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lagt ihop

English translation: piece together

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Swedish term or phrase:lagt ihop
English translation:piece together
Entered by: Mats Wiman

19:14 Jan 9, 2003
Swedish to English translations [PRO]
Swedish term or phrase: lagt ihop
I know this means "put together" eg. the responses, but I just would like a couple suggestions as to what you would do with this to tidy it up in English.

De härstammar inte från några enskilda individer: vi har lyssnat, frågat, funderat, frågat igen och lagt ihop.
Paula Ibbotson
Canada
Local time: 23:47
In this sentence I would say "put it all together"
Explanation:
"put it all together"

Susanne Berg

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Note added at 2003-01-09 19:21:51 (GMT)
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That\'s what it means
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Richard Johnson B.Tech.
Canada
Local time: 23:47
Grading comment
Perhaps it's been too long a day! Yes, just adding "all" makes it work well. I was trying to go about it the other way eg- elaborating on what exactly was put together.
thanks,
Paula
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Summary of answers provided
5summarized
George Hopkins
4piece together
Mats Wiman
3In this sentence I would say "put it all together"
Richard Johnson B.Tech.


  

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5 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
In this sentence I would say "put it all together"


Explanation:
"put it all together"

Susanne Berg

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Note added at 2003-01-09 19:21:51 (GMT)
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That\'s what it means

Richard Johnson B.Tech.
Canada
Local time: 23:47
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in pair: 17
Grading comment
Perhaps it's been too long a day! Yes, just adding "all" makes it work well. I was trying to go about it the other way eg- elaborating on what exactly was put together.
thanks,
Paula
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16 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
piece together


Explanation:
put together is mor like amass.
'piece together' describes intelligent assembly of parts that fit


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Mats Wiman
Sweden
Local time: 05:47
Native speaker of: Native in SwedishSwedish
PRO pts in pair: 1826
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36 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
summarized


Explanation:
Simply a single word.

George Hopkins
Local time: 05:47
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in pair: 3143
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