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Значение идиомы put two and two together
[put two and two together] {v. phr.} To make decisions based onavailable proofs; reason from the known facts; conclude; decide.
Hehad put two and two together and decided where they had probablygone.
It was just a mater of putting two and two together: thefacts seemed to permit only one decision.
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