repair
part of speech
verb (repair, repairs, repaired, repairing); noun (a repair, repairs)
meaning for a pupil
1) To repair is to fix something that is broken or damaged. tree →
2) A repair is the work of fixing, or the place that was fixed. tree →
3) «In good repair» means in good condition. tree →
4) To repair to a place means to go there, especially in a formal way. tree →
sense in the lessons
In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: Used in Nehemiah for rebuilding and mending the walls of Jerusalem section by section, each person taking a part. Interpretation: Tradition honors this as a shared community effort. Repairing the broken is a picture for restoring Jerusalem and the people. In the primary lessons: In school maths: things fixed at a rate; the cost of a repair; a length of road repaired and left to repair (repaired + left = whole). In everyday life: repairing a bike puncture, a shoe repair shop, roadworks. In science and design: mending things instead of throwing them away helps the planet. Phrases: «under repair», «repair shop», «beyond repair», «in good repair».
examples
- After him Pedaiah the son of Parosh repaired. — (Writings NEH.3.25, JPS 1917) tree →
- And next unto them repaired Zadok the son of Baana. (Writings NEH.3.4, JPS 1917) tree →
- Next unto him repaired Uzziel the son of Harhaiah, goldsmiths. (Writings NEH.3.8, JPS 1917) tree →
- He repairs 4 bikes a day. tree →
- The repair costs 25 dollars. tree →
- Workers repaired 300 m of road. tree →
- How much road is left to repair? tree →
- Dad repaired the puncture in my tyre. tree →
- The road is closed for repairs. tree →
- My old teddy was beyond repair. tree →
- Repairing things instead of buying new ones saves money and waste. tree →
- Polynices now repaired to Argos, where he arrived in the dead of night. tree →
note
«Repair» is a bit more formal than «fix» or «mend». Maths: repaired so far and left to repair add up to the whole. Trap: «repairs 4 bikes a day» is a rate — multiply by the days.
In the corpora
- And he repaired the altar of the LORD that was thrown down.
- And the priests consented that they should take no longer money from the people, neither repair the breaches of the house.
- for they gave that to them that did the work, and repaired therewith the house of the LORD.
- And next unto them repaired Meremoth the son of Uriah, the son of Hakkoz.
- And next unto them repaired Meshullam the son of Berechiah, the son of Meshezabel.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «repair» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.