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All of a piece #1 (permalink) Tue Jan 04, 2005 8:06 am   All of a piece
 

Test No. incompl/inter-58 "Lots of Pieces", question 9

Charlie laughed and said he was doing the same now - it was ......... of a piece with burgling.

(a) some
(b) same
(c) complete
(d) all

Test No. incompl/inter-58 "Lots of Pieces", answer 9

Charlie laughed and said he was doing the same now - it was all of a piece with burgling.

Correct answer: (d) all

Your answer was: incorrect
Charlie laughed and said he was doing the same now - it was some of a piece with burgling.
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All of a piece #2 (permalink) Tue Jan 04, 2005 10:21 am   All of a piece
 

All of a piece is an idiom and it means that there is an invisible link. In our case, all burglars are somehow connected with each other.

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