piece
(=bit) morceau m
A small piece, please. Un petit morceau, s'il vous plaît.
→ Please can you cut me off another piece?
piece by piece morceau par morceau
→ picking bits of glass off, piece by piece with her bare hands
to chop sth into pieces [+meat, vegetables] couper qch en morceaux
Chop the meat into small pieces. Coupez la viande en petits morceaux.
to be in pieces
(=broken) être en pièces
→ The windscreen was in pieces
to tear sth into pieces [+letter, paper] déchirer qch en morceaux
to tear sb to pieces *
(=criticize severely) étriller qn
(=slice) morceau m
Would you like another piece of cake? Voulez-vous un autre morceau de gâteau ?
[+cloth, carpet] morceau m
→ a piece of carpet
→ He cut off a piece of wood.
→ loosely folded pieces of cloth
(=article) article m
There was a piece about him in The Times. Il y avait un article sur lui dans le Times.
[+music] morceau m
→ The next piece was a relative rarity: Walton's 1937 cantata
a piece of music un morceau, un morceau de musique
(=art work) pièce f
→ He replaced the stolen carvings with less valuable pieces.
(=part of whole) pièce f
He assembled the rifle piece by piece. Il remonta le fusil pièce par pièce.
to be in pieces
[thing]
(=be dismantled) être en pièces
(=not yet assembled) être en pièces détachées
His bicycle was lying in pieces in the garage. Les pièces de sa bicyclette jonchaient le garage.
to take sth to pieces
(=dismantle) démonter qch
He took the engine to pieces and reassembled it. Il a démonté le moteur et l'a remonté.
to pick up the pieces
(=get back to normal) recoller les morceaux
→ After her husband left her, she had difficulty picking up the pieces.
→ After the earthquake, the villagers had to pick up the pieces and try to resume normal life.
to go to pieces *
[person]
(=lose control) s'effondrer
→ She's a strong woman, but she nearly went to pieces when Arnie died.
→ I'll never get the job. I just went to pieces at the interview.
to be in pieces *
[person]
(=in a terrible state) être effondré (e)
She was totally in pieces. Elle était totalement effondrée.
(=item)
a piece of clothing un vêtement
What essential piece of clothing would you take? Quel vêtement indispensable emporteriez-vous ?
a piece of machinery une machine
What's this piece of machinery for? À quoi sert cette machine ?
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piece of furniture
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piece of advice
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piece of paper
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piece of research
(=coin) (British) pièce f
a 10p piece une pièce de 10 pence
[+jigsaw] pièce f
the pieces of the jigsaw (also fig) les pièces du puzzle
(=intact)
to be in one piece
[object]
(=not broken) être en un seul morceau
still in one piece encore en un seul morceau
→ Surprisingly, most of the crockery was still in one piece.
[person]
(=not injured) être en un seul morceau
still in one piece encore en un seul morceau
→ I'm surprised he's still in one piece after all he's been through.
to get back all in one piece (person)
arriver en un seul morceau
→ The journey was a nightmare but we arrived in one piece.
to say one's piece réciter son morceau
→ Right, now I've said my piece, I'll sit down.
to give sb a piece of one's mind * dire ses quatre vérités à qn
How very thoughtless. I'll give him a piece of my mind. Quel manque de tact. Je vais lui dire ses quatre vérités.
to be all of a piece être d'un seul tenant
→ the rooms are all of a piece with furnishings and fittings matching
→ the cosmos is all of a piece, organic, growing, fluid and ever-changing.
a nasty piece of work (British) *
(=nasty person) un sale individu
chess piece
n pièce f (de jeu d'échecs)
→ He arranged the chess pieces on the board.
collector's piece
n pièce f de collection
conversation piece
n objet m qui suscite des commentaires
→ Their jewellery will always be a conversation piece.
Make your table a conversation piece by adding a strip of fairy lights down the middle. En faisant courir une rangée de bougies le long de votre table, vous susciterez les commentaires admiratifs de vos invités.
museum piece
n pièce f de musée
→ One day these are multi-million dollar war machines and the next they are museum pieces.
one-piece
adj
one-piece bathing suit maillot m une pièce
one-piece swimsuit
n maillot m une pièce
party piece *
n numéro m habituel
to do one's party piece faire son numéro *
period piece
n
(=play, book, film) œuvre f historique
piano piece
n morceau m pour piano
-piece
suffix
a twenty-piece dinner service un service vingt pièces
a six-piece band un orchestre de six musiciens
→ ... a four-piece band from Belgium.
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piece together
vt sep
[+facts, events, actions] reconstituer
She had not yet been able to piece together exactly what had happened. Elle n'avait pas encore pu reconstituer exactement ce qui s'était passé.
They've pieced together his movements for the last few days before his death. Ils ont reconstitué ses faits et gestes pendant les quelques jours qui ont précédé sa mort.
[+fragments, elements] reconstituer
→ She pieced together the torn-up drawing.
→ Doctors painstakingly pieced together the broken bones.
piece of advice
n conseil m
piece of furniture
n meuble m
a useful piece of furniture un meuble pratique
→ This sideboard has been a really useful piece of furniture.
piece of paper
n morceau m de papier
→ She took a clean piece of paper and started to write the letter.
piece of research
n travail m de recherche
a piece of research on the effects of the drug un travail de recherche sur les effets du médicament
→ He's just published a piece of research on the effects of the drug on fertility.
piece rate
n taux m or tarif m à la pièce
set piece
n
(in music competition)
morceau m imposé
(in sport)
combinaison f travaillée à l'entraînement
The first three Celtic goals came from set pieces. Les trois premiers buts de Celtic ont été marqués sur des combinaisons travaillées à l'entraînement.
(=section of film, novel) scène fpl
the film's martial arts set pieces les scènes d'arts martiaux du film
three-piece suit
n costume m trois-pièces, trois-pièces m
three-piece suite
n ensemble m (composé d'un canapé et de deux fauteuils)
two-piece
n
two-piece suit (man's)
costume m deux-pièces , (woman's)
deux-pièces m inv , tailleur m deux-pièces
two-piece swimsuit deux-pièces m inv , maillot m de bain deux-pièces