Maxsus ta’lim vazirligi nizomiy nomidagi Toshkent davlat pedagogika universiteti qoshidagi akademik litsey Nurmatov J. N, Kudratov K. X

EX 348 PERIODS OF TIME Translate into Uzbek and learn by heart.

Lengths of time
There are only a small number of words referring to exact periods of time.

They are (from largest to smallest):

Millenium (1000 years) week

Century (100 years) day

Decade (10 years) hour

Year (365 days) minute

Month (12 months in a year) second

Fortnight (2 weeks)
A century, year and hour are often divided into halves or quarters:

The political changes of the last quarter century.

Prices rose again in the first quarter (of the year).
A generation is 25-30 years:

It will take a generation for the new trees to grow.
Some of these words are also used to talk about approximate time periods, and to emphasise how long or short a period is meant:

At this rate it’ll take hours/days/weeks/months to finish the project.

He’s been doing the same job for years.

You’re late – I’ve been waiting (for) ages!

Filling in these forms seems to take forever/an eternity.

I’ve had these old boots for quite a while.

Will builders be here long? They only started a short time ago.

She’ll be here in a second/moment/minute.

Can you wait a minute, I’ll be with you presently/shortly (=soon).