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pit [pɪt]1. nounc. [of stomach] creux me. ( = fruit-stone) noyau m2. plural noun• it's the pits! (inf!) c'est merdique ! (inf !)a. to pit sb against ( = make opponent of) opposer qn à• to pit o.s. against sb se mesurer à qnb. [+ surface] cribler ; [+ face, skin] marquerc. [+ fruit] dénoyauter4. compounds* * *[pɪt] 1.1) (for storage, weapons, bodies) also Automobile fosse f; ( trap) trappe f; ( at racetrack) stand mgravel pit — carrière f de gravier
2) ( mine) mine f3) Theatre parterre morchestra pit — fosse f d'orchestre
4) US (in peach, olive) noyau m2.transitive verb (p prés etc - tt-)1) ( in struggle)to pit somebody against — opposer quelqu'un à [opponent]
2) ( mark) marquer [surface, stone]3) US dénoyauter [peach, olive]3.••it's the pits! — (colloq) c'est l'enfer!
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A n1 (for storage, weapons, bodies) fosse f ;2 Mining mine f ; to work at the pit travailler à la mine ; to go down the pit aller travailler à la mine ; to work down the pit être mineur ;3 ( hollow) creux m ; the pit of the stomach le creux du ventre ; a pit of depravity fig un abîme de dépravation ;5 ( trap) trappe f ;6 US (in peach, cherry, olive) noyau m ;B modif Mining [closure, fire, gates] de mine ; [strike, village] de mineurs ; pit disaster désastre m minier.1 ( in struggle) to pit sb against opposer qn à [opponent] ; the match will pit Scotland against Brazil le match opposera l'Écosse au Brésil ;2 ( mark) [tool] marquer [surface, stone] ; [acid] ronger [metal] ; her skin was pitted by smallpox/acne elle avait la peau grêlée par la variole/marquée par l'acné ;it's the pits ○ ! (of place, workplace) c'est l'enfer! ; this place is the pits (of the earth) ○ c'est un des coins les plus moches du globe ○ ; to dig a pit for sb tendre un piège à qn.
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