one slice or cut of something / (rare) a one-time sexual liaison, a one-night stand

be cut off, break, snap, burst, collapse / be cut, be injured, become fissured / break off, be interrupted / cut or sever connection with / run out, expire, terminate

sharpness, cutting quality / cloth / piece, bit, strip, slice / (informal, of movement) sharpness and briskness

sharpness, cutting quality / skill, sharpness of performance

fragmentary, intermittent

fragments, bits and pieces

fragment, scrap

One slice or cut of something.

to run out of breath

(idiomatic) to be sharp; to be keen; to be on the ball; to have a mind like a steel trap; to be clever