A. Working with your hands
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When something is damaged or broken, we often use repair or fix.
Dad repaired/fixed the window for me.
I need someone to fix/repair the computer.
With small pieces of equipment we can also use mend; with clothes we often use mend.
Could you fix/repair/mend my watch?
I’ve mended your trousers for you.
B. Professions*
* jobs that need a lot of training and/or education
C. The medical profession
These people treat people or animals. [give medicine or medical help]
GPs [general practitioners: doctors who don’t work in a hospital], dentists [people who look after
your teeth] and vets [animal doctors] all work in a place called a surgery. In hospital there
are nurses who look after people, and surgeons who operate on people. [open the body to
remove or repair a part that is damaged]
D. The armed forces and the emergency services
My son joined the army when he was 18. [became a member of]
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