piece

Pronúncia: piːs
    noun
  1. [fragment] tros, fragment, bocí, peça.
  2. Mechanics & Military peça.
  3. Literature, Theatre & Music peça, obra.
  4. Chess peça.
  5. [coin] peça, moneda.
  6. 10 pence piece una moneda de deu penics.
  7. that nice piece in the third movement aquell passatge deliciós del tercer moviment.
  8. to buy something by the piece comprar alguna cosa a peces.
  9. it is made all in one piece és fet tot d'una peça.
  10. the back is all of a piece with the seat el respatller i el seient són d'una peça.
  11. to get back all in one piece tornar (sencer \ sa i estalvi).
  12. we got it back all in one piece ens ho van tornar en bon estat.
  13. this is of a piece with the other són tallats de la mateixa peça, s'assemblen.
  14. this is of a piece with what he told us això concorda amb el que ens va dir.
  15. set piece [of fireworks, etc.] castell.
  16. (idem) Art grup, conjunt.
  17. (idem) Literature etc. escena clau, nucli.

  18. a piece of paper un (tros \ full) de paper.
  19. a piece of bread un (tros \ bocí \ rosegó) de pa.
  20. a piece of cake un tall de pastís.
  21. another piece of cake? vols un altre tall de pastís?
  22. a piece of my work una mostra del meu treball.
  23. a piece out of my book un passatge del meu llibre.
  24. a piece of advice un consell.
  25. a piece of carelessness una badada.
  26. a piece of clothing una peça de vestir.
  27. a piece of folly una follia.
  28. a piece of furniture un moble.
  29. a piece of ground un tros de terra.
  30. (idem) [for building] un solar.
  31. by a piece of good luck amb una bona sort.
  32. a piece of luggage un (paquet \ farcell).
  33. three pieces of luggage tres paquets, tres maletes.
  34. a piece of news una notícia.
  35. a piece of poetry una poesia.

  36. to be in pieces [taken apart] estar (desmuntat \ desarmat \ a peces).
  37. (idem) [broken] estar (trencat \ a trossos).
  38. to break something (to \ in) pieces (fer miques \ destrossar \ desballestar) alguna cosa.
  39. to break in pieces estripar-se, esmicolar-se, esbocinar-se, trossejar-se.
  40. to (come \ fall) to pieces esmicolar-se, fer-se bocins, trencar-se.
  41. it comes to pieces es (desmunta \ desarma).
  42. to go to pieces figurative [person] rebentar.
  43. (idem) Medicine esfondrar-se, perdre la salut.
  44. [team, etc.] desanimar-se del tot.
  45. to hack something to pieces trossejar una cosa.
  46. to pull to pieces fer (miques \ peces \ trossos), esqueixar, espedaçar.
  47. (idem) [argument] desmuntar.
  48. (idem) figurative [person] criticar, retallar.
  49. to smash something to pieces esclafar alguna cosa a cops.
  50. the boat was smashed to pieces on the rocks el vaixell es va estavellar contra les roques.
  51. to take something to pieces (desmuntar \ desarmar) alguna cosa.
  52. it takes to pieces és desmuntable.
  53. to tear something to pieces (estripar \ esquinçar) alguna cosa.
  54. the crowd will tear him to pieces la gent el capolarà.
  55. he tore the theory to pieces va desmuntar la teoria.
    56. transitive verb
  56. to piece together ajuntar, afegir, enganxar, unir.
  57. (idem) Mechanics muntar, armar, manegar.
  58. (idem) figurative lligar caps.
  59. we eventually pieced the story together a la fi vam lligar caps.