P1. Put 의 다양한 활용법

1. put: to express sth in words (특정한 방식으로) 표현 / 말하다
ex) I don't know exactly how to put this, but what are you doing right?
ex) How do I put this delicately? It's all stupid garbage.

2. put a lot of work into this
ex) Looks like you put a lot of work into this.
ex) I'm putting everything I've got into this project.

3. put together 

3-1) to create (something) by joining or gathering parts together

1. To assemble or construct :  This is perhaps the most literal sense of the term. It's used when constructing furniture, building a model, or piecing 
together a puzzle. 

ex) You'll need a screwdriver to put the toy together.

ex) I put together the bookshelf from IKEA this afternoon.

ex) He took it apart brick by brick, and put it back together again.

ex) She knows computers like the back of her hand. She can take them apart and put them back together with her eyes closed.

 

2. To create or arrange :
"Put together" can refer to the process of creating or arranging something, often something abstract.

(to prepare a piece of work by organizing several ideas and suggestions)

ex) I put together a financial report for the meeting.
ex) I wanna thank the entire team for putting this together.

ex) Help me put together a list of what we need at the store.

ex) If you put together an agreement, plan, or product, you design and create it.

ex) The government must put together a package of incentives to find a buyer for the company.

ex) They were able to put together ( = come up with) a new set of guidelines.

ex) put together a report / a resume / a proposal / 

 

3. To gather or collect :
This is often used when talking about gathering people for a meeting or event, or collecting different items or pieces of information.

ex) She put together a team of experts to tackle the project.
ex) They put together ( = set up, arranged) an urgent meeting.

ex) They put their first band together when they were in high school.

ex) He is trying to put a team together for next season. 
ex) If you put together a group of people or things, you form them into a team or collection.

ex) The company put together ( = organized) a team consisting of some of their smartest people to come up with a solution.

 

3-2) To compare or contrast / 동사가 아닌 부사절로 쓰이는 용법
In some contexts, "put together" can mean to compare or juxtapose two or more things.

ex) Even their combined efforts aren't as significant as his, if you put them together.
ex) You're smarter than all of those other guys put together.

ex) If you say that something is bigger or better than several other things put together, you mean that it is bigger or has more good qualities than all of those other things if they are added together.

ex) She is much smarter than the rest of us put together. (=combined)

 

4. put aside
: if you put a disagreement or problem aside, you ignore it temporarily so that it does not prevent you doing what you want to do
ex) Sometimes we need to put our personal feelings aside and focus.
ex) Let's put that aside for a second and talk about the real problem here. 
ex) I expect you to put your differences aside and work together on this. 

5. put behind
: if you put a bad experience or your own bad behaviour behind you, you do not let it affect your life now. 
ex) Let's just have a drink and put this all behind us. 
ex) It was a disappointing loss, but we need to put it behind us and focus on winning the next game.

6. put off
: to decide or arrange to delay an event or activity until a later time or date
ex) We can't put this off any longer.
ex) Look, we've put this off long enough.

ex) Given the current market conditions, we have decided to put off the product launch until next quarter.
ex) Our CFO has been putting off the financial audit, but we can't delay it any longer without risking non-compliance.
ex) The board meeting was put off due to the sudden unavailability of key members."

7. put forward
: to suggest an idea or a plan so that it can be discussed

ex) She put forward several ideas for new projects.
ex) She put forward some cogent reasons for abandoning the plan.
ex) In 1838, Matthias Schleiden and Theodor Schwann put forward their cell theory, the idea that the cell is the basis of all life.
ex) The United States and New Zealand have put forward excellent proposals to create two major marine reserves.