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2022-08-28 08:57:05 100 reasons to read

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2022-08-28 08:50:23 #reading

ALEXANDRE DUMAS

The novels and plays of Alexandre Dumas are filled with action and clever talk. Some critics, however, have said that Dumas's work is not good literature because it is sometimes carelessly written and historically inaccurate. After several failures as a playwright, Dumas wrote a play about the king called Henri III. It was produced in Paris in 1829 and was a great success. Dumas became prominent as one of the leaders of the Romantic movement. In the 1840s, Dumas turned nearly all his attention to writing vivid historical novels. The best known are The Three Musketeers, and The Count of Monte Cristo. Dumas hired collaborators, added material here and there to their work, and changed the plot and characters, giving the works the charm and movement that made his novels popular. Collaborators' names never appeared on the title pages of these works, but this omission was a practice of the day. Dumas earned vast sums, but he spent money faster than he earned it. His wish to be elected to the French Academy was never fulfilled.

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2022-08-28 08:49:50 #Vocabulary

action — exciting events — harakat, faoliyat
literature — written works which are of artistic value — adabiyot
inaccurate — not correct — noto’g’ri
playwright — a writer who writes for the theatre — pyesa yozuvchi
prominent — famous; important — mashxur
vivid — clear, lively (of a memory, description, the imagination, etc.) — yorqin, qizg’in
hire — employ someone for a short time by paying a certain amount of money — yollamoq
collaborators — people who work together for a special purpose — hamkor
here and there — in several places (phrase) — bir qancha joyga
plot — the set of events on which a story or play is based — syujet
charm — the ability to please or delight other people; attractiveness — maftun etuvchi
omission — the act of leaving something out — tushirib qoldirish
practice — a regular custom or habit at a particular time and place in history
sum — amount of money — yig’indi
(be) fulfilled — (be) made true; (be) satisfied; come to be realized — ro’yobga chiqmoq

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2022-08-26 21:08:49 #book #pdf #ielts #speaking

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2022-08-26 21:07:52 #book #pdf
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2022-08-26 10:46:19 #reading

THE SPICE TRADE

Spices were known to Eastern peoples thousands of years ago. Arab traders artfully withheld the true source of these spices, however, and they became valuable items of commerce early in the evolution of the spice trade. The most notable uses of spices in very early times were in medicine and in the making of holy oils. Belief in the healing power of spices filtered down, in a moderated form, into the Middle Ages and even into early modern times. It is not known when spices were first used in food. Certainly, the ancient Greeks and Romans used spices to flavour food and beverages because they discovered that spices helped to preserve foods, mask the flavour of partially spoiled meats, and also brought a change of flavour. Knowledge of the use of spices to preserve and flavour food slowly spread through Europe. Finally, in the last third of the 15th century, the Europeans decided to build ships and venture abroad in search of a route to the spice-producing countries.

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2022-08-26 10:45:46 #vocabulary

spices — vegetable substances which are usually dried for use and have distinctive flavours and aromas — ziravorlar
artfully — cleverly, but perhaps in a way that is not completely honest — ayyorona, hiylakorlik bilan
withhold — refuse to give something — biror narsa berishdan voz kechish
valuable — worth a lot of money — qimmatbaho
commerce — the buying and selling of goods — savdo, tijorat
evolution — the gradual development of something — evolyutsiya
notable — important; interesting — muhim
holy — connected with God and religion — diniy, muqaddas
healing power — able to make a sick person healthy again — davolovchi qudrat
filter down — be gradually passed on from person to person (phrase) — avloddan avlodga o’tmoq
in moderated form — less extreme; not as strong as before (phrase) — o’rtacha shaklda
beverages — drinks, e.g. tea, coffee, or wine — ichimliklar
preserve — keep something in good condition for a long time — saqlamoq
mask — cover; prevent something from being noticed — niqoblamoq, himoya qilmoq
partially — not completely; in parts — qisman
spoiled — decayed; no longer good — aynigan
flavour — the taste of something — ta’m, maza
venture — go somewhere, especially somewhere that may be dangerous — jo’nab ketish

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2022-08-25 21:44:07 #listening #ielts
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