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20 - Ablative absolute/Ablativo absoluto

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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The passage below narrates, using a series of ablative absolutes, events from the Western USA. John has just accomplished a clean-up, killing a few bandits. The real winners are the native Americans who, waiting for their chance, have bought up all the casinos and hotels in Las Vegas.

Colgado el revólver, John se pavoneaba (strutted) por las calles; aun muertos los bandidos, no se relajaba; si bien terminada la aventura, miraba desconfiado a los forasteros (allá, tocando los tambores, los indios acechaban [were lying in wait] en la montaña); extinguida la banda, todos dormían tranquilos. Oídas las noticias, Arizona suspiró aliviada, hasta aquel sábado en que, llegado que hubo a la cantina, John fue tiroteado (shot at) desde el mostrador e, iniciado el tiroteo, todos escaparon atemorizados. Abatido el atacante, los que habían huido como conejos, le felicitaron efusivamente (y los indios esperaban)… Terminado el incidente, la vida continuó normalmente en Corralito City: golpizas (punches [M]), tiros en la calle y, claro, recién llegados los vaqueros, las chicas lucían sus galas, más peleas y más balaceras (shoot-outs) [M] y peleas. Y un día, unidos los ahorros, los indios compraron todos los casinos y hoteles de Las Vegas.

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Print publication year: 2010

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