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🇬🇧A staple is a basic food eaten regularly in large amounts. For the Incas the potato was a staple crop, like bread or rice for other nations.
🇺🇿Staple — muntazam va ko‘p iste’mol qilinadigan asosiy oziq-ovqat. Inklar uchun kartoshka asosiy ekin bo‘lgan.
🇷🇺Staple — основной продукт, который едят регулярно и в больших количествах. Для инков картофель был основной культурой.
🇬🇧Regard with suspicion = to think something may be bad or dangerous, not to trust it. Europeans feared the ‘ugly, misshapen’ tubers.
🇺🇿Regard with suspicion — shubha bilan qaramoq, ishonmaslik. Yevropaliklar ‘xunuk’ tuganaklardan qo‘rqishgan.
🇷🇺Regard with suspicion — относиться с подозрением, не доверять. Европейцы боялись ‘уродливых’ клубней.
🇬🇧Gain ground = become more popular or accepted, little by little. It is an idiom, not about actual land.
🇺🇿Gain ground — asta-sekin ommalashmoq, e’tirof topmoq. Bu idioma, haqiqiy yer haqida emas.
🇷🇺Gain ground — постепенно набирать популярность. Это идиома, а не про настоящую землю.
🇬🇧A seal of approval is official support. When Louis XVI and Marie-Antoinette wore potato flowers, they showed royal approval.
🇺🇿Seal of approval — rasmiy qo‘llab-quvvatlash. Lyudovik XVI va Mariya-Antuanetta kartoshka gulini taqib, qirollik ma’qullashini ko‘rsatgan.
🇷🇺Seal of approval — официальное одобрение. Надев цветы картофеля, Людовик XVI и Мария-Антуанетта показали королевское одобрение.
🇬🇧Abundance = a very large quantity, more than enough. High yields gave Irish families plenty of food.
🇺🇿Abundance — mo‘l-ko‘lchilik. Yuqori hosil irland oilalariga juda ko‘p oziq-ovqat bergan.
🇷🇺Abundance — изобилие. Высокие урожаи дали ирландским семьям много еды.
🇬🇧We need a past-tense verb followed by in + place: potatoes originated in South America (= came from there).
🇺🇿O‘tgan zamon fe’li va in + joy kerak: potatoes originated in South America — Janubiy Amerikadan kelib chiqqan.
🇷🇺Нужен глагол в прошедшем времени + in + место: potatoes originated in South America — происходят из Южной Америки.
🇬🇧‘Insurance against’ needs a noun for a problem. Crop failure = a bad harvest — the Incas’ stored Chuño protected them from it.
🇺🇿‘Insurance against’ dan keyin muammoni bildiruvchi ot kerak. Crop failure — hosilsizlik.
🇷🇺После ‘insurance against’ нужна проблема. Crop failure — неурожай.
🇬🇧‘A strong ___ for’ needs a noun of feeling. Distaste for = dislike of.
🇺🇿‘A strong ___ for’ — his-tuyg‘u bildiruvchi ot kerak. Distaste for — yoqtirmaslik.
🇷🇺‘A strong ___ for’ — нужно существительное-чувство. Distaste for — неприязнь к.
🇬🇧Food shortages is a strong collocation = times when there is not enough food.
🇺🇿Food shortages — kuchli birikma: oziq-ovqat tanqisligi.
🇷🇺Food shortages — устойчивое сочетание: нехватка продовольствия.
🇬🇧‘With great enthusiasm’ shows eager acceptance: embraced. The Irish accepted the potato ‘more passionately than anyone’.
🇺🇿‘With great enthusiasm’ ishtiyoq bilan qabul qilishni bildiradi: embraced.
🇷🇺‘With great enthusiasm’ говорит о радостном принятии: embraced.
🇬🇧Unfit for = not suitable for: unfit for human consumption, unfit for use.
🇺🇿Unfit for — … uchun yaroqsiz: unfit for human consumption.
🇷🇺Unfit for — непригодный для: unfit for human consumption.
🇬🇧Resemblance to somebody/something: a resemblance to nightshade. (Resemble as a verb takes no preposition.)
🇺🇿Resemblance to — … ga o‘xshashlik. (Resemble fe’li esa predlogsiz ishlatiladi.)
🇷🇺Resemblance to — сходство с. (Глагол resemble — без предлога.)
🇬🇧Prejudice against = an unfair negative opinion about something.
🇺🇿Prejudice against — biror narsaga nisbatan noxolis salbiy fikr.
🇷🇺Prejudice against — предубеждение против. prejudice (against) — предубеждение.
