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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 watched 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 (noun)Something a person hopes for or imagines.≈ Synonym: wish, hope🇺🇿UZ: orzu🇷🇺RU: мечта finally 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 brothers, 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 designs 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 seconds 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 quickly. Engines became stronger, designs became safer, 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 mainly 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 to air travel, people can visit farawayfaraway (adj)Very distant.≈ Synonym: distant🇺🇿UZ: uzoqdagi🇷🇺RU: далёкий places in just a few hours. Goods like food, medicine, 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.