Uzbekistan
Collocations
English Around the World
Vocab Attack
Get to Know Hannah
100

Timur's capital city

What is Samarkand?

100

You don't make homework

What is do?

100

In British English, people queue. In American English, they do this instead.

What is stand in line?

100

She was so meticulous with her notes that each page was color-coded, highlighted, and perfectly aligned.

What is careful or detail-oriented?

100

Hannah lives in this U.S. State

What is Arizona?

200
Traditional meat for plov

What is lamb? (Mutton, sheep)

200

You can catch a cold, or you can catch a bus. But you never catch this: a shower — you do this instead.

What is take?

200

In American English, it’s a “truck.” In British English, it’s called this.

What is a lorry?

200

The speaker's argument was weak, but she tried to bolster it with some questionable statistics.

What is to support or strengthen?

200

Hannah has two Master’s degrees. One is in Education. The other is in this field.

What is TESL?

300

Desert covering most of western Uzbekistan

What is the Kyzylkum?

300

We don’t say “very hungry” — we say this exaggeration instead.

What is starving?

300

In Australian English, “barbie” means this.

What is a barbecue?

300

The film explores the dichotomy between tradition and modernity, showing how they often clash in daily life.

What is a division between two opposite ideas or things?

300

Hannah studied this language for the longest time

What is Arabic?

400

Writing system introduced in 1993

What is Latin?

400

DAILY DOUBLE

To “hit the books” doesn’t mean violence — it means this.

What is study hard?

400

In Australian English, “arvo” means this time of day.

What is afternoon?

400

Though the two paintings looked the same at first, there was a subtle nuance in the color of the sky that made one feel warmer.

What is a subtle difference in mearning or tone?

400
The year that Hannah was married

What is 2020?

500

Capital of the Khwarazmian Empire

What is Khiva? (Gurganj or Old Urgench)

500

If someone “spills the beans,” what do they do?

What is tell a secret?

500

In British English, the back of a car is the “boot.” In American English, it’s called this.

What is the trunk?

500

DAILY DOUBLE

Smartphones are so ubiquitous these days that it’s hard to find someone who doesn’t have one.

What is found everywhere/very common?

500

Hannah's goal is to buy this type of vehicle

What is a motorcycle?

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