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trochee ['trəuki:] n
gen. хорей
poetry трохей
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trochee ['trəuki:] n
lit. A two-syllable unit or foot of poetry, which consists of a heavy stress followed by a light stress. Numerous words in English naturally form trochees: clever, shatter, pitcher, chorus etc. A line of poetry set out in consecutive trochees is written in trochaic meter.

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