piece together

reconstituer

Rassembler des informations dispersées pour comprendre ce qui s’est passé ou saisir l’ensemble de la situation.

En anglais simple : 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?

Comment l'utiliser : piece together what… (Investigators pieced together what happened from camera recordings.); piece something together from something (She pieced the story together from old letters.)

Synonymes : reconstruct, work out

Expressions courantes : piece together events, piece together something, piece together evidence

assembler, reconstituer

Réunir des pièces séparées ou cassées pour former un tout.

En anglais simple : 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?

Comment l'utiliser : 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.)

Synonymes : assemble, put together, reassemble

Contraires : dismantle

Expressions courantes : piece together something, piece together fragments, piece together quilts