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bit
 I. adverb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a bit depressedBritish Englishspoken:
▪ I felt a bit depressed because I was so short of money.
a bit of a chatspoken BrE:
▪ Perhaps I could have a bit of a chat with him.
a bit of a cheek
▪ It’s a bit of a cheek, asking me for money.
a bit of a misunderstandingBritish English
▪ I’m afraid it’s all a bit of a misunderstanding.
a bit/little scared
▪ I was always a little scared of my father.
a little/a bit nervous
▪ I was a little nervous before the interview.
a piece/bit of cheese
▪ Would you like a piece of cheese?
a piece/bit of chocolate
▪ Would you like a piece of chocolate?
a piece/bit of information (also an item of informationformal)
▪ He provided me with several useful pieces of information.
be a bit of a blowBritish Englishespecially spoken (= be disappointing or cause problems for you)
▪ The result was a bit of a blow for the team.
be a bit of a gamble (=involve a small amount of risk)
▪ It was a bit of a gamble putting him on the field, but he played well.
be (a bit of a) minefield
▪ Dating can be a bit of a minefield.
be a bit of a myth (=be not really true)
▪ The whole story is a bit of a myth.
be a bit of a shockBritish Englishespecially spoken (= be a shock, but not very serious or unpleasant)
▪ I wasn’t expecting to win, so it was a bit of a shock.
be a bit of an exaggerationinformal (= be a slight exaggeration)
▪ It's a bit of an exaggeration to say he's handsome.
bit part
▪ He’s had bit parts in a couple of soaps.
bit player
▪ Although he was NRC chairman, Hervey was strictly a bit player in government.
blow sb/sth to pieces/bits/smithereens
▪ A bomb like that could blow you to bits.
every bit as much as
▪ I loved him every bit as much as she did.
every last drop/bit/scrap etc (=all of something, including even the smallest amount of it)
▪ They made us pick up every last scrap of paper.
is a bit of a mess
▪ Sorry – the place is a bit of a mess.
I’m a bit shortBritish Englishspoken (= I haven’t got much money at the moment)
Let’s have a bit of hush
▪ Let’s have a bit of hush, please, gentlemen.
see you in a bitBritish English (= see you soon)
threepenny bit
thrilled to bits/pieces (=very thrilled)
tiny bit
▪ She always felt a tiny bit sad.
went a bit mad (=spent a lot of money)
▪ We went a bit mad and ordered champagne.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
(a bit of) a mouthful
(it's) a bit thick
(just) that little bit better/easier etc
▪ We have put together a few of the most popular itineraries to help make your choice that little bit easier.
a bit of a lad
a bit of how's your father
a bit of hush
a bit of rough
▪ At the moment it looks more like a bit of rough pasture ... full of dandelions and clover patches.
a bit of skirt
a fair size/amount/number/bit/distance etc
▪ But a fair number of them went on to greater things.
▪ It prefers a fair amount of nutritious detritus.
▪ Scientists must proceed cautiously, moving ahead only with the assent of a fair number of their colleagues.
▪ Thanks to the inherently leaky nature of the water industry, there is already a fair amount of information to go on.
▪ That involved a fair amount of travel.
▪ There was a fair amount going on.
▪ They'd have a fair bit of tidying up to do before they left.
▪ You may also be involved in a fair amount of travel.
a little bit
▪ He was even maybe a little bit relieved, because immediately it was clear that Ernie was what she needed.
▪ I prefer to talk a little bit.
▪ I really just did it for a little bit, and then gave it up.
▪ There was, I suspect, a little bit of Otago isolationism involved.
a wee bit
▪ Don't you think her behavior is just a wee bit bizarre?
▪ As for the holiday, I agree with you, it sounds a wee bit unlikely.
▪ He is hapless, passive and maybe just a wee bit smug.
▪ It is a wee bit disconcerting when you can hear yourself think in a pub these days.
▪ Monica is a wee bit overweight.
▪ Reason I ask, Mr Rasmussen says you seemed a wee bit tipsy.
▪ There is no label on the bottle, it tastes a wee bit vinegary.
▪ We have been lacking a wee bit of professionalism recently.
▪ You might be just a wee bit too clever for your own good now.
be a bit much/be too much
be champing at the bit
▪ David is champing at the bit.
▪ Within three months Eva was champing at the bit.
be falling to pieces/bits
▪ The walls were all dirty and the furniture was falling to pieces.
▪ But most of the material was falling to pieces.
▪ The Soviet Union is falling to pieces; a bloody struggle for those pieces can not be ruled out.
▪ There's a difference between consciously colouring a passage and not being able to control a voice that is falling to bits.
