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[pə: ] 1. noun1) (a branch etc on which a bird sits or stands: The pigeon would not fly down from its perch.) lakta2) (any high seat or position: He looked down from his perch on the roof.) augsta atrašanās vieta2. verb1) ((of birds) to go to (a perch); to sit or stand on (a perch): The bird flew up and perched on the highest branch of the tree.) tupēt (laktā, uz zara)2) (to put, or be, in a high seat or position: He perched the child on his shoulder; They perched on the fence.) uzsēdināt; uztupties* * *asaris; lakta; augsts stāvoklis; uzlaisties uz laktas; uzrausties, uzrāpties
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