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Expression: blood sudden hot and frothy in his mouth



 
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Expression: blood sudden hot and frothy in his mouth Thu Jul 26, 2007 10:14 am  Expression: blood sudden hot and frothy in his mouth		  
Hi,

Could you help me with another passage as below?

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Then it crashed again and he felt the blow as it hit his lower ribs and ripped on through, blood sudden hot and frothy in his mouth, and he galloped toward the high grass where he could crouch and not be seen and make them bring the crashing thing close enough so he could make a rush and get the man that held it.

1. Does the first underlined part mean: sudden, hot and frothy blood in his mouth?

2. What does 'them' refer to in the second part? Is it possibly to 'the high grass'? If so, why not 'it'?

Thank you very much!

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Expression: blood sudden hot and frothy in his mouth Thu Jul 26, 2007 14:14 pm  Expression: blood sudden hot and frothy in his mouth		  
Haihao wrote:
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Then it crashed again and he felt the blow as it hit his lower ribs and ripped on through, blood sudden hot and frothy in his mouth, and he galloped toward the high grass where he could crouch and not be seen and make them bring the crashing thing close enough so he could make a rush and get the man that held it.

1. Does the first underlined part mean: sudden, hot and frothy blood in his mouth?

I would have written "blood suddenly hot and frothy in his mouth". In other words, the blood was suddenly hot and frothy in his mouth.

Haihao wrote:
2. What does 'them' refer to in the second part? Is it possibly to 'the high grass'? If so, why not 'it'?

My impression is that "them" refers to some people or some things that were mentioned before the beginning of your selection. It can't refer to the grass.
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Expression: blood sudden hot and frothy in his mouth Fri Jul 27, 2007 3:02 am  Expression: blood sudden hot and frothy in his mouth		  
Thank you very much, Jamie. I checked the context out about 'them' and realized now that it refered to the hunters with a motor car.

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