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Fouillade, with great gestures and shouts, jumps into the pit almost at the same moment that Pepin rolls down it.
Fouillade, qui fait de grands gestes et crie, bondit dans le creux presque au moment où Pépin s’y coule…
Barbusse, Henri / Under fireBarbusse, Henri / Le feu
Le feu
Barbusse, Henri
© BELENUS, 2008
Under fire
Barbusse, Henri
© 1917 by E. P. DUTTON & CO
What if Eugene were dragging them in his train into some break-neck pit, whence they would emerge yet more hungry and impoverished?
Si Eugène l’entraînait à sa suite dans quelque casse-cou d’où ils sortiraient plus affamés et plus pauvres?
Zola, Emile / The Fortune of the RougonsZola, Emile / La Fortune des Rougon
La Fortune des Rougon
Zola, Emile
The Fortune of the Rougons
Zola, Emile
© 2006 BiblioBazaar
The Empress had insisted upon getting down into the pit which had been dug.
L'impératrice avait tenu à descendre dans l'excavation.
Zola, Emile / His ExcellencyZola, Emile / Son Excellence Eugene Rougon
Son Excellence Eugene Rougon
Zola, Emile
His Excellency
Zola, Emile
But nothing else could be distinguished, the square was like a large black pit, around which ever broke the waves of the noisy crowd which one could not see.
Et rien autre, la place était comme un grand trou de ténèbres, battu de tous côtés par le flot contenu de cette foule grondante, qu’on ne voyait pas.
Zola, Emile / The Three Cities - ParisZola, Emile / Les Trois Villes - Paris
Les Trois Villes - Paris
Zola, Emile
The Three Cities - Paris
Zola, Emile
A blow sent into the pit of another's stomach doubled him up like a worm that had been trodden on, and but two able bodied foes remained to be dealt with.
D’un coup de poing assené par Hurry dans le creux de l’estomac, un autre tomba avec les mêmes contorsions qu’un ver sur lequel on a marché.
Cooper, James Fenimore / The DeerslayerCooper, James Fenimore / Le tueur de daims
Le tueur de daims
Cooper, James Fenimore
The Deerslayer
Cooper, James Fenimore
© Wordsworth Editions Limited 1995
The narrow, fetid street, with the icy winds fanning the filth, the unknown tongue, the hoarse savage murmur, and my utter ignorance as to what it might all be about, made me cold in the pit of my stomach.
La rue étroite et fétide où les vents glacés balayaient les ordures, le langage inconnu au son rauque et sauvage et mon ignorance absolue de sa signification, me firent froid dans le dos.
Buchan, John / GreenmantleBuchan, John / Le prophète au manteau vert
Le prophète au manteau vert
Buchan, John
Greenmantle
Buchan, John
© Wordsworth Editions Limited 1994
'Does a woman drag a man through the nether-pit?
Est-ce qu’une femme s’amuse à traîner un homme dans la boue?
Buchan, John / GreenmantleBuchan, John / Le prophète au manteau vert
Le prophète au manteau vert
Buchan, John
Greenmantle
Buchan, John
© Wordsworth Editions Limited 1994
At last the pit was emptied, the coffin lowered, and the aspergillus passed round.
Enfin, la fosse fut vidée, on descendit le cercueil, on se passa le goupillon.
Zola, Emile / His MasterpieceZola, Emile / L'Oeuvre
L'Oeuvre
Zola, Emile
His Masterpiece
Zola, Emile
No reply came: the pit remained bottomless, black and void.
Rien ne répondit, le trou restait sans fond, noir et vide. Ce silence l’enragea.
Zola, Emile / FruitfulnessZola, Emile / Les Quatre Evangiles - Fecondite
Les Quatre Evangiles - Fecondite
Zola, Emile
Fruitfulness
Zola, Emile
For the first time he became conscious of a pit before him, a dark gloomy pit into which he was being gradually driven.
Pour la première fois, il eut conscience d'un trou devant lui, d'un trou plein d'ombre, dans lequel, peu à peu, on le poussait.
Zola, Emile / His ExcellencyZola, Emile / Son Excellence Eugene Rougon
Son Excellence Eugene Rougon
Zola, Emile
His Excellency
Zola, Emile
'He needit a Scotch tongue to pit him in his place.
Heureusement qu'il y a des Écossais pour le remettre à sa place.
Buchan, John / Thirty-Nine StepsBuchan, John / Les Trente-Neuf Marches
Les Trente-Neuf Marches
Buchan, John
Thirty-Nine Steps
Buchan, John
I walked like a blind man in that nether-pit of darkness.
Je marchais comme un aveugle, à travers une obscurité complète.
Buchan, John / GreenmantleBuchan, John / Le prophète au manteau vert
Le prophète au manteau vert
Buchan, John
Greenmantle
Buchan, John
© Wordsworth Editions Limited 1994
‘I ha’ fell into th’ pit, my dear, as have cost wi’in the knowledge o’ old fok now livin, hundreds and hundreds o’ men’s lives - fathers, sons, brothers, dear to thousands an’ thousands, an’ keeping ’em fro’ want and hunger.
« Le puits où je suis tombé, ma chère, a coûté, à la connaissance des vieilles gens des environs, la vie à des centaines d’hommes... à des pères, des fils, des frères, chers à des milliers d’êtres, qu’ils soutenaient et dont ils apaisaient la faim.
Dickens, Charles / Hard TimesDickens, Charles / Les temps difficiles
Les temps difficiles
Dickens, Charles
Hard Times
Dickens, Charles
© Wordsworth Editions Limited 1995
And as he saw his visitors off, he added: 'If you should find me dead one of these fine days, doctor, just do me the favour of pitching me into the muck-pit there, behind my lettuces.
Et, comme il accompagnait les visiteurs: - Docteur, reprit-il, si vous me trouviez mort, un de ces quatre matins, rendez-moi donc le service de me jeter dans le trou au fumier, là, derrière mes salades...
Zola, Emile / Abbe Mouret's TransgressionZola, Emile / La Faute de l'Abbe Mouret
La Faute de l'Abbe Mouret
Zola, Emile
Abbe Mouret's Transgression
Zola, Emile
© BiblioBazaar, LLC
For an hour or two I watched it from a pit of heather.
Durant une heure ou deux je le guettai d'un bas-fond de bruyère.
Buchan, John / Thirty-Nine StepsBuchan, John / Les Trente-Neuf Marches
Les Trente-Neuf Marches
Buchan, John
Thirty-Nine Steps
Buchan, John

