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30 Vocabulary Tests · 6 games

The Rise and Fall of Detective Stories

Answer all 5 questions in a test, then press Check answers. Tap See explanation under any question to see why — in 🇬🇧 English, 🇺🇿 Uzbek and 🇷🇺 Russian.

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Test A · Questions 1–5

Meaning Match

Choose the correct meaning
1Mediocre officials are…

🇬🇧Mediocre = average. (mediocre: only average; not very good)

🇺🇿O‘rtamiyona. mediocre — o‘rtamiyona.

🇷🇺Посредственные. mediocre — посредственный.

2Meagre rewards are…

🇬🇧Meagre = small. (meagre: very small in amount)

🇺🇿Arzimas. meagre — arzimas.

🇷🇺Скудные. meagre — скудный.

3To eschew something is to…

🇬🇧Eschew = avoid. (eschew: to deliberately avoid something (formal))

🇺🇿Voz kechmoq. eschew — voz kechmoq.

🇷🇺Избегать. eschew — избегать.

4A plot twist is…

🇬🇧Twist = surprise. (twist: an unexpected change in a story)

🇺🇿Kutilmagan burilish. twist — kutilmagan burilish.

🇷🇺Поворот. twist — поворот сюжета.

5Invariably means…

🇬🇧Invariably = always. (invariably: always)

🇺🇿Doimo. invariably — doimo.

🇷🇺Неизменно. invariably — неизменно.

Test B · Questions 6–10

Complete the Story

Choose the missing word for each gap — two words are extra!
ReadDetective fiction (6) in Britain. Holmes was brilliant, while police officials were (7). Rewards for writers were (8). By 1960 writers had (9) ideas and began to (10) private detectives.
Word bankeccentricflourishednarratedmeagremediocrerun out ofeschew
6Gap (6): Detective fiction ______ in Britain.

🇬🇧Past verb: flourished. (flourish: to grow or develop successfully)

🇺🇿Flourished. flourish — gullab-yashnamoq.

🇷🇺Flourished. flourish — процветать.

7Gap (7): …police officials were ______.

🇬🇧Adjective: mediocre. (mediocre: only average; not very good)

🇺🇿Mediocre. mediocre — o‘rtamiyona.

🇷🇺Mediocre. mediocre — посредственный.

8Gap (8): Rewards for writers were ______.

🇬🇧Adjective: meagre. (meagre: very small in amount)

🇺🇿Meagre. meagre — arzimas.

🇷🇺Meagre. meagre — скудный.

9Gap (9): By 1960 writers had ______ ideas…

🇬🇧Had run out of. (run out of: to have no more of something)

🇺🇿Run out of. run out of — tugab qolmoq.

🇷🇺Run out of. run out of — исчерпать.

10Gap (10): …began to ______ private detectives.

🇬🇧Verb: eschew. (eschew: to deliberately avoid something (formal))

🇺🇿Eschew. eschew — voz kechmoq.

🇷🇺Eschew. eschew — избегать.

Test C · Questions 11–15

Prepositions & Collocations

Choose the word that goes together
11Scotland Yard turned ___ Holmes when baffled.

🇬🇧Turn to sb for help.

🇺🇿To.

🇷🇺To.

12Servants were depicted ___ unintelligent.

🇬🇧Depict as. (depict (as): to show or describe in a particular way)

🇺🇿As. depict (as) — tasvirlamoq.

🇷🇺As. depict (as) — изображать.

13Writers had run out ___ ingenious plots.

🇬🇧Run out of. (run out of: to have no more of something)

🇺🇿Of. run out of — tugab qolmoq.

🇷🇺Of. run out of — исчерпать.

14Most authors were drawn ___ the middle classes.

🇬🇧Drawn from.

🇺🇿From.

🇷🇺From.

15Watson is amazed ___ Holmes’ genius.

🇬🇧Amazed by.

🇺🇿By.

🇷🇺By.

Test D · Questions 16–20

Synonym Match

Match each word with its synonym — one option is extra!
Word bankrevealcopyavoidpuzzledthrivealways
16flourish (took root and flourished)

🇬🇧Flourish = thrive. (flourish: to grow or develop successfully)

🇺🇿flourish — gullab-yashnamoq.

🇷🇺flourish — процветать.

17baffled (when they are baffled)

🇬🇧Baffled = puzzled. (baffled: completely unable to understand)

🇺🇿baffled — boshi qotgan.

🇷🇺baffled — озадаченный.

18expose (expose the inequality)

🇬🇧Expose = reveal. (expose: to reveal something hidden or bad)

🇺🇿expose — fosh qilmoq.

🇷🇺expose — разоблачать.

19eschew (eschewed private detectives)

🇬🇧Eschew = avoid. (eschew: to deliberately avoid something (formal))

🇺🇿eschew — voz kechmoq.

🇷🇺eschew — избегать.

20invariably (invariably beneficial)

🇬🇧Invariably = always. ‘Copy’ matches imitation.

🇺🇿invariably — doimo.

🇷🇺invariably — неизменно.

Test E · Questions 21–25

Spot the Correct Sentence

Only ONE sentence uses the word correctly
21run out of

🇬🇧run–ran out of.

🇺🇿ran out of.

🇷🇺ran out of.

22get one's just deserts

🇬🇧Fixed idiom: get one’s just deserts. (get one's just deserts: to receive the punishment you deserve)

🇺🇿Idioma. get one's just deserts — munosib jazosini olmoq.

🇷🇺Идиома. get one's just deserts — получить по заслугам.

23depict

🇬🇧depict sb as. (depict (as): to show or describe in a particular way)

🇺🇿depict as. depict (as) — tasvirlamoq.

🇷🇺depict as. depict (as) — изображать.

24genre

🇬🇧Countable: my favourite genre.

🇺🇿genre.

🇷🇺genre.

25uphold

🇬🇧Transitive: uphold sth. (uphold: to support or keep a belief or law)

🇺🇿uphold sth. uphold — qo‘llab-quvvatlamoq, saqlamoq.

🇷🇺uphold sth. uphold — отстаивать.

Test F · Questions 26–30

Translation Challenge

Choose the English word for the Uzbek / Russian
26🇺🇿 janr · 🇷🇺 жанр

🇬🇧Genre. (genre: a type of art, music or writing)

🇺🇿genre — janr.

🇷🇺genre — жанр.

27🇺🇿 jinoiy olam · 🇷🇺 преступный мир

🇬🇧Underworld. (underworld: the world of organised crime)

🇺🇿underworld — jinoiy olam.

🇷🇺underworld — преступный мир.

28🇺🇿 g‘alati, o‘ziga xos · 🇷🇺 эксцентричный

🇬🇧Eccentric. (eccentric: strange or unusual in behaviour)

🇺🇿eccentric — g‘alati, o‘ziga xos.

🇷🇺eccentric — эксцентричный.

29🇺🇿 fosh qilmoq · 🇷🇺 разоблачать

🇬🇧Expose. (expose: to reveal something hidden or bad)

🇺🇿expose — fosh qilmoq.

🇷🇺expose — разоблачать.

30🇺🇿 ildiz otmoq · 🇷🇺 укорениться

🇬🇧Take root. (take root: to become established)

🇺🇿take root — ildiz otmoq.

🇷🇺take root — укорениться.