hang together

essere coerenti, combaciare

Combaciare bene come parti di un insieme.

In inglese semplice: To fit together well as parts of a whole.

• The details hang together well.
• All the elements of her design hung together beautifully.
• Do these different ideas really hang together?

Sinonimi: fit together, cohere

Espressioni comuni: details hang together, ideas hang together

restare uniti, sostenersi a vicenda

Restare uniti e sostenersi a vicenda.

In inglese semplice: To stay united and support one another.

• We must hang together.
• The family hung together when times were hard.
• Will the team hang together after this defeat?

Come si usa: hang together through something (The family hung together through the crisis.)

Sinonimi: stick together, stand together

Contrari: split up

Espressioni comuni: hang together as something, hang together through something

essere coerente, avere senso

Avere senso perché tutte le parti concordano tra loro.

In inglese semplice: To make sense because all the parts agree with one another.

• His story does not hang together.
• Her explanation hung together once we saw the evidence.
• Does the witness’s account really hang together?

Sinonimi: make sense, be coherent, hold together

Espressioni comuni: story hang together, explanation hang together

essere collegati, essere connessi

Essere collegati o dipendere gli uni dagli altri.

In inglese semplice: To be connected or depend on one another.

• These issues hang together.
• The different parts of the system hang together closely.
• We discovered how the events hung together.

Sinonimi: be connected, be linked

Espressioni comuni: issues hang together, parts hang together

resistere uniti, fare fronte comune

Restare uniti senza cedere alle richieste o al potere di qualcuno.

In inglese semplice: To stay united while refusing to give in to someone’s demands or power.

• The workers hung together during the strike.
• We must hang together against these unfair demands.
• They hung together despite repeated threats from the authorities.

Come si usa: hang together against someone/something (The villagers hung together against the landlord.)

Sinonimi: stand together, unite, stand firm

Contrari: divide

Espressioni comuni: hang together against something, workers hang together

stare insieme, frequentarsi

Stare insieme come coppia in una relazione sentimentale.

In inglese semplice: To be a couple in a romantic relationship.

• Those two hang together as a couple.
• They hung together for years before they married.
• Do they still hang together, or have they separated?

Sinonimi: be together, date

Espressioni comuni: hang together romantically, still hang together