a piece of

• "what's that?" he said, staying a piece of mutton close to his lips .
  “讲的什么？”他说，一块羊肉就停在嘴边。
• He would give that precious young man a piece of his mind tonight .
  今夜他要和这矫揉造作的青年人推心置腹地谈一谈。
• I don't see anything wrong with the workers owning a piece of the action .
  我并不认为让工人们拥有一点股票有什么不对。
• I always remember her as being dried up and old, like a piece of yellow rice paper .
  我永远记得她干瘪衰老得象发黄的纸。
• I will say this much for him -- he never leaves a piece of work unfinished .
  关于他我要说的是他工作未做完决不罢休。
• Job , task are countable nouns indicating a piece of work that a person does .
  “Job，task”均为可数名词，指人做的工作。
• She was always in the same place, always bent industriously over a piece of work .
  她总是坐在一个地方，总是勤勉地弯着身子。
• I found a piece of rope, made a noose, slipped it about the kitten's neck .
  我找来一根绳子，打了个扣，顺手一撸套上了小猫的脖子。
• Put a piece of tainted meat in distilled water, and microbes go merrily to work .
  把一块脏肉放在蒸馏水中，微生物会愉快地活动起来。