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A n (of rock, shell, music, manuscript) fragment m ; (of china, glass) morceau m ; ( of food) miette f ; fragments of conversation bribes fpl de conversation ; to break into fragments se briser en mille morceaux.C vi [party, system] se fractionner (into en). -
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1. noun[organization, system] éclater━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━✦ Lorsque fragment est un nom, l'accent tombe sur la première syllabe: ˈfrægmənt, lorsque c'est un verbe, sur la seconde: frægˈment.* * *1. ['frægmənt] 2. [fræg'ment]intransitive verb [party, system] se fractionner -
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A n1 ( indeterminate amount) (of fabric, wood, paper, metal) morceau m, bout m ; (of string, ribbon) bout m ; (of cake, pie, pâté) morceau m, tranche f ; (of meat, cheese, chocolate) morceau m ;2 ( unit) a piece of furniture un meuble ; a piece of pottery une poterie ; a piece of sculpture une sculpture ; a piece of luggage une valise ; a piece of advice un conseil ; a piece of evidence une preuve ; a piece of information un renseignement ; a piece of legislation une loi ; a piece of news une nouvelle ; a piece of work gen un travail ; (referring to book, article etc) une œuvre ; a piece of luck un coup de chance ; a piece of history une tranche d'histoire ; to be paid by the piece être payé à la pièce ; they cost £20 a piece ils coûtent 20 livres pièce ;3 ( component part) (of jigsaw, machine, model) pièce f ; piece by piece pièce par pièce ; in pieces en pièces (détachées) ; to come in pieces [kit furniture] être livré en kit ; to take sth to pieces démonter qch ;4 ( broken fragment) (of glass, cup) morceau m, fragment m ; in pieces en morceaux, en miettes ; to fall to pieces [machine, object] tomber en morceaux ; fig [case, argument] s'effondrer ; it came to pieces in my hands ça s'est cassé dans mes mains ; to go to pieces fig [person] ( from shock) s'effondrer ; ( emotionally) craquer ○ ; ( in interview) paniquer complètement ;5 ( artistic work) ( of music) morceau m ; ( sculpture) sculpture f ; ( painting) peinture f ; ( article) article m (on sur) ; ( play) pièce f ; he read them a piece out of the book il leur a lu un passage du livre ;6 ( instance) a piece of un exemple de [propaganda, materialism, flattery] ; a wonderful piece of running/acting/engineering une très belle course/interprétation/réalisation technique ;11 ○ ( woman) beau brin m de fille ○.B - piece (dans composés) a 60-piece cutlery set un service de couverts de 60 pièces ; a 5-piece band Mus un groupe de 5 musiciens.to be (all) of a piece [town, house] être d'un style homogène ; to be (all) of a piece with sth [action, statement, ideas] s'accorder avec qch ; to be still in one piece [object] être intact ; [person] être sain et sauf ; to give sb a piece of one's mind dire ses quatre vérités or son fait à qn ; to pick sth to pieces descendre qch en flammes ; to pick up the pieces recoller les morceaux ; to say one's piece dire ce qu'on a à dire.▶ piece [sth] together, piece together [sth] rassembler [fragments, shreds] ; reconstituer [vase, garment, letter] ; assembler [puzzle] ; fig reconstituer [facts, evidence, event, account] ; they tried to piece together what had happened ils ont essayé de reconstituer ce qui s'était passé.
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