Level 11 - Tomb of the Designers: Left puzzle

[ProfessorProf]

Stuck slightly farther on this same puzzle.

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I threw an axe to hit the pressure plate, which was successful, but it only closed the first of the two pits. What the heck am I supposed to do now?

[dna]

small hint : the same as what you've done every step until now.

medium hint :

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look around

big hint : if you want the solution there is a lot of walkthroug...