по частям

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in parts Used when something is divided, obtained, or done piece by piece rather than all at once. Depending on context, it can also mean separately or in installments.

RU: Мы оплатили поездку по частям.

EN: We paid for the trip in installments.

Как это по частям?

How is it in parts?

— Леопард (1963)

Луц по частям не продается.

Luts is not sold in parts.

— Кин-дза-дза! (1986)

Но сына они все равно получили, правда, по частям.

But they did get their son in the end—just in pieces.

— Леопард (1963)