Won from the Waves — Page 1
Produced by Nick Hodson of London, England
Produit par Nick Hodson de Londres, Angleterre
Won from the Waves, by W.H.G. Kingston.
Gagné sur les Vagues, par 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.
C'est un livre splendide, l'un des meilleurs de Kingston, écrit et publié à la toute fin de sa vie, et il vous offrira une très bonne lecture.
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.
Bien sûr, il y a les exercices de natation habituels, mais il se passe tellement plus de choses que vous voudrez toujours tourner la page suivante pour voir ce qui se passe.
WON FROM THE WAVES, BY W.H.G. KINGSTON.
GAGNÉ SUR LES VAGUES, PAR W.H.G. KINGSTON.
Vocabulary
- Produit
- pro-dwee — Produced; created or manufactured by someone
- par
- par — By; indicates authorship or means
- de
- duh — Of, from; very common French preposition
- Londres
- lon-druh — London; capital city of England
- Angleterre
- ang-gluh-tair — England; country in the United Kingdom
- Gagné
- ga-nyay — Won; past participle of gagner, to win
- sur
- syur — On, upon; common French preposition
- les
- lay — The; plural definite article in French
- Vagues
- vag — Waves; undulating movements of water
- C'
- say — It; contraction of ce before a vowel
- est
- ay — Is; third person singular of être, to be
- un
- uhn — A, one; masculine indefinite article
- livre
- lee-vruh — Book; a written or printed publication
- splendide
- splen-deed — Splendid; magnificent, impressively beautiful or excellent
- l'
- luh — The; definite article contracted before vowel
- des
- day — Some, of the; plural indefinite article
- meilleurs
- may-yuhr — Best; superlative form of bon, good
- écrit
- ay-kree — Written; past participle of écrire, to write
- et
- ay — And; basic coordinating conjunction
- publié
- poo-blee-ay — Published; past participle of publier, to publish
- à
- ah — At, to, in; very common French preposition
- la
- lah — The; feminine singular definite article
- toute
- toot — All, entire; feminine form of tout
- fin
- fan — End; conclusion or final part of something
- sa
- sah — His, her; feminine singular possessive adjective
- vie
- vee — Life; the existence of a living being
- il
- eel — He, it; third person masculine singular pronoun
- vous
- voo — You; second person plural or formal pronoun
- offrira
- oh-free-rah — Will offer; future tense of offrir, to offer
- une
- oon — A, one; feminine indefinite article
- très
- treh — Very; adverb intensifying adjectives or adverbs
- bonne
- bon — Good; feminine form of bon, positive quality
- lecture
- lek-tyur — Reading; the act of reading a text
- Bien
- byan — Well, good; adverb expressing quality or approval
- sûr
- syur — Sure, certain; confident or without doubt
- y
- ee — There, it; pronoun replacing a place or thing
- a
- ah — Has; third person singular of avoir, to have
- exercices
- eg-zair-sees — Exercises; physical or mental training activities
- natation
- na-ta-syon — Swimming; sport or activity of moving through water
- habituels
- ah-bee-tyoo-el — Usual, habitual; regular or customary occurrences
- mais
- may — But; conjunction expressing contrast or opposition
- se
- suh — Oneself; reflexive pronoun used with verbs
- passe
- pass — Happens, passes; third person of se passer
- tellement
- tel-mahn — So much, so many; intensifying adverb
- plus
- ploo — More; comparative adverb indicating greater quantity
- choses
- shohz — Things; objects or matters of any kind
- que
- kuh — That, than, which; conjunction or relative pronoun
- voudrez
- voo-dray — Will want; future tense of vouloir, to want
- toujours
- too-zhoor — Always, still; adverb of time or continuity
- tourner
- toor-nay — To turn; to rotate or flip something over
- page
- pazh — Page; one side of a leaf in a book
- suivante
- swee-vahnt — Next, following; feminine adjective indicating next item
- pour
- poor — For, to; preposition indicating purpose or direction
- voir
- vwar — To see; to perceive visually or understand
- ce
- suh — This, that, what; demonstrative pronoun or adjective
- qui
- kee — Who, which, that; relative or interrogative pronoun
- GAGNÉ
- ga-nyay — Won; past participle of gagner, to win
- SUR
- syur — On, upon; common French preposition
- LES
- lay — The; plural definite article in French
- VAGUES
- vag — Waves; undulating movements of water
- PAR
- par — By; indicates authorship or means
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