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VerbAdjectiveAdverbExpression
In the days before refrigerators, salt was an extremely valuable thing. Salt allowed people to preserve food so that it would not go bad for a long time. For this reason, people treasured salt almost as much as gold.
In ancient Rome, soldiers were sometimes paid in salt instead of coins. In fact, the English word 'salary' comes from the Latin word for salt. Today salt is cheap and common, and we hardly think about it. Yet long ago, it was a treasure that was worth almost as much as money itself.
Vocabulary from this story
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refrigerators
muzlatgichlar
valuable
qimmatbaho
preserve
saqlab qolmoq
treasured
qadrlashardi, eʼzozlashardi
ancient
qadimgi
soldiers
askarlar
paid
toʻlanardi (maosh)
common
keng tarqalgan
hardly
deyarli ...emas
treasure
xazina, boylik
Grammar from this story
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so that + clause
...ishi uchun, shu maqsadda (maqsad/natija ergash gapi).
Salt preserved food so that it would last longer.
Speak slowly so that everyone can understand.
instead of + noun/-ing
... oʻrniga (bir narsani boshqasiga almashtirish).
Soldiers were paid in salt instead of coins.
Let's walk instead of driving.
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1. Why was salt so valuable long ago?
Muzlatgichlar boʻlmagan davrda ovqatni uzoq saqlashda tuz ishlatilgani uchun u qadrli edi.
2. How were Roman soldiers sometimes paid?
Qadimgi Rimda askarlarga baʼzan tanga oʻrniga tuz berilgan.
3. Where does the English word 'salary' come from?
‘salary’ soʻzi tuzni anglatuvchi lotincha soʻzdan kelib chiqqan.
