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Thomas Edison is one of the most famous inventorsinventor (noun)People who create new things that did not exist before.≈ Synonym: creators🇺🇿UZ: ixtirochilar🇷🇺RU: изобретатели in history. He was born in 1847 in the United States and showed an interestinterest (noun)A feeling of wanting to know or learn about something.≈ Synonym: curiosity🇺🇿UZ: qiziqish🇷🇺RU: интерес in science and technologytechnologyThe use of science to build tools, machines, and systems.≈ Synonym: engineering🇺🇿UZ: texnologiya🇷🇺RU: технология from a young ageage (noun)A particular period of history.≈ Synonym: era🇺🇿UZ: davr, asr🇷🇺RU: эпоха. AlthoughalthoughDespite the fact that; used to show a contrast.≈ Synonym: even though🇺🇿UZ: garchi🇷🇺RU: хотя he did not do well in school, he loved to read and learn on his own.
Edison is best known for inventinginvent (verb)Creating something new that did not exist before.≈ Synonym: creating🇺🇿UZ: ixtiro qilish🇷🇺RU: изобретать the electricelectric (adj)Powered by or producing electricity.≈ Synonym: powered by electricity🇺🇿UZ: elektr🇷🇺RU: электрический light bulbbulb (noun)The glass part of a lamp that gives off light.≈ Synonym: lamp🇺🇿UZ: lampochka🇷🇺RU: лампочка. Before this, people used candlescandle (noun)A stick of wax with a string through it that is burned to give light.≈ Synonym: wax light🇺🇿UZ: sham🇷🇺RU: свеча, oil lampslamp (noun)A device that produces light.≈ Synonym: light🇺🇿UZ: chiroq🇷🇺RU: лампа, or gas lights to see at night. These were often dangerousdangerous (adj)Likely to cause harm or injury.≈ Synonym: risky🇺🇿UZ: xavfli🇷🇺RU: опасный and gave only a small amountamount (noun)A quantity of something.≈ Synonym: quantity🇺🇿UZ: miqdor🇷🇺RU: количество of light. Edison’s light bulb was safersafe (adj)Less likely to cause harm or danger.≈ Synonym: more secure🇺🇿UZ: xavfsizroq🇷🇺RU: безопаснее and could be used in homes and streets. It changed the way people lived and worked, allowingallow (verb)Letting someone do something.≈ Synonym: permitting🇺🇿UZ: imkon berish, ruxsat berish🇷🇺RU: позволять them to do things after darkafter darkDuring the time when it has become night.≈ Synonym: at night🇺🇿UZ: qorong'i tushgach🇷🇺RU: после наступления темноты.
In fact, Edison invented or improvedimprove (verb)Made something better than it was before.≈ Synonym: made better🇺🇿UZ: yaxshiladi, takomillashtirdi🇷🇺RU: улучшил more than 1,000 things. He worked on the phonographphonograph (noun)An early machine that could record and play back sound.≈ Synonym: sound recorder🇺🇿UZ: fonograf🇷🇺RU: фонограф, which could recordrecord (verb)To save sound or images so they can be heard or seen later.≈ Synonym: capture🇺🇿UZ: yozib olmoq🇷🇺RU: записывать and play sound. This was the first time people could listen to music or voicesvoice (noun)The sounds a person makes when speaking.≈ Synonym: sounds of speech🇺🇿UZ: ovozlar🇷🇺RU: голоса that were savedsave (verb)Kept something so it could be used again later.≈ Synonym: stored🇺🇿UZ: saqlangan🇷🇺RU: сохранённый on a machine. He also helped create early movie camerasmovie camera (noun)Machines that record moving pictures.≈ Synonym: film cameras🇺🇿UZ: kinokamera🇷🇺RU: кинокамера, which made it possible to record moving picturesmoving picturesAn old term for films or movies.≈ Synonym: films🇺🇿UZ: harakatlanuvchi rasmlar (kino)🇷🇺RU: движущиеся картинки (кино).
Edison was not only an inventor but also a businessmanbusinessman (noun)A man who owns or manages a business.≈ Synonym: entrepreneur🇺🇿UZ: tadbirkor, biznesmen🇷🇺RU: бизнесмен. He built factoriesfactory (noun)Buildings where goods are made in large numbers.≈ Synonym: manufacturing plants🇺🇿UZ: fabrikalar🇷🇺RU: фабрики, заводы and power stationspower station (noun)Places that produce electricity.≈ Synonym: power plants🇺🇿UZ: elektr stansiyalari🇷🇺RU: электростанции to bring his inventionsinvention (noun)New things that someone has created.≈ Synonym: creations🇺🇿UZ: ixtirolar🇷🇺RU: изобретения to people. One of his power stations in New York City was the first in the world to provideprovide (verb)To give something that is needed.≈ Synonym: supply🇺🇿UZ: ta'minlamoq🇷🇺RU: обеспечивать electricityelectricity (noun)A form of energy used to power lights and machines.≈ Synonym: power🇺🇿UZ: elektr energiyasi🇷🇺RU: электричество to homes and businesses.
Today, Thomas Edison is rememberedremember (verb)Thought of or kept in people's memory.≈ Synonym: recalled🇺🇿UZ: eslab qolingan🇷🇺RU: помнят as a man who changed the world with his ideas. His work helped start the modernmodern (adj)Relating to the present time; new.≈ Synonym: contemporary🇺🇿UZ: zamonaviy🇷🇺RU: современный age of technology.