Transitive and intransitive verbs (o’timli va o’timsiz fe’llar)

6. was –were able to o’tgan zamondagi aniq bir vaziyatda qiyin ahvolga tushib qolsada, lekin baribir uddasidan chiqilgan ish harakatlarga ishlatiladi. Bu ma’noda “was able to” ning o’rniga “could” ishaltilmaydi: Marat played chess very well yesterday, but in the end I was able to win him. Marat kecha shaxmatni juda yaxshi o’ynadi lekin axiyri men uni yutishning uddasidan chiqdim.

Was/were able to ning sinonimlari managed to (eplamoq), succeeded in (erishmoq). An aggressive dog chased me yesterday but I mananged to escape. Kecha meni tajovuzkor it quvladi lekin men qochib qolishni uddasidan chiqdim.