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I 1. pit noun1) (a large hole in the ground: The campers dug a pit for their rubbish.) grop, sjakt, grav2) (a place from which minerals are dug, especially a coal-mine: a chalk-pit; He works at/down the pit.) (gruve)sjakt3) (a place beside a motor race track for repairing and refuelling racing cars: The leading car has gone into the pit(s).) grav2. verb((with against) to set (a person or thing) against another in a fight, competition etc: He was pitted against a much stronger man.) sette opp mot hverandre- pitfallII 1. pit noun(the hard stone of a peach, cherry etc.) kjerne, stein2. verb(to remove the stone from (a peach, cherry etc).) ta ut kjerner/steinerfelle--------grav--------grop--------gruveIsubst. \/pɪt\/1) grav, grop, hull, rustgruve (i metall)• clay pit2) fallgrop, fallgruve, grav3) sjakt, gruvesjakt, gruve, mine4) ( overført) fortvilelse, depresjon5) kopparr6) (britisk, teater, historisk) parterre, tilskuer i parterre7) orkestergrav8) ( bil) depot (på racerbane), smøregrav (på bilverksted)9) kampplass for dyrekamp10) ( avdeling av varebørs) børsbottomless pit bunnløst dypthe pit of the stomach mageregionenIIsubst. \/pɪt\/(amer., i frukt) kjerne, steinIIIverb \/pɪt\/1) sette opp, sette i konflikt\/konkurranse2) gjøre gropete, gjøre full av hull, gjøre hulletepit one person against another sette en person opp mot en annenpit one's brain against måle seg intellektuelt medpit oneself against eller pit one's strength against måle krefter medIVverb \/pɪt\/(amer., om frukt) ta ut steiner av, ta ut kjerner av
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