Book 3 · Unit 17

mehr, muhabbat

Affection is a feeling of liking someone or something.

“Amanda has a lot of affection for her little sister Sarah.”

agentlik

An agency is a business or service set up to act for others.

“I went to a travel agency to help me arrange a flight home.”

kul

Ash is the grey or black powder created when something is burned.

“The end of his cigar was full of ashes.”

cheklamoq, qamoq

To confine something is to keep it in one place.

“The elephant is confined to a cage in the zoo.”

rad etmoq, e'tiborsiz qoldirmoq

To dismiss something is to say it is not important.

“He quickly dismissed my idea about a new project.”

otilib chiqmoq

To erupt is for a volcano or something to shoot a hot substance.

“The volcano erupted for the first time in ten years.”

taqdir

Fate is a power that causes some things to happen.

“Some people believe that a person's hand can tell their fate.”

lava

Lava is the hot substance made of melted rock that shoots from volcanoes.

“The red hot lava poured from the volcano.”

baxtsiz, alamli

If someone is miserable, they are very unhappy.

“He was miserable after his dog died.”

yo'l boshlamoq, boshqarmoq

To navigate something is to control the way it moves or goes.

“She navigated the ship across the ocean.”

kelib chiqmoq, boshlanmoq

To originate somewhere is to start there.

“The idea of democracy originated in Ancient Greece.”

qoldiq

The remainder of something is what is left.

“He took a bite of the apple, then gave me the remainder of it.”

qaytarib olmoq, topib olmoq

To retrieve something is to find it and get it back.

“She retrieved her mail from the mail box.”

sayoz

If something is shallow, it is not deep.

“The kids were playing in the shallow water.”

qiya yer, yon bag'ir

A slope is ground that is not flat.

“The slope to the top of the mountain was very steep.”

davom etmoq, cho'zilmoq

To span a length of time is to last that long.

“His work began in 1999. It has spanned many years since then.”

xurofot, ishonch

A superstition is something magical that people believe is real.

“It is a superstition that Friday the 13th is an unlucky day.”

hamdardlik

Sympathy is a feeling of being sad for another person.

“I felt sympathy for my sister so I got her a balloon to cheer her up.”

tebranmoq, qaltiramoq

To vibrate is to shake very hard.

“The machine made his whole body vibrate as he broke up the ground.”

sarson-sargardon yurmoq, aylanib yurmoq

To wander is to walk without going to a certain place.

“The boys like to wander in the woods and look at birds.”