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jumping pit
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Word forms

pit

verb
Basic forms
Pastpitted
Imperativepit
Present Participle (Participle I)pitting
Past Participle (Participle II)pitted
Present Indefinite, Active Voice
I pitwe pit
you pityou pit
he/she/it pitsthey pit
Present Continuous, Active Voice
I am pittingwe are pitting
you are pittingyou are pitting
he/she/it is pittingthey are pitting
Present Perfect, Active Voice
I have pittedwe have pitted
you have pittedyou have pitted
he/she/it has pittedthey have pitted
Present Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I have been pittingwe have been pitting
you have been pittingyou have been pitting
he/she/it has been pittingthey have been pitting
Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I pittedwe pitted
you pittedyou pitted
he/she/it pittedthey pitted
Past Continuous, Active Voice
I was pittingwe were pitting
you were pittingyou were pitting
he/she/it was pittingthey were pitting
Past Perfect, Active Voice
I had pittedwe had pitted
you had pittedyou had pitted
he/she/it had pittedthey had pitted
Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I had been pittingwe had been pitting
you had been pittingyou had been pitting
he/she/it had been pittingthey had been pitting
Future Indefinite, Active Voice
I shall/will pitwe shall/will pit
you will pityou will pit
he/she/it will pitthey will pit
Future Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will be pittingwe shall/will be pitting
you will be pittingyou will be pitting
he/she/it will be pittingthey will be pitting
Future Perfect, Active Voice
I shall/will have pittedwe shall/will have pitted
you will have pittedyou will have pitted
he/she/it will have pittedthey will have pitted
Future Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will have been pittingwe shall/will have been pitting
you will have been pittingyou will have been pitting
he/she/it will have been pittingthey will have been pitting
Future in the Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I should/would pitwe should/would pit
you would pityou would pit
he/she/it would pitthey would pit
Future in the Past Continuous, Active Voice
I should/would be pittingwe should/would be pitting
you would be pittingyou would be pitting
he/she/it would be pittingthey would be pitting
Future in the Past Perfect, Active Voice
I should/would have pittedwe should/would have pitted
you would have pittedyou would have pitted
he/she/it would have pittedthey would have pitted
Future in the Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I should/would have been pittingwe should/would have been pitting
you would have been pittingyou would have been pitting
he/she/it would have been pittingthey would have been pitting
Present Indefinite, Passive Voice
I am pittedwe are pitted
you are pittedyou are pitted
he/she/it is pittedthey are pitted
Present Continuous, Passive Voice
I am being pittedwe are being pitted
you are being pittedyou are being pitted
he/she/it is being pittedthey are being pitted
Present Perfect, Passive Voice
I have been pittedwe have been pitted
you have been pittedyou have been pitted
he/she/it has been pittedthey have been pitted
Past Indefinite, Passive Voice
I was pittedwe were pitted
you were pittedyou were pitted
he/she/it was pittedthey were pitted
Past Continuous, Passive Voice
I was being pittedwe were being pitted
you were being pittedyou were being pitted
he/she/it was being pittedthey were being pitted
Past Perfect, Passive Voice
I had been pittedwe had been pitted
you had been pittedyou had been pitted
he/she/it had been pittedthey had been pitted
Future Indefinite, Passive Voice
I shall/will be pittedwe shall/will be pitted
you will be pittedyou will be pitted
he/she/it will be pittedthey will be pitted
Future Perfect, Passive Voice
I shall/will have been pittedwe shall/will have been pitted
you will have been pittedyou will have been pitted
he/she/it will have been pittedthey will have been pitted

pit

noun
SingularPlural
Common casepitpits
Possessive casepit'spits'