second foot

collocation in English

meaningsofsecondandfoot

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second
noun
uk
/ˈsek.ənd/us
/ˈsek.ənd/
;
a short unit of time that is equal to a 60th of ...
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foot
noun
uk
/fʊt/us
/fʊt/
the part of the body at the bottom of the leg on which a person or ...
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(Definition ofsecondandfootfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The weak position in thesecondfootmust be monomoraic.
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Thesecondfootis unambiguously iambic, while the feet in the final phrase are unambiguously trochaic.
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The phrase looks nice on the page but, coming on the heels of that shibbolethsecondfoot, proves delicately embarrassing to say aloud.
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One extra syllable is the problem, which you can resolve by scanning thesecondfootas either an anapest or a rather heavy-breathing elided iambic.
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There is no way of accounting for this sequence without explicitly specifying thesecondfootas iambic, an undesirable ad hoc move.
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Here, 9 mismatches occur in thesecondfoot, whereas only 3 occur in the third foot (3 05 3.00, which is 1.49 standard deviations above the sample mean of 2.42).
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An enlargedsecondfootclaw was lacking.
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Thesecondfootmay then land in front of the line.
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The device has both left and right heel cups and is rotated through 180 degrees to measure thesecondfoot.
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Accessories over thesecondfoot(above the main one): expression, tremolo, bass bassoon, clarinet, trumpet, banda, third hand, the tremolo pedal combination preparabile, tirapieno.
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Players can also add asecondfootpedal and configure the game to act as a second bass drum pedal or as a hi-hat pedal.
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Asecondfoottorch was placed on the ground before the signalman as a fixed point of reference, making it easier for the recipient to follow the lantern's movements.
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