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Significados de pitfall em inglês

português
obstáculo

An unforeseen or unexpected or surprising difficulty.

obstáculo
português
armadilha

A trap in the form of a concealed hole.

armadilha
Sinônimos
Examples for "booby trap"
Examples for "booby trap"
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They often booby trap areas under their control before leaving, complicating return.
Reuters
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A badly wounded man could still return fire or activate a booby trap.
Aspho Fields
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Every tree and rock is a booby trap and an ambush.
The Great Book of Amber
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Coca was the detonator, the trigger on this booby trap she had rigged.
Nothing in her way
5
How can we know whether they'd leave a rear-guard or booby trap here?
Control Group
Uso de pitfall em inglês
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McFadyen and Dunn were aware of that pitfall, and faced another challenge.
Reuters
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NZ Realtors Network chair Mark Coffey said it was a potential pitfall.
Radio NZ
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Man examining pitfall discovers turtle, and fastens it with a forked stick.
Filipino Popular Tales
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There was surely some pitfall, some trap concealed for my abounding credulity.
The Passenger from Calais
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And he'll face another early pitfall this summer when candidate debates begin.
NY Magazine
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Was it a pitfall into which the poor little lady had fallen?
The Golden Slipper, and Other Problems for Violet Strange
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For collectors the best strategies are setting pitfall traps and head lamping.
The Guardian
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Could I, by any effort of the will, have shunned this pitfall?
The Private Papers of Henry Ryecroft
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Will you make her understand what kind of pitfall she has escaped?
Phantom Fortune, a Novel
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Happy the star which guided me from the pitfall of wedded life!
The Grey Cloak
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Flat-shares are hell The queue for the bathroom is a flat-share pitfall.
The Guardian
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This is a common pitfall among programmers-especiallythose writing in a shell language.
Learning the bash shell, 3rd edition
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What was once a hazardous pitfall is now a solved problem.
The Guardian
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The main pitfall may be centered on taking something or someone for granted.
The South African
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With big players moving in, the potential pitfall is home cooking.
Reuters
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That was exactly the pitfall Cantle tried to warn us about.
The Guardian
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Translations for pitfall
Pitfall ao longo do tempo
Pitfall nas variantes da língua
Reino Unido
Comum
Estados Unidos da América
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