▪ They would blaze into prominence just as the foreground planting was falling to pieces.
every bit as good/important etc
▪ Barbara was every bit as good as she sounded.
▪ Here, the Fund runs many family projects that are less well-known but doing work that is every bit as important.
▪ If you looked through a microscope you could see that they had cheekbones every bit as good as Hope Steadman's.
▪ In terms of predicting and controlling the social environment, high technology can quite clearly be every bit as important as brute force.
▪ It is for this reason that good balanced design is every bit as important as meticulous craftsmanship.
▪ It takes no more than five minutes and tastes every bit as good at the oven-baked variety.
▪ The explanation is every bit as important as the numbers!
fall to pieces/bits
▪ After he left, I fell to pieces.
▪ As a result, now that the autumn rains were here, it was already showing signs of falling to pieces.
▪ Being a super-duper well-'ard off-road jobbie, your machine can take a fair amount of punishment before falling to bits.
▪ He hated playing agony aunt but he couldn't afford to have Hirschfeldt falling to pieces.
▪ Supposing the union fell to pieces, these were the fracture lines along which it would naturally break.
▪ The media seemed to be willing the marriage to fall to pieces.
▪ The Soviet Union is falling to pieces; a bloody struggle for those pieces can not be ruled out.
▪ There's a difference between consciously colouring a passage and not being able to control a voice that is falling to bits.
it's (a little/bit) late in the day (to do sth)
not make a blind bit of difference
not take/pay a blind bit of notice
▪ For six years, the Government have not taken a blind bit of notice of the Audit Commission's report.
not the least/not in the least/not the least bit
quite a lot/bit/few
▪ A better day today, Miss Lavant wrote in her diary, quite a bit of sunshine.
▪ By no means, Watson; even now quite a few scientists continue to doubt.
▪ I lived quite a lot of my early childhood at the Thompsons' house behind a shop on Harehills Parade.
▪ Obviously, you have to wear quite a lot of protective clothing to minimise the risk of getting injured.
▪ Over 296 pages, Fallows cites quite a few.
▪ The man looks prosperous, like quite a few men.
▪ There's quite a bit of noise coming from the kitchens.
▪ There has been quite a lot of talk recently about adding enzymes to help the carp digest our sophisticated carp baits.
take sth to bits/pieces
▪ After all these years, I'd taken something to bits and successfully put it all back together again.
▪ Carter shrugged and fetching a, paraffin stove from inside a caravan began to take it to pieces.
▪ He learnt how to take a car to pieces.
▪ Most reputable dealers will take a computer to pieces for you.
▪ Operators decided to clean down equipment regularly, not just superficially, but by taking it to pieces.
▪ Unfortunately appearances has been misleading and heavy filling was found as they started to take it to bits.
the hair of the dog (that bit you)
with (any) luck/with a bit of luck
II. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
 ADJECTIVE
fair
▪ In the past I'd seen a fair bit of Lloyd.
▪ The uncertain nature of Internet connections still results in a fair bit of static at times.
▪ However, top of range is top of range in both cases and professional instruments cost a fair bit.
▪ I conduct executive searches for senior-level management, so I know a fair bit about how these companies are managed.
▪ They'd have a fair bit of tidying up to do before they left.
▪ New Labour comes in for a fair bit of his well-advertised stick.
▪ Like Storie Russell also did a fair bit of coaching.
▪ You do have to compromise a fair bit and I suppose that I would like more freedom than I've got.
little
▪ Every little bit helped and I was encouraged.
▪ So I smell a little bit.
▪ But this little bit they don't know about.
▪ I was normally not prone to astrological contemplations, but what harm could there be in a little bit of astrology?
▪ Tansy didn't approve of me one little bit, what with being from the circus and not paying for it.
▪ I crowed a little bit, but not much because, hey, I pick them to win it every year.
▪ He had a little bit of money his father had left him.
▪ Pittsburgh has gone to a little bit of a new look now with that wide receiver set they have.
tiny
▪ But still easy enough to get it just a tiny bit wrong.
▪ And maybe a tiny bit drunk?
▪ Collect together sequins, tiny glass beads, tiny shells, bits of lace and braid and ribbon.
▪ Which raises our opinion of Aldridge -- at least a tiny bit.
▪ It made her feel strong, invincible almost, and just a tiny bit as if she had drunk too much wine.
▪ One thing Abdul-Rauf has done is make us all think just a tiny bit.
▪ There's something slightly unbalanced about the whole composition, as if there's a tiny bit missing somewhere.
▪ She looked healthy and young and a tiny bit awkward.
wee
▪ As for the holiday, I agree with you, it sounds a wee bit unlikely.
