Translation for 'to mend sth' from English to French

to mend sth.

raccommoder qc.

réparer qc.

arranger qc. [mécanisme, montre]tech.

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to mend sth. [clothing, curtain]

repriser qc. [vêtement, rideau]textilevêt.

to mend sth. [in sewing]

stopper qc. [en couture]textile

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to mend

se consolider [fracture, tissus]anat.méd.

se ressouder [fracture]méd.

to be easy to mend

se réparer facilementtech.

to mend one's ways

rectifier sa conduite [fig.]

revenir de ses égarements

to be on the mend

s'améliorer [temps]météo.

to mend one's ways [idiom]

s'amender

s'acheter une conduite [loc.]

to be on the mend [idiom]

s'amender

to make-do-and-mend [coll.] [idiom]

tirer le diable par la queue [fam.] [loc.]

to be dying for sb./sth. to do sth. [idiom]

souhaiter désespérément que qn./qc. fasse qc.

to balance sth. with sth. [e.g. work and family]

concilier qc. avec qc. [p. ex. famille et travail]occup.

to nest sth. in sth. [to place one part inside another]

emboîter qc. dans qc.

to coat sth. with sth. [e.g. with chocolate]

enrober qc. de qc. [fruits, dragées, etc. de chocolat, etc.]cuis.

to slather sth. on / onto sth. [coll.] [apply thickly]

enduire qc. de qc.

to give more importance to sth. than to sth. else

privilégier qc. sur qc. d'autre

to have sth. on sb./sth. [e.g. hopes]

placer qc. dans qn./qc. [espoirs]

to use sth. as an excuse for doing sth.

prétexter de qc. pour faire qc.

to lock sth. to sth. [e.g. a bicycle]

attacher qc. à qc. [bicyclette]bicyc.

to give sth. as a reason for doing sth.

arguer qc. pour faire qc.

• After the failure of Emperor Justinian I and the Second Council of Constantinople to mend the Chalcedonian schism and unify main Christian communities within the Byzantine Empire by a single Christology, similar efforts were renewed by Heraclius (610–641), who attempted to solve the schism between the dyophysite Eastern Orthodox Apostolic and Catholic Chalcedonian party and the miaphysite Oriental Orthodoxy non-Chalcedonian party, suggesting the compromise of monoenergism.
• If "quipus" are to be conserved close to their place of origin, local camelid or wool fibres in natural colors can be obtained and used to mend breaks and splits in the cords.
• Abbas later entered graduate studies at the Patrice Lumumba University in Moscow, where he earned a Candidate of Sciences degree Abbas was the first PLO official to visit Saudi Arabia after the Gulf War in January 1993 to mend fences with the Gulf countries after the PLO's support of Iraq during the Persian Gulf War strained relations.
• She performed 2000 times in a production of Reade's "It Is Never Too Late to Mend."
• In 2006, Page and Cairns attempted to mend their sometimes fractious relationship and started work on a fourth Secret Affair album, recording five new songs for Peer Music.

• Ten years of hard work clearing the forest for fields, hard drinking—and Simeoni's apocalyptic visions from delirium tremens—eventually lead them to mend their ways.
• Mike reluctantly allows Angie to return home, and Flipper unsuccessfully tries to mend his relationship with Drew.
• That evening, Pip's sister is about to look for the missing pie when soldiers arrive and ask Joe to mend some shackles.
• The gum is used for hunting and working implements, and to mend breaks in stone and wooden implements.
• When his bowstring broke in close quarters combat, he asked his wife Hallgerður for hair from her head to mend the bow.

• Seeing that the generals and Hương were not willing to reinstate the HNC Taylor sent General John Throckmorton to meet the generals to mend fences.
• Although it is less controllable than the more conventional oxy-fuel welding, arc welding and flash welding, it requires much less equipment and is still used to mend rails, especially in remote areas.
• Lincoln wanted to mend the Union by carrying out the ten percent plan.
• It has done so primarily by trying to mend the schism between Fatah and Hamas, most notably when King Abdullah invited the two factions to negotiations in Mecca resulting in the Mecca Agreement of 7 February 2007.
• He was also one of the few early popes who favoured dialogue with Protestants and to this effect hoped to mend the schism with the Catholic Church that existed in England and the Low Countries.

• Also, DNA repair mechanisms are able to mend most changes before they become permanent mutations, and many organisms have mechanisms for eliminating otherwise-permanently mutated somatic cells.
• After demons fought and broke the pillars of the heavens, Nüwa worked unceasingly to repair the damage, melting down the five-coloured stones to mend the heavens.
• Meanwhile, the incident did nothing to mend the growing rift between the churches of Constantinople and Rome, which would lead in the centuries to come to the East-West Schism.
• In 1874 Terry played in a number of roles in Charles Reade's works: Philippa Chester in "The Wandering Heir"; Susan Merton in "It's Never Too Late to Mend"; and Helen Rolleston in "Our Seamen".