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For thousands of years, people dreameddream (verb)Imagined or hoped for something.≈ Synonym: imagined, hoped🇺🇿UZ: orzu qilishdi🇷🇺RU: мечтали of flying like birds. They watchedwatch (verb)To look at something for some time.≈ Synonym: observe🇺🇿UZ: kuzatmoq, tomosha qilmoq🇷🇺RU: наблюдать, смотреть birds in the sky and wonderedwonder (verb)Thought about something with curiosity.≈ Synonym: asked themselves🇺🇿UZ: o'ylanishdi, hayron bo'lishdi🇷🇺RU: размышляли if humanshuman (noun)People, human beings.≈ Synonym: people🇺🇿UZ: insonlar🇷🇺RU: люди would ever find a way to travel through the air. That dreamdream (verb)Imagined or hoped for something.≈ Synonym: imagined, hoped🇺🇿UZ: orzu qilishdi🇷🇺RU: мечтали finallyfinally (adv)After a long time.≈ Synonym: at last🇺🇿UZ: nihoyat🇷🇺RU: наконец came truecome trueActually happened, as hoped.≈ Synonym: became reality🇺🇿UZ: amalga oshdi, ro'yobga chiqdi🇷🇺RU: сбылась in the early 20th century when the airplane was inventedinvent (verb)Created something new that did not exist before.≈ Synonym: created🇺🇿UZ: ixtiro qilindi🇷🇺RU: было изобретено — and it changed the world forever.
The first poweredpowered (adj)Driven by an engine or energy source.≈ Synonym: engine-driven🇺🇿UZ: quvvatlanadigan (dvigatelli)🇷🇺RU: оснащённый двигателем airplane was built by two brothersbrother (noun)A boy or man with the same parents as you.🇺🇿UZ: aka-uka🇷🇺RU: брат, Orville and Wilbur Wright, from the United States. The Wright brothers ownedown (verb)Possessed something as property.≈ Synonym: possessed🇺🇿UZ: egalik qilgan🇷🇺RU: владели a bicycle shop, but they were also very interested in engineeringengineering (noun)The science of designing and building machines and structures.≈ Synonym: technical design🇺🇿UZ: muhandislik🇷🇺RU: инженерия and flightflight (noun)The act of flying through the air.≈ Synonym: flying🇺🇿UZ: parvoz🇷🇺RU: полёт. They studiedstudy (verb)Examined something carefully to learn about it.≈ Synonym: examined🇺🇿UZ: o'rgandilar🇷🇺RU: изучали how birds flew, and they experimentedexperiment (verb)Tried different things to test an idea.≈ Synonym: tested, tried🇺🇿UZ: tajriba o'tkazdilar🇷🇺RU: экспериментировали with different shapesshape (noun)The forms or outlines of things.≈ Synonym: forms🇺🇿UZ: shakllar🇷🇺RU: формы and designsdesign (noun)The way something is planned and made.≈ Synonym: plan🇺🇿UZ: dizayn, loyiha🇷🇺RU: дизайн, конструкция for wingswing (noun)The parts of an aircraft or bird that allow it to fly.≈ Synonym: flying parts🇺🇿UZ: qanotlar🇷🇺RU: крылья.
