construct from
construct (something) from (something)
To build something from certain materials or items. We constructed our solar system from foam balls and popsicle sticks—what did you guys use? Wait, you constructed a dollhouse from cardboard boxes? That's pretty cool. My wife is an amazing tinkerer. She constructed a working robot from spare parts she found lying around our garage!
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construct something from something
and construct something out of somethingto build something using something. Do you want to construct the house from wood? Shall we construct the building out of stone?
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
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By distinguishing the
construct from the event he was able to develop an understanding of hypnosis that fully accounted for the observations with descriptions closely tied to the observations.
There is no doubt that career theories address the self
construct from very different angles, based on diverse philosophical backgrounds and with varied purposes.
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