Sentence examples of "grandfather clock" in English
The clock, which my grandfather bought, is still in good order.
El reloj que compró mi abuelo aún sigue en buen estado.
The first item he bought was an alarm clock.
Él primer objeto que él compró fue un reloj despertador.
The father of a father is a grandfather, a grandfather's father is a great-grandfather, a great-grandfather's father is a great-great-grandfather, but no word has been decided upon for the generations before great-great-grandfather.
El padre del padre es el abuelo, el padre del abuelo es el bisabuelo, el padre del bisabuelo es el tatarabuelo, pero no se ha definido una palabra para las generaciones anteriores al tatarabuelo.
My grandfather is so fond of reading that not a day passes in which he doesn't open a book.
A mi abuelo le gusta tanto leer que no pasa un solo día en el que no abre un libro.
Every morning I set my watch by the station clock.
Cada mañana ajusto mi reloj según el reloj de la estación.
I owe my success to the fact that I never had a clock in my workroom.
Le debo mi éxito al hecho de que nunca he tenido un reloj en mi lugar de trabajo.
I wish I could live at a more relaxed pace, instead of having to watch the clock all the time.
Me gustaría poder vivir a un ritmo más relajado, en vez de tener que mirar el reloj todo el rato.
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