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Meanings of fixer in anglès
Synthetic narcotic drug similar to morphine but less habit-forming; used in narcotic detoxification and maintenance of heroin addiction.
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Examples for "mender"
Examples for "mender"
1
He rang a bell monotonously and professed himself a mender of umbrellas.
2
Bridie convinces herself that she loves Dano Ryan, an affable road mender.
3
My father tells me you're the best bone-mender in the fleet.
4
The managers put me as apprentice with a chair mender in Faubourg Saint-Jacques.
5
They made an effort, and got the old road-mender to drinking.
1
I'm meeting a doll repairer here at the doll shop at .
2
This man's name was Latham; he was a venetian blind maker and repairer.
3
He was a repairer of solar watches in Boston, and a charming liar.
4
I too would fain be a track-repairer somewhere in the orbit of the earth.
5
Watt was the instrument maker and repairer at Glasgow University in the year 1763.
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agent fixador Someone who intervenes with authorities for a person in trouble (usually using underhand or illegal methods for a fee)
Usage of fixer in anglès
1
A fixer is an indispensable lifeline to a foreign journalist working abroad.
2
Sapin is a no-nonsense political fixer whose hobby is collecting antique coins.
3
It's no secret that the cost of buying a fixer-upper has increased.
4
He is believed to be a close confidant and fixer for Meghan.
5
As self-appointed fixer-in-chief for her mum, she had to prove her superiority.
6
Minister for the Environment Alan Kelly is a political fixer of some renown.
7
But the truth is, I've never been a very good fixer.
8
The correspondent without a fixer would have little idea which way to turn.
9
She is to be replaced by Gordon Brown's former government fixer Nick Brown.
10
I was recommended to work for him as translator and fixer.
11
You were Matthew's fixer, now I want you to be mine.
12
He will always be known as a man who was once a fixer.
13
Or getting a fixer-upper and flipping it for big bucks down the road?
14
She's a fixer, and her inability to fix my mood makes her crazy.
15
Minister for the Environment Phil Hogan, the party fixer, does nothing without a reason.
16
Gretchen scanned her basket cases, those dolls that needed extensive reworking, the real fixer-uppers.
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Translations for fixer
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Fixer through the time
Fixer across language varieties
United States of America
Common
United Kingdom
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