❗️ATTENTION❗️

I publicly want to admit that I can no longer recall the names of my students. They are just too many. My memory has reached its maximum capacity.

📹 Real IELTS speaking test (Band 7)
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Videos like these don’t do much, but they help you to try and get an overall picture of how Speaking Examination procedure goes.

SMALL TALK

As a child, most of us engaged in more small talks than you and I realize. While growing up, we didn’t fully appreciate the significance of small talks, despite using them in our daily interactions. When we were pre-schoolers, we shared our toys with other children at the day care center, played in the sandbox with stranger kids or threw a basket with the neighborhood kids whom we barely knew.

However, we don’t engage in small talks as often as we should in our young adulthood. Often, our minds are preoccupied with daily stress, future plans and past regrets, neglecting a chance to ignite an interesting topic with the person next to you. As a result, we find our mind in constant process of past, present and future experiences, never feeling at peace in our own shell.

Thus, you might as well step out of your comfort zone and engage in small talks with people around you, no matter how insignificant they can be. Those conversations may range from “How is your day going?” to “I heard you got a promotion. Good job!” This allows you to be a part of everyone’s story, making you a significant person in other people’s life.

If you got the dark humor beneath this extract from an Economist article, your comprehension is great.

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Alternative ways to say
“Qayerga ketayapsan?”

📌 Where are you going?

E.g. - Where are you going?
- To the nearby store to buy some groceries.

📌 Where are you off to?

E.g. - Where are you off to?
- To the library. I have to study for the exams.

📌 Where are you headed?

E.g. - Where are you all headed?
- We are going mountain biking. Do you want to join?

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That one “smart” student in every class.

©Vocabulary for IELTS

A useful listening exercise about Attitude to Life. You can learn useful vocabulary to talk about your outlook on life.

©Vocabulary for IELTS

🌙 Ramadan Vocabulary

As Ramadan is around the corner, I would like to share some words and phrases that are commonly used in this holy month.

☪️ Fast(v)/ keep fast - ro’za tutmoq
☪️ Abstain from … - biror narsadan o’zini tiymoq
☪️ Sunrise - quyosh chiqishi
☪️ Sunset - quyosh botishi
☪️ Dawn - sahar payti
☪️ Dusk - shom payti
☪️ Pre-dawn meal - saharlik taomi
☪️ Break a fast - og’izni ochmoq, iftorlik qilmoq
☪️ Donate - ehson qilmoq
☪️ Contribute/ make contribution - ehson qilmoq, jamiyatga yordam bermoq
☪️ Charity - hayriya
☪️ Suhoor - saharlik
☪️ Iftar - iftorlik
☪️ Pray - ibodat qilmoq
☪️ Taraweeh - taroveh ibodati

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Sleep something off - uxlab o’tqizib yubormoq

E.g. - I was so depressed last night that the only solution was to sleep it off.

- Tunov kechasi shunchalik siqilgandimki, yagona yechimi uni uxlab yengish edi.

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