"bits of vocabulary" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
You could use it when discussing the individual components of a language or example phrases or words that can be used to explain a specific concept. For example, you could say: "To properly express this idiom, it helps to have a few bits of vocabulary that are native to the language."
All around the world, local languages are raiding English for choice bits of vocabulary, even as English enriches itself with foreign words.
Clegg's warm-up act was Lib Dem president Sal Brinton, who reinforced the sense that this election is becoming a comically unedifying turf war over meaningless bits of vocabulary.
Charles de Gaulle was famous for resurrecting obscure bits of vocabulary, such as quarteron (a small band) and chienlit (a chaotic carnival), which had last been heard sometime around the sixteenth century.
But by the end of the festival all those involved are probably in agreement that "visa" is the most pernicious bit of vocabulary around.
But today we'll have to add another bit of vocabulary to our lexicon.
The Yes Japan podcast series provides bitesize bits of grammar, vocabulary and culture – all in video format.
The idea of a painter's "palette" – meaning the chromatic range that you associate with a particular artist – has always struck me as one of those slightly hazardous bits of aesthetic vocabulary.
The startup develops music educational skills, teaching users about notes, instruments, chords and tempo, along with other bits of music vocabulary.
The word, meaning scrap or bit, was to be listed in the dictionary as a purely New England piece of vocabulary traceable to 1860.
And also seeing which bits of Danish/ Swedish vocabulary manage to embed themselves in our minds with this mystery.
Whether explicitly intended or not, Stereolab, Tortoise, Godspeed You! Black Emperor, and Blonde Redhead have used bits of the maestro's vocabulary: the single-string guitar motifs from Sergio Leone's Westerns; the oddball instrumentation used in various Italian horror movies; and the abrupt shifts of mood.
