿UZ: o'rgatmoq🇷🇺RU: учить you everything my grandfather taught me."