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The pyramids of Egypt are among the most famousfamous (adj)Known about by many people.≈ Synonym: renowned🇺🇿UZ: mashhur🇷🇺RU: знаменитый ancientancient (adj)Belonging to a period long ago in history.≈ Synonym: age-old🇺🇿UZ: qadimiy🇷🇺RU: древний structuresstructure (noun)Buildings or other large constructed objects.≈ Synonym: constructions🇺🇿UZ: inshootlar🇷🇺RU: сооружения in the world. They were built over 4,000 years ago, during the time of the pharaohspharaoh (noun)Ancient Egyptian kings.≈ Synonym: Egyptian rulers🇺🇿UZ: fir'avnlar🇷🇺RU: фараоны. The largest and most well-known is the Great Pyramid of Giza, which was constructedconstruct (verb)Built or made something by putting parts together.≈ Synonym: built🇺🇿UZ: qurilgan🇷🇺RU: построен for Pharaoh Khufu. When it was first built, it stood at around 146 metres tall and was the tallest man-mademan-made (adj)Made by people, not occurring naturally.≈ Synonym: artificial🇺🇿UZ: sun'iy🇷🇺RU: искусственный structure in the world for thousands of years.
What makes the pyramids so incredibleincredible (adj)Extremely impressive or difficult to believe.≈ Synonym: amazing🇺🇿UZ: hayratlanarli🇷🇺RU: невероятный is that they were built at a time when people had no modern machines or technologytechnology (noun)Scientific knowledge used for practical purposes.≈ Synonym: machinery🇺🇿UZ: texnologiya🇷🇺RU: технология. The huge stone blocksblock (noun)Large solid pieces of a hard material.≈ Synonym: slabs🇺🇿UZ: bloklar🇷🇺RU: блоки, some weighingweigh (verb)Having a particular heaviness.≈ Synonym: massing🇺🇿UZ: og'irligi bo'lgan🇷🇺RU: весящий as much as 80 tonnestonne (noun)Units of weight equal to 1,000 kilograms.≈ Synonym: metric tons🇺🇿UZ: tonna🇷🇺RU: тонны, had to be transportedtransport (verb)Moved from one place to another.≈ Synonym: moved🇺🇿UZ: tashilgan🇷🇺RU: перевезены and placed with great accuracyaccuracy (noun)The quality of being exact and correct.≈ Synonym: precision🇺🇿UZ: aniqlik🇷🇺RU: точность. This has led many expertsexpert (noun)People with great knowledge in a particular field.≈ Synonym: specialists🇺🇿UZ: mutaxassislar🇷🇺RU: эксперты to wonder: how did the ancient Egyptians achieveachieve (verb)To succeed in doing something difficult.≈ Synonym: accomplish🇺🇿UZ: erishmoq🇷🇺RU: достичь this?
One of the most acceptedaccepted (adj)Generally agreed to be true or correct.≈ Synonym: widely believed🇺🇿UZ: qabul qilingan🇷🇺RU: общепринятый ideas is that the builders used large rampsramp (noun)Sloping surfaces connecting two different levels.≈ Synonym: slopes🇺🇿UZ: pandus, qiyalik🇷🇺RU: пандусы to move the stones into place. These ramps may have been made from mud bricks and wood, and they would have allowed workers to dragdrag (verb)To pull something heavy along a surface.≈ Synonym: haul🇺🇿UZ: sudramoq🇷🇺RU: тащить the stones up the sides of the pyramid as it was being built. Another theorytheory (noun)An idea meant to explain something not yet proven.≈ Synonym: hypothesis🇺🇿UZ: nazariya🇷🇺RU: теория suggests that the Egyptians used leverslever (noun)Bars used to lift or move heavy objects.≈ Synonym: bars🇺🇿UZ: richaglar🇷🇺RU: рычаги, ropes, and clever engineeringengineering (noun)The application of science to design and build things.≈ Synonym: technical design🇺🇿UZ: muhandislik🇷🇺RU: инженерия techniques to lift and positionposition (verb)To put something in a particular place.≈ Synonym: place🇺🇿UZ: joylashtirmoq🇷🇺RU: разместить the heavy blocks.
Recent discoveriesdiscovery (noun)Things found or learned for the first time.≈ Synonym: findings🇺🇿UZ: kashfiyotlar🇷🇺RU: открытия near the pyramids have provided more cluesclue (noun)Pieces of evidence that help solve a mystery.≈ Synonym: hints🇺🇿UZ: izlar🇷🇺RU: подсказки about the people who built them. Archaeologistsarchaeologist (noun)Scientists who study ancient history through excavation.≈ Synonym: excavators🇺🇿UZ: arxeologlar🇷🇺RU: археологи have found the remainsremains (noun)Parts of something left after the rest has gone.≈ Synonym: ruins🇺🇿UZ: qoldiqlar🇷🇺RU: остатки of workers' villages, where thousands of skilledskilled (adj)Having the ability to do something well.≈ Synonym: trained🇺🇿UZ: malakali🇷🇺RU: квалифицированный labourerslabourer (noun)People who do hard physical work.≈ Synonym: workers🇺🇿UZ: ishchilar🇷🇺RU: рабочие lived while working on the pyramids. These people were not slavesslave (noun)People legally owned by others and forced to work.≈ Synonym: bonded workers🇺🇿UZ: qullar🇷🇺RU: рабы, as some older stories claimedclaim (verb)Stated something as true without definite proof.≈ Synonym: asserted🇺🇿UZ: da'vo qilgan🇷🇺RU: утверждали, but well-fed workers who were proud of their jobs.
Despite all the researchresearch (noun)Careful study to discover new facts.≈ Synonym: investigation🇺🇿UZ: tadqiqot🇷🇺RU: исследование, many mysteriesmystery (noun)Things that are difficult to understand or explain.≈ Synonym: puzzles🇺🇿UZ: sirlar🇷🇺RU: тайны remain. Why did the Egyptians build such massivemassive (adj)Extremely large in size.≈ Synonym: huge🇺🇿UZ: ulkan🇷🇺RU: массивный tombstomb (noun)Large graves, especially ones built above ground.≈ Synonym: burial chambers🇺🇿UZ: maqbaralar🇷🇺RU: гробницы? Were they only for religiousreligious (adj)Relating to religion or belief in a god.≈ Synonym: spiritual🇺🇿UZ: diniy🇷🇺RU: религиозный reasons, or did they also show the power and greatness of the pharaohs? Some even believe the pyramids had a special meaning connected to the stars and the sun.
Today, the pyramids continue to inspireinspire (verb)To fill someone with the urge to do something.≈ Synonym: motivate🇺🇿UZ: ilhomlantirmoq🇷🇺RU: вдохновлять visitors from all over the world. They are a reminderreminder (noun)Something that makes you remember another thing.≈ Synonym: prompt🇺🇿UZ: eslatma🇷🇺RU: напоминание of what human beings can achieve with teamworkteamwork (noun)Combined effort of a group working together.≈ Synonym: collaboration🇺🇿UZ: jamoaviy ish🇷🇺RU: командная работа, skill, and imaginationimagination (noun)The ability to form new ideas or images in the mind.≈ Synonym: creativity🇺🇿UZ: tasavvur🇷🇺RU: воображение. The secrets of the pyramids may never be fully known, but they will always be a symbolsymbol (noun)A thing that represents an idea or quality.≈ Synonym: emblem🇺🇿UZ: ramz🇷🇺RU: символ of ancient Egypt's greatnessgreatness (noun)The quality of being distinguished or important.≈ Synonym: grandeur🇺🇿UZ: buyuklik🇷🇺RU: величие.