pit

1. A hole in the ground.

   The meadow around the town is full of old pits.

   Grube, Loch, Vertiefung

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   я́маjáma

   a sizeable hole (usually in the ground)

2. An area at a racetrack used for refueling and repairing the vehicles during a race.

   Two drivers have already gone into the pit this early in the race.

   (auto racing) an area at the side of a racetrack where the race cars are serviced and refueled

3. The section of a marching band containing mallet percussion instruments and other large percussion instruments too large to be marched, such as the tam-tam; the front ensemble. Can also refer to the area on the sidelines where these instruments are placed.

4. A mine.

5. A hole or trench in the ground, excavated according to grid coordinates, so that the provenance of any feature observed and any specimen or artifact revealed may be established by precise measurement.

   Ausgrabung, Grabestelle, Grabung

6. A trading pit.

7. (colloquial)An armpit.

8. A luggage hold.

9. (countable)A small surface hole or depression, a fossa.

   Vertiefung, Loch, Grube

   a concavity in a surface (especially an anatomical depression)

10. The indented mark left by a pustule, as in smallpox.

    Narbe

11. The grave, underworld or Hell.

    Hölle, Grab

12. An enclosed area into which gamecocks, dogs, and other animals are brought to fight, or where dogs are trained to kill rats.

    Kampfplatz

    an enclosure in which animals are made to fight

1. He fell into the bottomless pit.

   Він упав до бездонної ями.

   ruОн упал в бездонную яму.

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2. Tom jumped down into the pit.

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3. Most people think that pit bulls are dangerous.

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4. Tom had a queasy feeling in the pit of his stomach.

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5. We pitted cherries for the pie.

   ruМы вынимали косточки из вишен для пирога.

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