1.b> ; ; ; a piece of cake [of cheese, of meat] [, ] [.i> .i> ]; she wrote something on a small piece of paper ;
2.b> 1) pli> , , ; there were tiny pieces of glass all over the road ; the boat was smashed to pieces on the rocks ;
2) i> i> ; he took the clock to pieces ;
3.b> i> .i> , ; a piece of luggage i> ; a piece of furniture i> i> ; a 12-piece dinner service ;
4.b> : a piece of information [of news] [ ]; a piece of advice , ; let me give you a piece of advice ;
5.b> (, i> .i>); a piece of music ; they performed pieces by Bach ;
6.b> 1) / ; there's a good piece on China in today's paper ;
2) - i> ;
7.b> (i>. a piece of money); gold [silver] piece, piece of gold [of silver] [] ; penny piece , ; a fifty-cent piece ; piece of eight .i> ( i>);
8.b> 1) .i> ; white [black] pieces [] ; heavy / major / [minor] piece [] ;
2) , ( i>);
9.b> 1) .i> (.i> piece of artillery / of ordnance / );
2) .i> .i> .i> (, i> ..i>);
10.b> .i> ;
11.b> , ; ;
to fall to piecesb> ) i> , ; i> , ; our car is falling to pieces,we've had it so long , ; ) , (,i> i> ..i>); he's worried the business will fall to pieces without him / , ; to go to piecesb> .i> ; ; he went to pieces when his mother died ; to give smb. a piece of your mindb> .i> ; ; I'm going to give him a piece of my mind , / ; a piece of cakeb> .i> / ; - [.i> .i> 1]; the test was a piece of cake ; a piece of ass / of tail /b> .i> .i> .