🇬🇧Prior to = before (formal): prior to 1800. (prior to: before (formal))
🇺🇿Prior to — … dan oldin (rasmiy): prior to 1800.
🇷🇺Prior to — до (формально): prior to 1800. prior to — до, прежде чем.
🇬🇧The fixed phrase is in line with = in agreement with.
🇺🇿Turg‘un ibora: in line with — … ga muvofiq. in line with — … ga muvofiq, … ga mos.
🇷🇺Устойчивое выражение: in line with — в соответствии с.
🇬🇧Alter = change. It is more formal and very useful in IELTS Writing.
🇺🇿Alter = change — o‘zgartirmoq; IELTS yozuvida foydali rasmiy so‘z.
🇷🇺Alter = change — изменять; более формальное слово.
🇬🇧Encounter = come across = meet or find for the first time.
🇺🇿Encounter = come across — ilk bor duch kelmoq.
🇷🇺Encounter = come across — впервые столкнуться.
🇬🇧Famine is extreme, widespread hunger caused by a lack of food.
🇺🇿Famine — keng tarqalgan qattiq ocharchilik, hunger.
🇷🇺Famine — массовый голод, hunger. famine — голод (массовый).
🇬🇧Prejudice = bias: an unfair opinion formed without good reason.
🇺🇿Prejudice = bias — asossiz noxolis fikr. prejudice (against) — xurofot, g‘arazli fikr, noxolis munosabat.
🇷🇺Prejudice = bias — предвзятое мнение. prejudice (against) — предубеждение.
🇬🇧Beneficial = helpful, having a good effect. It is the opposite of harmful. ‘Trust’ is a verb and does not fit.
🇺🇿Beneficial = helpful — foydali; harmful (zararli) ning aksi.
🇷🇺Beneficial = helpful — полезный; противоположность harmful.
🇬🇧Originate is intransitive: originate in / from a place. It is not used in the passive.
🇺🇿Originate — o‘timsiz fe’l: originate in / from. Majhul nisbatda ishlatilmaydi.
🇷🇺Originate — непереходный глагол: originate in / from, без пассива.
🇬🇧Overcome takes a direct object, and its forms are overcome – overcame – overcome.
🇺🇿Overcome to‘g‘ridan-to‘g‘ri to‘ldiruvchi oladi; shakllari: overcome – overcame – overcome.
🇷🇺Overcome — прямое дополнение; формы: overcome – overcame – overcome.
🇬🇧Livestock is a collective noun with no -s and no a; it usually takes a plural verb: the livestock are.
🇺🇿Livestock — jamlovchi ot: -s va a olmaydi; odatda ko‘plik fe’li bilan: the livestock are.
🇷🇺Livestock — собирательное: без -s и a; обычно с глаголом во мн. ч.: the livestock are.
🇬🇧Use the passive be supplemented with / by: her diet is supplemented with vitamins.
🇺🇿Majhul nisbat: be supplemented with / by.
🇷🇺Пассив: be supplemented with / by.
🇬🇧Embrace an idea/change takes a direct object with no preposition.
🇺🇿Embrace an idea — predlogsiz to‘g‘ridan-to‘g‘ri to‘ldiruvchi bilan.
🇷🇺Embrace an idea — без предлога, с прямым дополнением.
🇬🇧Infant mortality = the death of babies. Potatoes greatly decreased infant mortality in Ireland.
🇺🇿Infant mortality — go‘daklar o‘limi; kartoshka Irlandiyada uni keskin kamaytirgan.
🇷🇺Infant mortality — детская смертность; картофель резко её снизил в Ирландии.
🇬🇧Livestock = farm animals; in Spain potatoes were first grown as food for livestock.
🇺🇿Livestock — chorva mollari; Ispaniyada kartoshka avval mollar uchun o‘stirilgan.
🇷🇺Livestock — скот; в Испании картофель сначала выращивали для скота.
🇬🇧Follow the lead of = copy what someone else has done: the lower classes followed the upper classes’ lead.
🇺🇿Follow the lead of — boshqalardan o‘rnak olmoq.
🇷🇺Follow the lead of — следовать чьему-то примеру.
🇬🇧Well suited to = very appropriate for; the potato was well suited to the Irish climate. Unfit for is the opposite.
🇺🇿Well suited to — juda mos; unfit for esa aksi.
🇷🇺Well suited to — хорошо подходящий; unfit for — противоположное.
🇬🇧Abundance = a very large amount. Its opposite is shortage.
🇺🇿Abundance — mo‘l-ko‘lchilik; aksi — shortage (tanqislik).
🇷🇺Abundance — изобилие; противоположность — shortage (нехватка).