On December 17, 1903, their hard work paid offpay offResulted in success after a lot of effort.≈ Synonym: resulted in success🇺🇿UZ: natija berdi, samara berdi🇷🇺RU: окупился, принёс результат. Orville Wright made the first flight in a machine that was heavier thanheavier thanWeighing more than something else.≈ Synonym: weighing more than🇺🇿UZ: havodan og'irroq🇷🇺RU: тяжелее, чем air and powered by an engineengine (noun)A machine that produces power to make something move.≈ Synonym: motor🇺🇿UZ: dvigatel🇷🇺RU: двигатель. The flight took placetake placeHappened, occurred.≈ Synonym: occurred🇺🇿UZ: sodir bo'ldi, o'tkazildi🇷🇺RU: состоялся in Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. That first journeyjourney (noun)A trip from one place to another.≈ Synonym: trip🇺🇿UZ: sayohat, safar🇷🇺RU: путешествие lastedlast (verb)Continued for a period of time.≈ Synonym: continued for🇺🇿UZ: davom etdi🇷🇺RU: длилось only 12 secondssecond (noun)A very short unit of time; 60 make a minute.🇺🇿UZ: soniya🇷🇺RU: секунда and coveredcover (verb)Traveled a certain distance.≈ Synonym: traveled a distance🇺🇿UZ: bosib o'tdi (masofa)🇷🇺RU: преодолело (расстояние) just 36 metres, but it showed that controlledcontrolled (adj)Directed or managed carefully, not random.≈ Synonym: guided, managed🇺🇿UZ: boshqariladigan🇷🇺RU: управляемый flight was possible.
After that, airplanes improvedimprove (verb)Became better than before.≈ Synonym: got better🇺🇿UZ: yaxshilandi, takomillashdi🇷🇺RU: улучшились quicklyquickly (adv)At a fast speed.≈ Synonym: fast🇺🇿UZ: tez🇷🇺RU: быстро. Engines became stronger, designs became safersafe (adj)Not dangerous.≈ Synonym: secure🇺🇿UZ: xavfsiz🇷🇺RU: безопасный, and people began to use airplanes for many purposespurpose (noun)Reasons for doing something, or uses.≈ Synonym: uses, reasons🇺🇿UZ: maqsadlar🇷🇺RU: цели. At first, planes were mainlymainly (adv)Mostly; more than anything else.≈ Synonym: mostly🇺🇿UZ: asosan🇷🇺RU: в основном used by the militarymilitary (noun)The armed forces of a country.≈ Synonym: armed forces🇺🇿UZ: harbiylar, armiya🇷🇺RU: военные during warswar (noun)Armed conflicts between countries or groups.≈ Synonym: armed conflicts🇺🇿UZ: urushlar🇷🇺RU: войны. But soon, they became an important way for people and goodsgoods (noun)Items that are bought, sold, or transported.≈ Synonym: products, cargo🇺🇿UZ: yuklar, tovarlar🇷🇺RU: товары, грузы to travel across countries and oceansocean (noun)The large bodies of salt water that cover most of the Earth.≈ Synonym: large seas🇺🇿UZ: okeanlar🇷🇺RU: океаны.
Today, airplanes connect the world. Thanks tothanks to (phr)Because of someone or something.≈ Synonym: because of🇺🇿UZ: ...tufayli, ...sharofati bilan🇷🇺RU: благодаря air travel, people can visit farawayfaraway (adj)Very distant.≈ Synonym: distant🇺🇿UZ: uzoqdagi🇷🇺RU: далёкий places in just a few hours. Goods like food, medicinemedicine (noun)Something you take to treat an illness.≈ Synonym: drug🇺🇿UZ: dori🇷🇺RU: лекарство, and technology can be transportedtransport (verb)Moved from one place to another.≈ Synonym: carried, moved🇺🇿UZ: tashiladi🇷🇺RU: транспортируется quickly from one side of the world to the other. The invention of the airplane turned the world into a smaller, more connectedconnected (adj)Joined or linked together.≈ Synonym: linked🇺🇿UZ: bog'langan🇷🇺RU: связанный place.
