The Expedition of Humphry Clinker — Page 4
My wife, who is very fond of toasted cheese, presents her compliments to him, and begs to know if there's any of that kind, which he was so good as to send us last Christmas, to be sold in London.
Mi esposa, a quien le gusta mucho el queso tostado, le transmite sus saludos y desea saber si hay alguno de ese tipo, que él tuvo la amabilidad de enviarnos la Navidad pasada, a la venta en Londres.
Vocabulary
- esposa
- Wife; a married woman in relation to her husband.
- quien
- Relative pronoun meaning 'who' or 'whom'.
- gusta
- Third person form of gustar; means 'to like or please'.
- mucho
- Adverb or adjective meaning 'a lot' or 'very much'.
- queso
- Cheese; a dairy product made from curdled milk.
- tostado
- Toasted or grilled; describing food browned by heat.
- transmite
- Transmits or sends; conveys a message to someone.
- saludos
- Greetings or regards sent to another person.
- desea
- Wishes or desires; third person form of desear.
- saber
- To know; refers to knowing facts or information.
- si
- Conjunction meaning 'if' introducing a conditional clause.
- hay
- There is or there are; impersonal form of haber.
- alguno
- Some or any; indefinite adjective referring to unspecified quantity.
- ese
- Demonstrative adjective meaning 'that' for nearby objects.
- tipo
- Type or kind; a category or variety of something.
- tuvo
- Past tense of tener; means 'he/she had'.
- amabilidad
- Kindness or friendliness; the quality of being amiable.
- enviarnos
- To send us; infinitive with first person plural object pronoun.
- Navidad
- Christmas; the Christian holiday celebrated on December 25th.
- pasada
- Last or past; referring to a previous time period.
- venta
- Sale; the act of selling goods or products.
- Londres
- London; the capital city of the United Kingdom.
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