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: "an important piece of the evidence"

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"he designed a new piece of equipment" or "she bought a lovely piece of china"

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part

Examples

"they analyzed the river into three parts" "he needed a piece of granite"

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opus musical_composition composition piece_of_music

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"the composition is written in four movements"

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bit

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"it was a nice piece of work" "he had a bit of good luck"

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"he wrote an interesting piece on Iran" "the children acted out a comic piece to amuse the guests"

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firearm small-arm

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"he wore his firearm in a shoulder holster"

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patch

Examples

"patch the skirt"

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"it was not known who created the piece"

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slice

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"a piece of pie" "a slice of bread"

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"it is down the road a piece"

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objet_d'art art_object

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"this store sells only objets d'art" "it is not known who created this piece"

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assemble set_up put_together tack tack_together

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"She pieced a quilt" "He tacked together some verses"

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munch pick nibble

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"He pieced at the sandwich all morning" "She never eats a full meal--she just nibbles"

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while spell patch

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"he was here for a little while" "I need to rest for a piece" "a spell of good weather" "a patch of bad weather"

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pick nibble

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"He pieced at the sandwich all morning" "She never eats a full meal--she just picks at the food"

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patch

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"She pieced the china cup"

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slice

Examples

"a slice of the company's revenue"

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man

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"he taught me to set up the men on the chess board" "he sacrificed a piece to get a strategic advantage"