English-Dutch translations for mend
- herstellenWij smeden banden en herstellen ze als er sleet op komt. We have woven ties which we mend when they become frayed. Door de hoge kosten voor het herstellen van schoenen zijn consumenten eerder genegen hun schoenen weg te gooien en nieuwe te kopen. Because it was so expensive to mend shoes, consumers tended to throw them away and buy new ones. We moeten nog wat onenigheden uit de weg ruimen en we moeten proberen om het vertrouwen te herstellen in hetgeen we willen bereiken in de Arctische regio. We have some fences we need to mend and we need to try to re-establish confidence in what it is that we want to establish in the Arctic.
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- reparerenIn het Verenigd Koninkrijk, mijnheer de commissaris, is er een gezegde dat luidt: wat niet kapot is, hoef je niet te repareren. We have a saying, Commissioner, in the UK, if it is not broke, don't mend it.
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Definition of mend
- 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
Examples
- My trousers have a big rip in them and need a mend
- My trousers have a big rip in them and need mending
- When your car breaks down, you can take it to the garage to have it mended
- Her stutter was mended by a speech therapist
- My broken heart was mended
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