piece

I [piːs]

nome

1) (indeterminate amount) pezzo m.

2) (unit)

a piece of furniture — un mobile

a piece of luggage — una valigia

a piece of advice — un consiglio

a piece of information — un'informazione

a piece of legislation — una legge

a piece of news — una notizia

a piece of work — un lavoro; (referring to book) un'opera; (referring to article) un pezzo

a piece of luck — una (botta di) fortuna

to be paid by the piece — essere pagato a cottimo

they cost Ј 5 a piece — costano 5 sterline cadauno

3) (component part) pezzo m.

to come in pieces — [furniture] essere da montare

to take sth. to pieces — smontare qcs

4) (broken fragment) pezzo m., frammento m.

to fall to pieces — [object] cadere in pezzi; fig. [argument] essere demolito

to go to pieces — fig. [person] (from shock, emotionally) avere un crollo (nervoso), andare in pezzi; (in interview) andare nel pallone

5) (artistic work) (of music) brano m., pezzo m.; (sculpture, painting, article) pezzo m.; (play) pièce f.

he read a piece out of the book — ha letto un passaggio del libro

6) (instance)

a piece of — un esempio di [propaganda, flattery]

a wonderful piece of running, acting — una magnifica corsa, interpretazione

7) (coin) moneta f., pezzo m.

a 50p piece — una moneta da 50 penny

8) gioc. (in chess) pezzo m.; (in draughts) pedina f.

9) mil. (gun) fucile m.; (cannon) pezzo m. (d'artiglieria)

10) colloq. (gun) rivoltella f., pistola f.

11) -piece in composti

a 60-piece cutlery set — un servizio di posate da 60 pezzi

a 5-piece band — mus. una band di 5 elementi

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to be (all) of a piece — [town, house] essere costruito in stile omogeneo

to be (all) of a piece with sth. — [action, statement, ideas] essere in pieno accordo con qcs.

to be still in one piece — [object] essere ancora intero o intatto; [person] essere intero o indenne

to give sb. a piece of one's mind — dire a qcn. il fatto suo

to pick sth. to pieces — fare a pezzi o demolire qcs.

to piece one's piece — dire la propria

II [piːs]

verbo transitivo unire, connettere

- piece together

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[pi:s] 1. noun

1) (a part of anything: a piece of cake; He examined it carefully piece by piece (= each piece separately).) pezzo

2) (a single thing or example of something: a piece of paper; a piece of news.) pezzo

3) (a composition in music, writing (an article, short story etc), drama, sculpture etc: He wrote a piece on social reform in the local newspaper.) pezzo, articolo

4) (a coin of a particular value: a five-pence piece.) moneta

5) (in chess, draughts and other games, a small shape made of wood, metal, plastic etc that is moved according to the rules of the game.) pedina

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- piecemeal

2. adjective

(done etc in this way: He has a rather piecemeal way of working.) frammentario

- go all to pieces

- go to pieces
- in pieces
- piece together
- to pieces

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I [piːs]

nome

1) (indeterminate amount) pezzo m.

2) (unit)

a piece of furniture — un mobile

a piece of luggage — una valigia

a piece of advice — un consiglio

a piece of information — un'informazione

a piece of legislation — una legge

a piece of news — una notizia

a piece of work — un lavoro; (referring to book) un'opera; (referring to article) un pezzo

a piece of luck — una (botta di) fortuna

to be paid by the piece — essere pagato a cottimo

they cost Ј 5 a piece — costano 5 sterline cadauno

3) (component part) pezzo m.

to come in pieces — [furniture] essere da montare

to take sth. to pieces — smontare qcs

4) (broken fragment) pezzo m., frammento m.

to fall to pieces — [object] cadere in pezzi; fig. [argument] essere demolito

to go to pieces — fig. [person] (from shock, emotionally) avere un crollo (nervoso), andare in pezzi; (in interview) andare nel pallone

5) (artistic work) (of music) brano m., pezzo m.; (sculpture, painting, article) pezzo m.; (play) pièce f.

he read a piece out of the book — ha letto un passaggio del libro

6) (instance)

a piece of — un esempio di [propaganda, flattery]

a wonderful piece of running, acting — una magnifica corsa, interpretazione

7) (coin) moneta f., pezzo m.

a 50p piece — una moneta da 50 penny

8) gioc. (in chess) pezzo m.; (in draughts) pedina f.

9) mil. (gun) fucile m.; (cannon) pezzo m. (d'artiglieria)

10) colloq. (gun) rivoltella f., pistola f.

11) -piece in composti

a 60-piece cutlery set — un servizio di posate da 60 pezzi

a 5-piece band — mus. una band di 5 elementi

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to be (all) of a piece — [town, house] essere costruito in stile omogeneo

to be (all) of a piece with sth. — [action, statement, ideas] essere in pieno accordo con qcs.

to be still in one piece — [object] essere ancora intero o intatto; [person] essere intero o indenne

to give sb. a piece of one's mind — dire a qcn. il fatto suo

to pick sth. to pieces — fare a pezzi o demolire qcs.

to piece one's piece — dire la propria

II [piːs]

verbo transitivo unire, connettere

- piece together