piece together

ricostruire

Unire informazioni separate per capire cosa è successo o comprendere l’intera situazione.

In inglese semplice: 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?

Come si 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.)

Sinonimi: reconstruct, work out

Espressioni comuni: piece together events, piece together something, piece together evidence

assemblare, ricomporre

Unire parti separate o rotte per formare un oggetto intero.

In inglese semplice: 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?

Come si 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.)

Sinonimi: assemble, put together, reassemble

Contrari: dismantle

Espressioni comuni: piece together something, piece together fragments, piece together quilts