English-Danish translations for mend

fikse
forbedreFor så vidt som det er en boykot, er det ligeledes en tilskyndelse til Burma til at forbedre sig moralsk. In as much as that is a ban, it is an encouragement to Burma to mend its ways. I marts gav vi Kommissionen en udsættelse, idet vi udsatte afgørelsen om decharge for at give Kommissionen mulighed for at forbedre sig. In March we gave the Commission respite by postponing the discharge to allow it to mend its ways. Vi håber, at Sverige forbedrer sig og ikke går ind for at hæve det de facto-eksportstop, der findes på området. We hope that Sweden will mend its ways and refrain from working towards revoking the de facto moratorium which exists on the issue.

lappe
reparereHr. kommissær, i Det Forenede Kongerige har vi et ordsprog, der lyder "Hvis det ikke er i stykker, så lad være med at reparere det" Jeg beder Dem om ikke at forsøge at reparere systemet.We have a saying, Commissioner, in the UK, if it is not broke, don't mend it. Please do not try to mend this system. Ellers risikerer vi at skulle investere penge i at genoprette forladte arkitektoniske værker, male gamle huse, som ingen længere vil bo i, og reparere brostensveje, som ingen længere vil køre på. Otherwise, we risk having to put money into restoring abandoned architectural assemblages, painting old houses that will remain uninhabited, and mending cobbled streets that will no longer be trodden.

A place, as in clothing, which has been repaired by mending
To repair, as anything that is torn, broken, defaced, decayed, or the like; to restore from partial decay, injury, or defacement
To alter for the better; to set right; to reform; hence, to quicken; as, to mend one's manners or pace
To help, to advance, to further; to add to
To grow better; to advance to a better state; to become improved

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