- piece out
- [ʹpi:sʹaʋt] phr v
восполнять, компенсировать
to piece out the full story from one's imagination - самому придумать конец рассказа
to piece out a shortage - восполнить недостаток
Новый большой англо-русский словарь. 2001.
piece out
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piece out — To eke out • • • Main Entry: ↑piece … Useful english dictionary
piece out — {v.} 1. To put together from many different pieces; put together from odd parts; patch. * /They pieced out a meal from leftovers./ * /He pieced out the machine with scrap parts./ * /The detective pieced out the story from a stray fact here, a… … Dictionary of American idioms
piece out — {v.} 1. To put together from many different pieces; put together from odd parts; patch. * /They pieced out a meal from leftovers./ * /He pieced out the machine with scrap parts./ * /The detective pieced out the story from a stray fact here, a… … Dictionary of American idioms
piece\ out — v 1. To put together from many different pieces; put together from odd parts; patch. They pieced out a meal from leftovers. He pieced out the machine with scrap parts. The detective pieced out the story from a stray fact here, a clue there, and a … Словарь американских идиом
piece out — put together piece by piece in order to receive a complete picture … English contemporary dictionary
piece out — verb a) To increase or complete by adding one or more pieces. She pieced out a meal for three from what was in the cupboard. b) To lay out or present possible components of a whole. He pieced out what he knew from the witnesses … Wiktionary
take a piece out of someone — take a piece out of (someone) Australian, informal to speak angrily to someone because they have done something wrong. Jill just took a piece out of Ben for being late again … New idioms dictionary
take a piece out of — (someone) Australian, informal to speak angrily to someone because they have done something wrong. Jill just took a piece out of Ben for being late again … New idioms dictionary
piece — /pees/, n., v., pieced, piecing. n. 1. a separate or limited portion or quantity of something: a piece of land; a piece of chocolate. 2. a quantity of some substance or material forming a single mass or body: a nice piece of lumber. 3. a more or… … Universalium
piece — [[t]pis[/t]] n. v. pieced, piec•ing 1) a limited portion or quantity of something: a piece of land[/ex] 2) a quantity of some substance or material forming a single mass or body: a piece of lumber[/ex] 3) a portion or quantity of a whole: a piece … From formal English to slang
piece — /pis / (say pees) noun 1. a limited portion or quantity, of something: a piece of land. 2. a quantity of some substance or material forming a mass or body. 3. one of the more or less definite parts or portions into which something may be divided …
