put together
To assemble. A noun or pronoun usually divides this idiom. The preposition back is used when something has been disassembled and then is being reassembled.
Todd followed the directions on the box but he couldn’t manage to put the bicycle together properly.
After the teenager took the broken video game apart and fixed it, he was unable to put it back together again.
put together
To assemble. A noun or pronoun usually divides this idiom. The preposition back is used when something has been disassembled and then is being reassembled.
Todd followed the directions on the box but he couldn’t manage to put the bicycle together properly.
After the teenager took the broken video game apart and fixed it, he was unable to put it back together again.
put together
To assemble. A noun or pronoun usually divides this idiom. The preposition back is used when something has been disassembled and then is being reassembled.
Todd followed the directions on the box but he couldn’t manage to put the bicycle together properly.
After the teenager took the broken video game apart and fixed it, he was unable to put it back together again.
put two and two together
To make decisions based on available proofs; reason from the known facts; conclude; decide.
Прийти к верному заключению; сделать вывод; сообразить, что к чему.
He had put two and two together and decided where they had probably gone.
It was just a mater of putting two and two together: the facts seemed to permit only one decision.
She put two and two together in that difficult situation.
Она сообразила, что к чему в той сложной ситуации.
rid of
get rid of
Free of; away from; to eliminate; to remove; to discard; to throw away.
The puppy is finally rid of worms.
If I could be rid of the children for the day, I would go.
I wish you'd get rid of that cat!
Jerry tried hard to get rid of the stain on his shirt, but he never succeeded.
The stain was so bad that Jerry finally had to get rid of his shirt.
run around
chase around
get the runaround
To go to different places for company and pleasure; be friends. Often used with with.
Tim hasn't been to a dance all year; with school work and his job, he hasn't time to run around.
Chuck and Jim chase around a lot together.
Ruth runs around with girls who like to go dancing.
scrape together
To quickly assemble, usually from scanty ingredients.
We were so hungry we had to scrape together some lunch from all kinds of frozen leftovers.
second wind
second breath
get one's second wind
The easier breathing that follows difficult breathing when one makes a severe physical effort, as in running or swimming./
After the first quarter mile, a mile runner usually gets his second wind and can breathe better.
We climbed with labored breathing for half an hour, but then got our second wind and went up more easily.
The refreshed feeling you get after first becoming tired while doing something and then becoming used to it.
Tom became very tired of working at his algebra, but after a while he got his second wind and began to enjoy it.