Collocations for "piece"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "piece" in context.
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piece
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.n
- a [collection, jigsaw, puzzle] piece
- a [watch, machine, computer, car] piece
- a [missing, crucial, vital] piece
- there is a piece missing
- a [small, large, minor, major, single] piece
- [in, into] a [dozen, hundred, thousand] pieces
- an [excellent, unique, antique, period, party, conversation] piece
- move your [chess, game] piece
- write a [newspaper, journal, magazine, blog] piece (on)
- I'll [take, have] two pieces
- [fell, went] to pieces over [his death, the breakup]
- the [glass, cup, mirror] broke into pieces
- [arrange, find, place, sort] the pieces
- [put, glue, position] the pieces together
- [build, rebuild, assemble] it piece by piece
- write a piece on [quantum physics, corruption, education]
- is a piece of history
- the pieces (of the puzzle) fell into place
- wanted a piece of the [action, profits, takings]
- a piece of [cake, pie, pizza, chocolate, furniture]
- a piece of [paper, software, information, advice]
- a [great, fine, poor] piece of work
- it's a piece of cake!
- vulgar, slang: (she is) a great piece of ass
- I gave him a piece of my mind!
- slang: the cop was packing a piece
- are [$4] a piece
'piece' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
Swiss
- a piece
- advice
- amber
- another
- armor
- arrange
- art
- artwork
- ass
- baggage
- bark
- bidding
- bikini
- bite
- blank
- bliss
- bread
- break
- cake
- candy
- cardboard
- chain
- cheese
- chocolate
- choke
- chopped
- click
- cloth
- clumsy
- compose
- comprise
- cookie
- criticism
- cut
- daily
- defense
- dynamic
- ear
- edit
- encore
- end
- ensemble
- estate
- execution
- exhilarating
- exquisite
- fillet
- final
- finished