Won from the Waves — Page 1
Produced by Nick Hodson of London, England
Produzido por Nick Hodson de Londres, Inglaterra
Won from the Waves, by W.H.G. Kingston.
Conquistado das Ondas, 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 é um livro esplêndido, um dos melhores de Kingston, escrito e publicado no final de sua vida, e lhe proporcionará uma leitura muito boa.
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.
Claro que há os habituais exercícios de natação, mas há muito mais acontecendo, que você sempre vai querer virar a próxima página para ver o que acontece.
WON FROM THE WAVES, BY W.H.G. KINGSTON.
CONQUISTADO DAS ONDAS, POR W.H.G. KINGSTON.
Vocabulary
- Produzido
- pro-doo-ZEE-doo — Produced; created or manufactured by someone
- por
- por — By or for; a common preposition in Portuguese
- de
- deh — Of or from; very common Portuguese preposition
- Londres
- LON-dres — London; capital city of England
- Inglaterra
- in-glah-TEH-rah — England; country in the United Kingdom
- Conquistado
- kon-kees-TAH-doo — Conquered or won; past participle of conquistar
- das
- dahz — Of the; contraction of de plus as (feminine plural)
- Ondas
- ON-dahz — Waves; moving ridges of water on the surface
- Este
- ES-teh — This; demonstrative pronoun referring to something nearby
- é
- eh — Is; third person singular of the verb ser
- um
- oom — A or an; indefinite article masculine singular
- livro
- LEE-vroo — Book; a written or printed literary work
- esplêndido
- es-PLEN-dee-doo — Splendid or magnificent; impressively beautiful or excellent
- dos
- doze — Of the; contraction of de plus os (masculine plural)
- melhores
- mel-YO-res — Best or better ones; superlative plural of bom
- escrito
- es-KREE-too — Written; past participle of the verb escrever
- e
- ee — And; basic coordinating conjunction in Portuguese
- publicado
- poo-blee-KAH-doo — Published; past participle of publicar, to publish
- no
- noo — In the; contraction of em plus o (masculine singular)
- final
- fee-NAHL — End or final; referring to the last part of something
- sua
- SOO-ah — His, her, or your; possessive pronoun feminine singular
- vida
- VEE-dah — Life; the period of existence of a living being
- lhe
- lyeh — To him, to her, to you; indirect object pronoun
- proporcionará
- pro-por-syo-nah-RAH — Will provide or give; future tense of proporcionar
- uma
- OO-mah — A or an; indefinite article feminine singular
- leitura
- lay-TOO-rah — Reading; the act of reading a text or book
- muito
- MWEE-too — Very or much; adverb indicating a high degree
- boa
- BOH-ah — Good; adjective meaning pleasant or of high quality
- Claro
- KLAH-roo — Of course or clear; expressing obvious agreement
- que
- keh — That or which; common conjunction or relative pronoun
- há
- ah — There is or there are; existential form of haver
- os
- ooz — The; definite article masculine plural in Portuguese
- habituais
- ah-bee-TWAIS — Usual or habitual; things done regularly or typically
- exercícios
- eh-zer-SEE-syoos — Exercises; physical or mental activities for practice
- natação
- nah-tah-SOWNG — Swimming; the sport or activity of moving through water
- mas
- mahz — But; conjunction indicating contrast or exception
- mais
- mahys — More; comparative adverb indicating greater quantity
- acontecendo
- ah-kon-teh-SEN-doo — Happening; present participle of acontecer, to occur
- você
- vo-SEH — You; second person singular informal pronoun in Portuguese
- sempre
- SEM-preh — Always; at all times without exception
- vai
- vahy — Goes or will; third person singular of ir
- querer
- keh-RER — To want; infinitive verb expressing desire
- virar
- vee-RAR — To turn; to rotate or flip something over
- a
- ah — The or to; definite article or preposition feminine
- próxima
- PRO-shee-mah — Next; the one immediately following in sequence
- página
- PAH-jee-nah — Page; a single side of a leaf in a book
- para
- PAH-rah — For or to; preposition indicating purpose or direction
- ver
- ver — To see; infinitive verb meaning to observe or view
- o
- oo — The; definite article masculine singular in Portuguese
- acontece
- ah-kon-TEH-seh — Happens; third person singular of acontecer
- CONQUISTADO
- kon-kees-TAH-doo — Conquered or won; past participle of conquistar
- DAS
- dahz — Of the; contraction of de plus as (feminine plural)
- ONDAS
- ON-dahz — Waves; moving ridges of water on the surface
- POR
- por — By or for; a common preposition in Portuguese
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