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I 1. [pit] noun1) (a large hole in the ground: The campers dug a pit for their rubbish.) σκάμμα2) (a place from which minerals are dug, especially a coal-mine: a chalk-pit; He works at/down the pit.) φρέαρ ορυχείου/ορυχείο3) (a place beside a motor race track for repairing and refuelling racing cars: The leading car has gone into the pit(s).) χώρος σέρβις(δίπλα στην πίστα αυτοκινητοδρομιών)2. verb((with against) to set (a person or thing) against another in a fight, competition etc: He was pitted against a much stronger man.) βάζω να αναμετρηθούν- pitfallII 1. [pit] noun(the hard stone of a peach, cherry etc.) κουκούτσι2. verb(to remove the stone from (a peach, cherry etc).) ξεκουκουτσιάζω
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