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50 - Subordinate clauses related to consequence (with indicative mood)/Oraciones subordinadas consecutivas (con modo indicativo)

from Part III

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 June 2012

R. E. Batchelor
Affiliation:
University of Nottingham
Miguel Ángel San José
Affiliation:
Universidad de Valladolid, Spain
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Summary

The passage below relates the blissful experience of a person who takes a wine bath to cure a skin rash. From abstention to a drunken stupor, it was sublime. The passage involves the use of conjunctions and conjunctive expressions leading to consequence (awash inside and outside with wine).

Estoy que (The fact is) ya no puedo más, creo que voy a perder la conciencia. Todo empezó cuando me brotó una erupción (I came out in a rash) en el cuerpo y alguien me indicó que se curaría con vinoterapia, de tal modo que decidí someterme a un baño en vino de Ribera del Duero, que tiene bastante tanino (tannin). Yo, que siempre fui abstemio hasta tal punto que nunca había probado el vino, era bastante remiso (sluggish) a bañarme en tinto (red wine), de modo que me negué a aceptar la terapia; pero mi enfermedad fue a más (got worse), de tal manera que llegó a ser un tormento, y decidí someterme a la prueba. Conque aquí estoy, sumergido en una bañera llena de vino tinto. Al principio, fue una tediosa espera: una hora…, dos horas… Dado que me aburría, opté por matar mi aburrimiento, probando un poco el vino, ¡estaba bonísimo! Un sorbo, y otro… y seguí bebiendo hasta hartarme. Estoy contento, pero vislumbro entre nieblas que si no me rescata alguien, pereceré ahogado en esta bañera, lleno de vino por dentro y por fuera; pero muy contento…

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Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2010

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