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Every highlighted word from this story with its meaning in Uzbek 🇺🇿 and Russian 🇷🇺, and an example. Tap 🇬🇧 or 🇺🇸 to hear the word or the sentence in a British or American accent.
| # | 🇬🇧 | 🇺🇿 | 🇷🇺 | Example |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | dreamverb | orzu qilishdi | мечтали | As a child, I dreamed of becoming a pilot. |
| 2 | watchverb | kuzatmoq, tomosha qilmoq | наблюдать, смотреть | We watched the sunset from the roof. |
| 3 | wonderverb | o'ylanishdi, hayron bo'lishdi | размышляли | I wonder what life will be like in fifty years. |
| 4 | humannoun | insonlar | люди | Robots can do some jobs better than humans. |
| 5 | finallyadverb | nihoyat | наконец | After two hours, the bus finally arrived. |
| 6 | come true | amalga oshdi, ro'yobga chiqdi | сбылась | Her dream of studying abroad finally came true. |
| 7 | inventverb | ixtiro qilindi | было изобретено | The radio was invented more than a hundred years ago. |
| 8 | poweredadjective | quvvatlanadigan (dvigatelli) | оснащённый двигателем | This car is powered by electricity. |
| 9 | brothernoun | aka-uka | брат | My two brothers both work in Tashkent. |
| 10 | ownverb | egalik qilgan | владели | My uncle owns a small café near the bazaar. |
| 11 | engineeringnoun | muhandislik | инженерия | My brother is studying engineering at university. |
| 12 | flightnoun | parvoz | полёт | Our flight to Istanbul was delayed by two hours. |
| 13 | studyverb | o'rgandilar | изучали | Scientists study how animals communicate. |
| 14 | experimentverb | tajriba o'tkazdilar | экспериментировали | The students experimented with different kinds of paper. |
| 15 | shapenoun | shakllar | формы | The building is in the shape of a ship. |
| 16 | designnoun | dizayn, loyiha | дизайн, конструкция | I like the design of your new phone. |
| 17 | wingnoun | qanotlar | крылья | The bird hurt its wing and couldn't fly. |
| 18 | pay off | natija berdi, samara berdi | окупился, принёс результат | All her hours of practice finally paid off. |
| 19 | heavier than | havodan og'irroq | тяжелее, чем | Iron is heavier than wood. |
| 20 | enginenoun | dvigatel | двигатель | The car's engine made a strange noise. |
| 21 | take place | sodir bo'ldi, o'tkazildi | состоялся | The wedding will take place in August. |
| 22 | journeynoun | sayohat, safar | путешествие | It was a long journey, but the view was worth it. |
| 23 | lastverb | davom etdi | длилось | The film lasted almost three hours. |
| 24 | secondnoun | soniya | секунда | The water boils in thirty seconds. |
| 25 | coververb | bosib o'tdi (masofa) | преодолело (расстояние) | We covered twenty kilometres on foot. |
| 26 | controlledadjective | boshqariladigan | управляемый | The temperature in the museum is carefully controlled. |
| 27 | improveverb | yaxshilandi, takomillashdi | улучшились | His English has improved a lot this year. |
| 28 | quicklyadverb | tez | быстро | She quickly answered all the questions. |
| 29 | safeadjective | xavfsiz | безопасный | Trains are safer than cars. |
| 30 | purposenoun | maqsadlar | цели | What is the purpose of your visit? |
| 31 | mainlyadverb | asosan | в основном | The students in this class are mainly girls. |
| 32 | militarynoun | harbiylar, armiya | военные | My cousin is doing his military service. |
| 33 | warnoun | urushlar | войны | My great-grandfather fought in the war. |
| 34 | goodsnoun | yuklar, tovarlar | товары, грузы | Trains carry goods across Central Asia. |
| 35 | oceannoun | okeanlar | океаны | The Pacific is the largest ocean in the world. |
| 36 | thanks tophrase | ...tufayli, ...sharofati bilan | благодаря | Thanks to my teacher, I passed the exam. |
| 37 | farawayadjective | uzoqdagi | далёкий | She dreams of travelling to faraway countries. |
| 38 | medicinenoun | dori | лекарство | Take this medicine twice a day. |
| 39 | transportverb | tashiladi | транспортируется | Fruit is transported by lorry to Russia. |
| 40 | connectedadjective | bog'langan | связанный | Social media keeps us connected with friends abroad. |