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[pi:s] 1. noun1) (a part of anything: a piece of cake; He examined it carefully piece by piece (= each piece separately).) gabals; daļa2) (a single thing or example of something: a piece of paper; a piece of news.) (papīra) lapa; ziņa3) (a composition in music, writing (an article, short story etc), drama, sculpture etc: He wrote a piece on social reform in the local newspaper.) (literārs, mākslas u.tml.) darbs4) (a coin of a particular value: a five-pence piece.) monēta5) (in chess, draughts and other games, a small shape made of wood, metal, plastic etc that is moved according to the rules of the game.) (spēles) figūra; kauliņš•2. adjective(done etc in this way: He has a rather piecemeal way of working.) pakāpenisks; veikts pa daļām- go all to pieces- go to pieces
- in pieces
- piece together
- to pieces* * *gabals, daļa; darbs; monēta, naudas gabals; figūra; šaujamierocis; meiča; salikt pa gabaliem, savienot; lāpīt; salāpīt; savienot diegus
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shape up — {v. phr.}, {informal} 1. To begin to act or work right; get along satisfactorily. * /If the new boy doesn t begin to shape up soon, he ll have to leave school./ * / How is the building of the new gym coming along? Fine. It s shaping up very well … Dictionary of American idioms
shape up — {v. phr.}, {informal} 1. To begin to act or work right; get along satisfactorily. * /If the new boy doesn t begin to shape up soon, he ll have to leave school./ * / How is the building of the new gym coming along? Fine. It s shaping up very well … Dictionary of American idioms
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shape up — 1. in. to improve; to reform. □ I want to get things shaped up around here. □ I guess I’d better shape up if I want to stay in school. 2. in. to assume a final form or structure. □ The game plan for the election was beginning to shape up … Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions
shape up — improve, reform, get it together The coach told us to shape up to come to practice on time … English idioms
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