1. patch
If you hit a patch of fog, slow down and put your blinkers on.
We've been through a rough patch, but I hope it will have made us stronger.
When I got out of jail, I wanted to patch up things with my wife.
It'll take some time, but I think we can patch things up.
Let's patch up our argument.
I'm going to sew a patch on these jeans - they're ripped at the knee.
Then it draws more silky lines across these spokes, leaving a smooth, non-sticky patch in the middle of the web.
The producers hired a team of writers just to patch up the show's continuity, lest they get letters from...those people.
It’s a patch with a bicycle.
virtue shows quite as well in rags and patches as she does in purple and fine linen
bald patch
I think their marriage is going through a bad patch.
A nanopatch is a small patch that sticks to your skin
Davis wore an eye patch for at least six months following the accident.
I'll never find a keyboard patch that actually sounds like an electric guitar.
2. shred
His clothes were ripped to shreds.
there's not a shred of evidence that he did it
After the struggle, the boy's shirt was torn to shreds.
a shred of papier
The whole operation is so refreshingly low-key and straightforward that it easily sucks in anyone who likes books and has even a shred of generosity.
Let's shred your wings into small pieces and throw them away.