mend

mend
[mend] n
(repair) Flickstelle f
PHRASES:
to be on the \mend (fam) auf dem Weg der Besserung sein vt
to \mend sth
1) (repair) etw reparieren; torn clothes etw ausbessern [o flicken]; broken object etw kleben;
to \mend socks Socken stopfen;
2) (fig: improve) etw verbessern;
to \mend a situation eine Situation in Ordnung bringen
PHRASES:
to \mend fences (prov) Unstimmigkeiten ausräumen, das Kriegsbeil begraben (fig) (fam)
to \mend one's ways sich akk bessern vi gesund werden (a. fig) bone heilen

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