Won from the Waves — Page 1
Produced by Nick Hodson of London, England
Produziert von Nick Hodson aus London, England
Won from the Waves, by W.H.G. Kingston.
Dem Meer abgerungen, von W.H.G. Kingston.
This is a splendid book, one of Kingston's very best, written and published at the very end of his life, and it will give you a very good read.
Dies ist ein hervorragendes Buch, eines von Kingstons allerbesten, geschrieben und veröffentlicht am Ende seines Lebens, und es wird Ihnen eine sehr gute Lektüre bieten.
Of course there are the usual swimming exercises, but there is just so much more going on, that you will always be wanting to turn the next page to see what happens.
Natürlich gibt es die üblichen Schwimmübungen, aber es passiert einfach so viel mehr, dass man immer die nächste Seite umblättern möchte, um zu sehen, was als nächstes geschieht.
WON FROM THE WAVES, BY W.H.G. KINGSTON.
DEM MEER ABGERUNGEN, VON W.H.G. KINGSTON.
Vocabulary
- Produziert
- Produced; created or manufactured something
- von
- From or by; common preposition indicating origin or possession
- aus
- From or out of; preposition indicating origin or exit
- Dem
- Dative form of the definite article 'the'
- Meer
- Sea or ocean; large body of saltwater
- abgerungen
- Wrested or reclaimed; gained through struggle or effort
- Dies
- This; demonstrative pronoun referring to something nearby
- ist
- Is; third person singular of 'sein' (to be)
- ein
- A or an; indefinite article for singular nouns
- hervorragendes
- Excellent or outstanding; of exceptionally high quality
- Buch
- Book; a written or printed literary work
- eines
- One of or genitive form of indefinite article 'ein'
- allerbesten
- Very best; superlative form emphasizing highest quality
- geschrieben
- Written; past participle of 'schreiben' (to write)
- und
- And; coordinating conjunction joining words or clauses
- veröffentlicht
- Published; made available to the public officially
- am
- At the or on the; contraction of 'an dem'
- Ende
- End; the final part of something
- seines
- His or its; genitive possessive pronoun referring to him
- Lebens
- Life; genitive form of 'Leben' meaning one's existence
- es
- It; third person singular neuter pronoun
- wird
- Will; auxiliary verb forming future tense in German
- Ihnen
- You; formal dative pronoun used in polite address
- eine
- A or an; feminine indefinite article for singular nouns
- sehr
- Very; adverb intensifying adjectives or other adverbs
- gute
- Good; adjective describing something of high quality
- Lektüre
- Reading or reading material; something enjoyable to read
- bieten
- To offer or provide; to present something for consideration
- Natürlich
- Naturally or of course; expressing something self-evident
- gibt
- Gives or there is/are; from 'geben' in present tense
- die
- The; definite article for feminine or plural nouns
- üblichen
- Usual or customary; referring to standard expected things
- Schwimmübungen
- Swimming exercises; practice drills performed in water
- aber
- But; coordinating conjunction indicating contrast or exception
- passiert
- Happens or occurs; third person singular of 'passieren'
- einfach
- Simply or just; adverb meaning easily or merely
- so
- So or thus; adverb indicating degree or manner
- viel
- Much or a lot; indicating a large quantity or degree
- mehr
- More; comparative adverb indicating greater quantity or degree
- dass
- That; subordinating conjunction introducing a dependent clause
- man
- One or you; impersonal pronoun referring to people generally
- immer
- Always or continually; adverb expressing constant repetition
- nächste
- Next; adjective referring to the following item in sequence
- Seite
- Page or side; a single leaf of a book
- umblättern
- To turn a page; to flip to the next page
- möchte
- Would like; polite modal verb expressing a desire
- um
- In order to; preposition used with infinitive clauses
- zu
- To; particle used before infinitives in German
- sehen
- To see; to perceive visually or to witness something
- was
- What; interrogative or relative pronoun introducing a clause
- als
- As or than; conjunction used in comparisons or clauses
- nächstes
- Next; neuter form referring to the following thing
- geschieht
- Happens or occurs; third person singular of 'geschehen'
- DEM
- Dative definite article 'the'; capitalized for emphasis
- MEER
- Sea; large body of saltwater, capitalized for emphasis
- ABGERUNGEN
- Wrested away; reclaimed with great effort, capitalized for emphasis
- VON
- By or from; preposition capitalized for title emphasis
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