- piece
- pi:s
1. noun
1) (a part of anything: a piece of cake; He examined it carefully piece by piece (= each piece separately).) stykke2) (a single thing or example of something: a piece of paper; a piece of news.) et ark; en nyhet, osv.3) (a composition in music, writing (an article, short story etc), drama, sculpture etc: He wrote a piece on social reform in the local newspaper.) stykke; artikkel; novelle; kunstverk4) (a coin of a particular value: a five-pence piece.) mynt, pengestykke5) (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.) (spille)brikke•2. adjective(done etc in this way: He has a rather piecemeal way of working.) oppstykket- go all to pieces- go to pieces
- in pieces
- piece together
- to piecesdel--------stund--------stykkeIsubst. \/piːs\/1) bit, stykke, del• they gave us a dinner service of 60 pieces2) stykke, verk, musikkstykke3) mynt• he paid with a gold piecehan betalte med en gullmynt4) akkord5) (amer. og skotsk) matbit6) (amer.) lite skytevåpen• I saw a battery of six pieces7) sjakkbrikke (oftest offiser), brikke (i brettspill e.l.)8) (om kvinne, nedsettende) støkkebe all of a piece være ett fett (om person) være av samme ullaa\/the\/per piece per stykkbreak to pieces slå i stykkerby the piece stykkeviscome to pieces gå i stykker, gå i knas, falle fra hverandre• the engagement came to piecesforlovelsen gikk over styrfall to pieces falle fra hverandrefly in pieces gå i tusen biter, gå i stykker, gå i knasfowling piece fuglegevær, jaktgeværfugitive pieces løse stykker, bruddstykkergive somebody a piece of one's mind si rett ut til noen hva man menergo to pieces gå i stykker, gå i knas, falle fra hverandre (hverdagslig) bli aldeles opprørt, bli aldeles knekt• when his wife died he went to pieces(all) in one piece (alt) i ett stykke, (alt) i en bit (hverdagslig) helskinnetin pieces i biter, i stykkerleave a piece en prise (sjakk) la en brikke stå i slaga nasty piece of work (om person) ekkel type, forferdelig menneskeof a piece av samme slag, i samme stil, helt i stil, aldeles likof a piece with i samme stil som, helt i stil medpayment by the piece eller piece wages akkordlønn, akkordbetalingpick (someone\/something) to pieces (overført) plukke i stykker, bryte ned, kritisere i detalj• she picked his argument to pieces• he could pick a person to piecespick up the pieces begynne på nytt, begynne om igjenpiece by piece bit for bit, stykkevispiece of advice rådpiece of ass knull dame, støkkea piece of furniture eller an article of furniture et møbel• we don't have one piece of furniturevi har ikke et eneste møbelpiece of goods dame, støkkepiece of tail knull, dame, støkkea piece of something et stykke av noe• a piece of music• piece of litterature• would you like a piece of bread• he did a good piece of business• she was doing a piece of needleworkpiece rate akkordpull to pieces\/bits rive fra hverandre, rive i stykker kritisere nord og ned, rakke ned påsay one's piece (hverdagslig) si hva man har på hjertet, synge utselling by the piece løssalgtake something to pieces plukke noe fra hverandretear to pieces slite i stykkerwork by the piece arbeide på akkordIIverb \/piːs\/1) sette (sammen), reparere, lappe• I don't know how to piece a quilt2) (hverdagslig) spise mellom måltidenepiece on to hefte på, sette til passe inn i, passe sammen medpiece out (om klær) legge ut• I have to piece out this skirtkomplettere• this plate pieces out my set of chinadenne tallerkenen kompletterer serviset mittpiece together sy sammen, sette sammen, stykke sammen• this is how you piece together bits of informationpiece up lappe sammen
English-Norwegian dictionary. 2013.
