Won from the Waves — Page 1
Produced by Nick Hodson of London, England
Prodotto da Nick Hodson di Londra, Inghilterra
Won from the Waves, by W.H.G. Kingston.
Vinto dalle onde, di 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.
Questo è un libro splendido, uno dei migliori di Kingston, scritto e pubblicato proprio alla fine della sua vita, e vi offrirà una lettura molto piacevole.
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.
Naturalmente ci sono i soliti esercizi di nuoto, ma accade così tanto altro che vorrete sempre girare la pagina successiva per vedere cosa succede.
WON FROM THE WAVES, BY W.H.G. KINGSTON.
VINTO DALLE ONDE, DI W.H.G. KINGSTON.
Vocabulary
- Prodotto
- Produced; made or manufactured by someone
- da
- By, from; preposition indicating origin or agent
- di
- Of, from; very common Italian preposition
- Londra
- London; capital city of England
- Inghilterra
- England; country in the United Kingdom
- Vinto
- Won, conquered; past participle of vincere
- dalle
- By the, from the; contraction of da and le
- onde
- Waves; undulating movements of water
- Questo
- This; demonstrative pronoun or adjective
- è
- Is; third person singular of essere
- un
- A, an; masculine indefinite article
- libro
- Book; written or printed literary work
- splendido
- Splendid, magnificent; wonderfully impressive or beautiful
- uno
- One, a; number or indefinite article
- dei
- Of the; contraction of di and i
- migliori
- Best, better; plural superlative of buono
- scritto
- Written; past participle of scrivere
- e
- And; basic coordinating conjunction
- pubblicato
- Published; past participle of pubblicare
- proprio
- Right, exactly, one's own; emphasizing adverb
- alla
- At the, to the; contraction of a and la
- fine
- End; conclusion or termination of something
- della
- Of the; contraction of di and la
- sua
- His, her, its; third person possessive adjective
- vita
- Life; period of living existence of someone
- vi
- You, there; pronoun or locative adverb
- offrirà
- Will offer; third person future of offrire
- una
- A, an; feminine indefinite article
- lettura
- Reading; act of reading a text
- molto
- Very, much; adverb intensifying adjectives or verbs
- piacevole
- Pleasant, enjoyable; giving pleasure or satisfaction
- Naturalmente
- Naturally, of course; as expected or obviously
- ci
- There, us; locative pronoun or reflexive particle
- sono
- Are, I am; form of essere verb
- i
- The; masculine plural definite article
- soliti
- Usual, customary; the typical or habitual ones
- esercizi
- Exercises; physical or mental training activities
- nuoto
- Swimming; sport of moving through water
- ma
- But; conjunction expressing contrast or exception
- accade
- Happens, occurs; third person of accadere
- così
- So, thus; adverb of manner or degree
- tanto
- So much, a lot; indicating large quantity
- altro
- Other, else, more; indicating something additional
- che
- That, which, who; conjunction or relative pronoun
- vorrete
- You will want; second person plural future of volere
- sempre
- Always; at all times, continuously
- girare
- To turn, to flip; rotating or revolving something
- la
- The; feminine singular definite article
- pagina
- Page; single side of a leaf in a book
- successiva
- Next, following; immediately coming after something
- per
- For, in order to; preposition of purpose
- vedere
- To see; perceiving with eyes or understanding
- cosa
- What, thing; interrogative pronoun or noun
- succede
- Happens, occurs; third person of succedere
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