hang together

s’accorder, être cohérents

Bien s’accorder en tant que parties d’un ensemble.

En anglais simple : 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?

Synonymes : fit together, cohere

Expressions courantes : details hang together, ideas hang together

rester unis, se serrer les coudes

Rester unis et se soutenir mutuellement.

En anglais simple : 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?

Comment l'utiliser : hang together through something (The family hung together through the crisis.)

Synonymes : stick together, stand together

Contraires : split up

Expressions courantes : hang together as something, hang together through something

être cohérent, tenir debout

Avoir du sens parce que toutes les parties concordent.

En anglais simple : 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?

Synonymes : make sense, be coherent, hold together

Expressions courantes : story hang together, explanation hang together

être liés, être reliés

Être liés ou dépendre les uns des autres.

En anglais simple : 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.

Synonymes : be connected, be linked

Expressions courantes : issues hang together, parts hang together

résister ensemble, faire front commun

Rester unis pour résister aux exigences ou au pouvoir de quelqu’un.

En anglais simple : 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.

Comment l'utiliser : hang together against someone/something (The villagers hung together against the landlord.)

Synonymes : stand together, unite, stand firm

Contraires : divide

Expressions courantes : hang together against something, workers hang together

être ensemble, sortir ensemble

Être ensemble dans une relation amoureuse.

En anglais simple : 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?

Synonymes : be together, date

Expressions courantes : hang together romantically, still hang together