scrap;
(материи тж.) shred;
~ веревки bit/end of string;
~ки фраз scraps of conversation;
broken phrases;
~ки мыслей stray thoughts;
~ки песни snatches of song;
~ки сведений scraps of knowledge
scrap, shred; snatch (песни, мелодии); scraps мн. ч.; перен.; мн. ч. dribs and drabs, odd-come-short, odds and ends