04-27-2008, 05:47 PM
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hotfoot 2
I would like you make all the corrections you consider
So, as I can understand, hotfoot has an informal usage and I should not use it until I can confidently drive(?) my English.
It can be used as an adverb ( She answered hotfoot when the teacher looked at her) or as a verb (She answered hotfooting it when the teacher looked at her, if I am speaking American English) (I should hotfoot it over to my work. It´s too late!) (Hey; hotfoot it!. It´s too late!) .
It is also a noun, particularly referring to a joke, like the expression of the volunteers sent hopping!
And hot foot, used as two words, with regards to horses, which have their legs hot after running a race, situation that gives meaning to the idiom: "Cool your heels".
I hope to have understood your threads. I am waiting your reply. Thanks.
Best regards
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