piece together

rekonstruieren, zusammenfügen

Einzelne Informationen zusammenfügen, um herauszufinden, was passiert ist, oder die ganze Situation zu verstehen.

In einfachem Englisch: 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?

So benutzt man es: piece together what… (Investigators pieced together what happened from camera recordings.); piece something together from something (She pieced the story together from old letters.)

Synonyme: reconstruct, work out

Häufige Wendungen: piece together events, piece together something, piece together evidence

zusammensetzen

Getrennte oder zerbrochene Teile zu einem Ganzen verbinden.

In einfachem Englisch: 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?

So benutzt man es: 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.)

Synonyme: assemble, put together, reassemble

Gegenteile: dismantle

Häufige Wendungen: piece together something, piece together fragments, piece together quilts