▪ Reason I ask, Mr Rasmussen says you seemed a wee bit tipsy.
▪ We have been lacking a wee bit of professionalism recently.
▪ He is hapless, passive and maybe just a wee bit smug.
▪ Monica is a wee bit overweight.
▪ There is no label on the bottle, it tastes a wee bit vinegary.
▪ It is a wee bit disconcerting when you can hear yourself think in a pub these days.
▪ If you're not a lover of platform games it could be a wee bit tedious.
VERB
blow
▪ It must have more than compensated for being shot down, or blown to bits.
▪ He blew a bit of thistledown from the still-wet surface of his picture.
▪ On a raid over Essen the aircraft was blown to bits.
▪ The facades of neoclassic landmarks were blown to bits during the sectarian fighting.
▪ A bus shelter feet away was blown to bits.
▪ Eight of our people were blown to bits.
▪ Every few months a child is blown to bits.
▪ Auster laughed, and in that laugh everything was suddenly blown to bits.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ 'Would you like a slice of cake?' 'I'll just have a little bit, please.'
▪ a 16-bit processor
▪ Alan did the easy bit -- it was me who did all the hard work!
▪ Have you got a bit of paper I can write your address on?
▪ I'd like to try that cake. Just give me a small bit please.
▪ I'll probably do a bit of gardening this weekend.
▪ I found some bits of glass in my sandwich.
▪ I was a bit late.
▪ I wouldn't give you two bits for that old book.
▪ My favourite bit is when they try to escape.
▪ Some bits of the book are actually quite funny.
▪ the bit of the garden where the fruit trees are
▪ The jumper was very cheap - it'll probably fall to bits the first time I wear it.
▪ There'll be a war, and we'll all be blown to bits!
▪ There were little bits of food all over the carpet.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ All these bits and pieces washed ashore.
▪ He circled the house, looking in, and saw nothing but the bits and pieces of ordinary living.
▪ I hope this letter shows Rotties are not at all vicious but need a little bit of love and care.
▪ I mean that you did whatever you wanted without the slightest bit of concern as to how your behavior might affect others.
▪ I probably could, but I should get a bit of support from the script-writers.
▪ The bloke was living a bit of a fantasy life.
▪ The lantern swung on the beam, the glasses jumped on the table, and bits of earth fell from the ceiling.
▪ They looked every bit as scary to me as I had heard that they were from adults and other children.
bit
I. bit1 S1 W1 /bɪt/ adverb, pronoun
1. ONLY SLIGHTLY a bit especially British English
a) slightly or to a small degree SYN a little:
▪ Could you turn the TV up a bit?
▪ That’s a bit odd.
▪ ‘Are you sorry to be leaving?’ ‘Yes, I am a bit.’
▪ Aren’t you being a little bit unfair?
▪ I think you’re a bit too young to be watching this.
▪ She looks a bit like my sister.
a bit better/older/easier etc
▪ I feel a bit better now.
b) sometimes, but not very often:
▪ I used to act a bit when I was younger.
REGISTER
In written English, people usually avoid a (little) bit and use slightly, rather, or somewhat instead:
▪ This system is slightly more efficient.
▪ The final cost was somewhat higher than expected.
2. AMOUNT a bit especially British English informal a small amount of a substance or of something that is not a physical object SYN a little
a bit of
▪ I may need a bit of help.
▪ He still likes to do a bit of gardening.
▪ I want to spend a bit of time with him before he goes.
▪ With a bit of luck, we should have finished by five o'clock.
▪ Everyone needs a little bit of encouragement.
▪ ‘Would you like cream in your coffee?’ ‘Yes please, just a bit.’
a bit more/less
▪ Can we have a bit less noise, please?
3. QUITE A LOT quite a bit (also a good bit British English) a fairly large amount or to a fairly large degree:
▪ She’s quite a bit older than you, isn’t she?
▪ He knows quite a bit about painting.
quite a bit of
▪ I expect you do quite a bit of travelling?
quite a bit more/less
▪ They’re worth quite a bit more than I thought.
4. TIME/DISTANCE a bit especially British English a short period of time or a short distance SYN a while:
▪ You’ll have to wait a bit.
▪ I walked on a bit
in a bit
▪ I’ll see you in a bit.
for a bit
▪ We sat around for a bit, chatting.
5. a bit of a something
especially British English used to show that the way you describe something is only true to a limited degree:
▪ The news came as a bit of a shock.
▪ I felt a bit of a fool.
▪ It looks like they left in a bit of a hurry.
6. not a bit/not one bit
especially British English not at all:
▪ You’re not a bit like your brother.
▪ Am I cross? No, not a bit of it.
