Книга: Haggard H. «Swallow»
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A Dutch girl raised in South Africa among the Kaffirs. Lonely, she gazes from shore over the waves of a storm-tossed sea, and dreams of a brother entering her life... and soon finds herself face-to-face with a shipwrecked waif cast ashore by the storm. Формат: Мягкая глянцевая, 376 стр.
ISBN: 9785521066094 |
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Swallow — (englisch für „Schwalbe“) steht für: eine ehemalige britische Automarke, siehe Swallow (Automarke) eine Lokomotive der Great Western Railway, siehe Swallow (Lokomotive) den IATA Code für Air Southwest den Fahrzeughersteller Swallow Sidecars,… … Deutsch Wikipedia
Swallow — Swal low, n. [OE. swalowe, AS. swalewe, swealwe; akin to D. zwaluw, OHG. swalawa, G. schwalbe, Icel. & Sw. svala, Dan. svale.] 1. (Zo[ o]l.) Any one of numerous species of passerine birds of the family {Hirundinid[ae]}, especially one of those… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
swallow — swal‧low [ˈswɒləʊ ǁ ˈswɑːloʊ] verb [transitive] 1. to accept something unpleasant: • Car dealers are sceptical that customers will swallow the price increases. 2. if an activity swallows a lot of time or money, it takes that length of time or… … Financial and business terms
Swallow — Swal low, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Swallowed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Swallowing}.] [OE. swolewen, swolwen, swolhen, AS. swelgan; akin to D. zwelgen, OHG. swelahan, swelgan, G. schwelgen to feast, to revel, Icel. svelgia to swallow, SW. sv[ a]lja, Dan.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
swallow — Ⅰ. swallow [1] ► VERB 1) cause or allow (food, drink, etc.) to pass down the throat. 2) use the throat muscles as if doing this, especially through fear or nervousness. 3) (often swallow up) take in and cause to disappear; engulf. 4) believe (an… … English terms dictionary
swallow — swallow1 [swä′lō] n. [ME swalwe < OE swealwe, akin to Ger schwalbe, ON svala, swallow, & prob. Russ solovyej, Czech slavík, nightingale] 1. any of a family (Hirundinidae) of small, swift flying, insect eating passerine birds with long, pointed … English World dictionary
