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... pai ngā piropiro

1. in a good mood, in good humour - an idiom expressing that someone is feeling in a good mood.

I au tana moe, me te aha, kua pai anō ngā piropiro (HJ 2012:37). / She had a sound sleep and as a result she's in a good mood again.

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