▪ I’m not in the least bit interested in whose fault it is.
▪ Well, you haven’t surprised me, not one bit.
7. every bit as important/bad/good etc
especially British English used to emphasize that something is equally important, bad etc as something else:
▪ Jodi plays every bit as well as the men.
8. bit by bit
especially British English gradually:
▪ Bit by bit, I was starting to change my mind.
9. a/one bit at a time
especially British English in several small parts or stages:
▪ Memorize it a bit at a time.
10. take a bit of doing/explaining etc
British English to be difficult to do, explain etc:
▪ The new system took a bit of getting used to.
11. be a bit much
British English to be unacceptable, impolite, or unfair:
▪ It’s a bit much when he criticizes us for doing something that he does himself.
12. be a bit of all right
British English informal used to say that someone is sexually attractive
13. bit on the side
British English informal someone’s bit on the side is a person they are having a sexual relationship with, even though they already have a wife, husband, or partner – used humorously or to show disapproval:
▪ She stayed, in the hope that he’d tire of his bit on the side.
14. a bit of stuff/fluff/skirt
British English informal not polite offensive expressions meaning a young woman, especially one who is sexually attractive
15. a bit of rough
British English informal someone of a lower social class that someone has a sexual relationship with – used humorously
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GRAMMAR
a bit, a bit of
Use a bit before an adjective, not before a noun or an adjective and noun:
▪ He’s a bit shy (NOT a bit shy man).
Before a noun or an adjective and noun, use a bit of:
▪ There was a bit of trouble (NOT a bit trouble).
▪ It was a bit of a strange decision (NOT a bit strange decision).
You can also use a bit after a verb or its object:
▪ I cried a bit (NOT a bit cried).
II. bit2 S1 W1 noun [COUNTABLE]
Sense 1-3, 7-12: Language : Old English; Origin : bita 'piece bitten off, small piece of food']
Sense 4: [date : 1900-2000; Origin : binary digit]
Sense 5-6: Language : Old English; Origin : bite 'act of biting']
1. PIECE a small piece of something
bit of
▪ bits of broken glass
▪ He wedged the door open with a bit of wood.
break/rip/shake etc something to bits
▪ The aircraft was blown to bits.
▪ He’s taken the engine to bits.
fall/come to bits
▪ The old house was falling to bits.
2. PART British English informal a part of something larger:
▪ This is the boring bit.
bit of
▪ We did the last bit of the journey on foot.
bit about
▪ Did you like the bit about the monkey?
3. to bits
British English informal very much or extremely:
▪ Mark’s a darling – I love him to bits.
thrilled/chuffed/pleased to bits
▪ I’ve always wanted a car, so I’m thrilled to bits.
4. COMPUTER the smallest unit of information that a computer uses:
▪ a 32-bit processor
5. TOOL the sharp part of a tool for cutting or making holes:
▪ a drill bit
6. HORSE the metal bar attached to a horse’s bridle that is put into its mouth and used to control it ⇨ be champing at the bit at champ1(2)
7. bits and pieces
(also bits and bobs British English) informal any small things of various kinds:
▪ Let me get all my bits and pieces together.
8. do your bit
informal to do a fair share of the work, effort etc that is needed to achieve something good or important:
▪ Everyone should do their bit for the environment.
9. get the bit between your teeth
British English, take the bit between your teeth American English to do something or deal with something in a very determined way, so that you are not likely to stop until it is done
10. MONEY
a) two bits/four bits American English informal 25 cents or 50 cents
b) British English old-fashioned a small coin
11. pull something to bits
British English informal to criticize something strongly:
▪ The critics pulled his new play to bits.
12. TYPICAL BEHAVIOUR/EXPERIENCE informal used to mean a kind of behaviour or experience that is typical of someone or something
the (whole) student/movie star/travelling etc bit
▪ Then she gave us the concerned mother bit.
13. be in bits
British English spoken informal to be extremely upset because something unpleasant or disappointing has happened:
▪ She was in bits after the race, and looked totally gutted.
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COLLOCATIONS
adjectives
▪a little/tiny bit
▪ The floor was covered in tiny bits of glass.
verbs
▪fall/come to bits (=separate into many different parts because of being old or damaged)
▪ The book was so old that I was afraid it would fall to bits.
▪break/smash to bits
▪ The vase fell and smashed to bits on the concrete floor.
▪rip/tear something to bits
▪ She grabbed the letter and ripped it to bits.
▪be blown to bits (=by a bomb)
▪ A bus shelter nearby was blown to bits.
▪take something to bits (=separate the parts of something)
▪ Tony loves taking old radios and computers to bits.
III. bit3
the past tense of bite
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