fix
/fɪks/ noun A2- A repair or corrective action. · That plumber's fix is much better than the first one's.
- A difficult situation; a quandary or dilemma; a predicament. · It rained before we repaired the roof, and were we in a fix!
- A single dose of a narcotic drug, especially when injected.
- Something that satisfies a yearning or a craving.
- A compulsive desire or thrill.
- A prearrangement of the outcome of a supposedly competitive process, such as a sporting event, a game, an election, a trial, or a bid.
- An understanding, grasp of something.
- A determination of location. · We have a fix on your position.
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Darcy corroborated it with a bow, and was beginning to determine not to fix his eyes on Elizabeth, when they were suddenly arrested by the sight of the stranger; and Elizabeth happening to see the countenance of both as they looked at each other, was all astonishment at the effect of the meeting.
“I cannot fix on the hour, or the spot, or the look, or the words, which laid the foundation.
“He was able to fix up his own little hiding-place without any confederate—save, of course, that precious housekeeper of his, whom I should lose no time in adding to your bag, Lestrade.”
“The contract,” answered Dantès, laughingly, “it didn’t take long to fix that.
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