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fixing

/ˈfɪksɪŋ/

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verb

Percer, transpercer

To pierce; now generally replaced by transfix.

Examples :

"The hunter, fixing the rabbit with his arrow, prepared to bring dinner home. "

Le chasseur, perçant le lapin avec sa flèche, se préparait à ramener le dîner à la maison.

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verb

Fixer, attacher, attacher

To attach; to affix; to hold in place or at a particular time.

Examples :

"A dab of chewing gum will fix your note to the bulletin board."

Une touche de chewing-gum fixera votre note au tableau d'affichage.

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verb

Réparer, arranger

To mend, to repair.

Examples :

"My dad is fixing the broken bicycle in the garage. "

Mon père répare le vélo cassé dans le garage.

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verb

Préparer

To prepare (food or drink).

Examples :

"She fixed dinner for the kids."

Elle a préparé le dîner pour les enfants.

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verb

Truquer, fausser

Examples :

"A majority of voters believed the election was fixed in favor of the incumbent."

Une majorité d'électeurs pensait que l'élection avait été truquée en faveur du sortant.

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verb

Stériliser, castrer

To surgically render an animal, especially a pet, infertile.

Examples :

"Rover stopped digging under the fence after we had the vet fix him."

Rover a arrêté de creuser sous la clôture après que nous ayons fait stériliser le chien par le vétérinaire.

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verb

Fixer, établir

(sematics) To map a (point or subset) to itself.

Examples :

"The teacher is fixing x to equal 5 in this problem; from now on, x always represents 5 within this specific equation. "

Le professeur fixe x à 5 dans ce problème ; à partir de maintenant, x représente toujours 5 dans cette équation spécifique.

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verb

Se venger, châtier

To take revenge on, to best; to serve justice on an assumed miscreant.

Examples :

"He got caught breaking into lockers, so a couple of guys fixed him after work."

Il s'est fait prendre en train de forcer des casiers, alors quelques types se sont vengés de lui après le travail.

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Fixer, rendre permanent

To render (a photographic impression) permanent by treating with such applications as will make it insensitive to the action of light.

Examples :

"The photographer carefully fixed the negative to prevent fading. "

Le photographe a soigneusement fixé le négatif pour éviter la décoloration.

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verb

Réparer, corriger

To convert into a stable or available form.

Examples :

"Legumes are valued in crop rotation for their ability to fix nitrogen."

Les légumineuses sont valorisées dans la rotation des cultures pour leur capacité à fixer l'azote.

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verb

Se fixer, s'installer, rester

To become fixed; to settle or remain permanently; to cease from wandering; to rest.

Examples :

"After years of traveling, she felt like fixing in her hometown and starting a family. "

Après des années de voyage, elle a eu envie de s'installer dans sa ville natale et de fonder une famille.

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Fixer, se solidifier

To become firm, so as to resist volatilization; to cease to flow or be fluid; to congeal; to become hard and malleable, as a metallic substance.

Examples :

"The hot metal is slowly fixing as it cools, becoming solid enough to shape. "

Le métal chaud se solidifie lentement en refroidissant, devenant suffisamment solide pour être façonné.

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noun

Falsification, truquage

The act of subverting (fixing) a vote.

Examples :

"The investigation revealed a wide-scale fixing of the election votes, leading to recounts in several districts. "

L'enquête a révélé une falsification à grande échelle des votes de l'élection, entraînant des recomptages dans plusieurs districts.

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noun

Fixations

(usually in the plural) Something to aid attachment during construction (screws, wall plugs, etc)

Examples :

"The box of fixings included screws, nails, and wall plugs, which we needed to hang the picture frame securely. "

La boîte de fixations comprenait des vis, des clous et des chevilles, dont nous avions besoin pour accrocher le cadre photo en toute sécurité.

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noun

Accessoires, garnitures

Examples :

"The furniture came flat-packed, so we had to buy the fixings separately. "

Les meubles étaient livrés à plat, nous avons donc dû acheter les garnitures séparément.