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                   fix,mend

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Fix is often used to talk about repairing a vehicle or a machine. Mend is often used to talk about repairing holes in clothes, shoes, roofs or roads. It can also be used to talk about repairing anything that is broken.

fix

  • Our car isn't working, but Dad will fix it soon.
  • Oh, no! The computer got stuck again. Can you fix it?
  • The little boy fixed the brakes on the bicycle by himself.

mend

  • I think we'll need to mend the roof soon.
  • His mother mended his trousers.
  • Those shoes need to be mended.
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