Definitionn. an unforeseen or unexpected or surprising difficulty
Last update: October 12, 2015
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This book has many pitfalls for its readers. [noun]
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The chief pitfall appears to be the tendency to attach more meaning to the results than from their nature they can bear. [noun]
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In certain species of Myrmeleonidae, such as Dendroleon pantheormis, the larva, although resembling that of Myrmeleon structurally, makes no pitfall, but seizes passing prey from any nook or crevice in which it shelters. [noun]
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"Yes, Missy Edith, I go into pitfall, and then you cry, and ask Master Edward to take me out." [noun]
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When you have me put in pitfall, then you not good Christian, 'cause you not forgive; when you cry and take me out, then you good Christian once more.' [noun]
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"See, Edward, he's laughing; put him in the pitfall again, and let him stay there till he says he's sorry." [noun]
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"Well, I will this time; but if he kicks pussy again he must be put in the pitfall--mind that, Pablo." [noun]
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"He is a gipsy whom Humphrey trapped in his pitfall, sir, and we have soon tamed him," replied Edward. [noun]
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They are as wild as deer and as fleet as the wind, and you can not catch them in a pitfall. [noun]
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And Edward walked on till he came to the pitfall; there he stopped and looked round, and soon discovered the verderer at a hundred yards' distance. [noun]
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Humphrey's pitfall is full of adventure. [noun]
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