Won from the Waves — Page 1
Produced by Nick Hodson of London, England
Producido por Nick Hodson de Londres, Inglaterra
Won from the Waves, by W.H.G. Kingston.
Ganado de las olas, por 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.
Este es un libro espléndido, uno de los mejores de Kingston, escrito y publicado al final de su vida, y le proporcionará una lectura muy buena.
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.
Por supuesto que hay los ejercicios habituales de natación, pero hay mucho más sucediendo, que siempre querrá pasar la página siguiente para ver qué ocurre.
WON FROM THE WAVES, BY W.H.G. KINGSTON.
GANADO DE LAS OLAS, POR W.H.G. KINGSTON.
Vocabulary
- Producido
- Produced or created, past participle of producir
- por
- By, for, or through; common preposition with many uses
- de
- Of, from; extremely common Spanish preposition
- Londres
- London; capital city of England
- Inglaterra
- England; country in the United Kingdom
- Ganado
- Won or earned; also means livestock or cattle
- las
- The; feminine plural definite article
- olas
- Waves; moving ridges of water on the sea
- Este
- This; masculine singular demonstrative pronoun or adjective
- es
- Is; third person singular present of ser
- un
- A or an; masculine singular indefinite article
- libro
- Book; a written or printed literary work
- espléndido
- Splendid, magnificent, or wonderful in quality
- uno
- One; masculine numeral or indefinite pronoun
- los
- The; masculine plural definite article
- mejores
- Best; plural superlative form of bueno
- escrito
- Written; past participle of escribir
- y
- And; basic coordinating conjunction
- publicado
- Published; past participle of publicar
- al
- To the; contraction of a and el
- final
- Final or end; last part of something
- su
- His, her, its, your, their; possessive adjective
- vida
- Life; the state of being alive
- le
- Him, her, you; indirect object pronoun
- proporcionará
- Will provide or offer; future tense of proporcionar
- una
- A or an; feminine singular indefinite article
- lectura
- Reading; the act of reading a text
- muy
- Very; adverb intensifying adjectives or other adverbs
- buena
- Good; feminine singular adjective meaning of quality
- Por
- By, for, through; preposition beginning a phrase
- supuesto
- Of course; assumed or supposed, used in por supuesto
- que
- That, which, who; conjunction or relative pronoun
- hay
- There is, there are; impersonal form of haber
- ejercicios
- Exercises; physical or mental practice activities
- habituales
- Usual or habitual; adjective describing regular occurrences
- natación
- Swimming; sport or activity of moving through water
- pero
- But; coordinating conjunction expressing contrast
- mucho
- Much, a lot; adjective or adverb of quantity
- más
- More; comparative adverb indicating greater quantity
- sucediendo
- Happening or occurring; gerund of suceder
- siempre
- Always; adverb indicating constant or repeated occurrence
- querrá
- Will want; future tense third person of querer
- pasar
- To pass or turn; infinitive with many contextual meanings
- la
- The; feminine singular definite article
- página
- Page; one side of a leaf in a book
- siguiente
- Next or following; adjective indicating what comes after
- para
- For, in order to; preposition indicating purpose or destination
- ver
- To see; infinitive meaning to perceive visually
- qué
- What; interrogative pronoun asking about something
- ocurre
- Occurs or happens; third person singular of ocurrir
- GANADO
- Won or livestock; uppercase repeat of earlier word
- DE
- Of, from; uppercase repeat of common preposition
- LAS
- The; uppercase feminine plural definite article
- OLAS
- Waves; uppercase repeat of sea waves noun
- POR
- By, for; uppercase repeat of common preposition
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