piece together

reconstruir

Unir datos sueltos para averiguar qué ocurrió o comprender toda la situación.

En inglés sencillo: Use separate bits of information to work out what happened or understand the whole situation.

• We tried to piece together the story.
• Police pieced together his movements from phone records.
• Can you piece together what happened yesterday?

Cómo se usa: piece together what… (Investigators pieced together what happened from camera recordings.); piece something together from something (She pieced the story together from old letters.)

Sinónimos: reconstruct, work out

Expresiones frecuentes: piece together events, piece together something, piece together evidence

unir, ensamblar

Juntar partes separadas o rotas para formar un objeto completo.

En inglés sencillo: Join separate or broken parts to make a whole thing.

• We can piece together the broken plate.
• She pieced the quilt together by hand.
• Can you piece these fragments together?

Cómo se usa: piece something together (We pieced the broken bowl together with glue.); piece something together from something (She pieced a blanket together from scraps of fabric.)

Sinónimos: assemble, put together, reassemble

Antónimos: dismantle

Expresiones frecuentes: piece together something, piece together fragments, piece together quilts