noun
1 separate amount; parts of sth
ADJECTIVE
▪ big , huge , large , long
▪ little , short , small , tiny
▪
The plate smashed into little ~s on the stone floor.
▪ bite-size , bite-sized
▪
The book breaks the information into bite-sized ~s. ( figurative )
▪ equal
▪ missing
▪ odd
▪
She makes her sculptures out of odd ~s of scrap metal.
▪ jigsaw ( BrE ), puzzle
VERB + PIECE
▪ assemble , glue (back) together , put (back) together
▪ scatter
PREPOSITION
▪ in ~s
▪
The vase was now in ~s on the kitchen floor.
▪ ~ of
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a ~ of bread
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A few ~s of the puzzle were missing.
PHRASES
▪ bits and ~s
▪
The album is made up of bits and ~s from previous albums.
▪ break into ~s , smash into ~s
▪
The cake just broke into ~s when I cut it.
▪ come to ~s
▪
This chair comes to ~s.
▪ fall to ~s
▪
My old dictionary is falling to ~s.
▪ ~ by ~
▪
We'll need to take the engine apart, ~ by ~.
▪ blow sth to ~s , shoot sth to ~s , smash sth to ~s
▪ take sth to ~s ( esp. BrE )
▪
I had to take the car to ~s in order to repair it.
▪ tear sth into ~s , tear sth to ~s
▪
She tore the letter into tiny ~s.
2 of art, music, writing, etc.
ADJECTIVE
▪ amazing , beautiful , brilliant , excellent , fine , good , impressive , lovely , magnificent , marvellous/marvelous , remarkable , superb , wonderful
▪
The best ~s include three paintings by El Greco.
▪ effective , powerful
▪
This is an effective ~ of writing.
▪ atmospheric , dramatic
▪ interesting
▪ favourite/favorite
▪ important
▪ ambitious
▪ original
▪
an original ~ written specifically for the producer
▪ short
▪
a short ~ by Will Simons on television satire
▪ finished
▪ modern , period , traditional
▪ choral , orchestral
▪ flute , piano , etc.
▪ conversation
▪ museum
▪ occasional
▪
an occasional ~ on the lives of ordinary people
▪ op-ed ( AmE ), opinion
▪ companion
▪
a companion ~ to the portrait of Gauguin's empty chair
▪ party ( BrE ), set
▪ puff ( AmE )
VERB + PIECE
▪ compose , produce , write
▪
He hasn't produced a single ~ of writing this year.
▪ commission
▪ perform , play , sing
▪ hear , read
▪ publish
▪ display , exhibit , show
PIECE + VERB
▪ be called sth , be entitled sth , be titled sth ( esp. AmE )
PREPOSITION
▪ ~ by
▪
They are exhibiting two important ~s by Calder.
▪ ~ for
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a ~ for symphony orchestra
▪ ~ from
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She read a ~ from ‘Alice in Wonderland’.
PHRASES
▪ a ~ of music , a ~ of sculpture , a ~ of work , a ~ of writing