My bicycle had a puncture and needed patching up.

我的自行车胎扎了个洞， 需要修补。

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By the time Qaddafi renounced the pursuit of weapons of mass destruction in 2004, the international community was eager to begin patching up relations.

卡扎菲于2004年放弃对大规模杀伤性武器的追求，并迫切希望和国际社会修复关系。

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Humour can be used for patching up differences, apologizing, saying "no", criticizing, getting the other fellow to do what you want without his losing face.

幽默可以用来消除隔阂、致以歉意，有礼拒绝，诚恳批评，让别人按照你的意愿行事而又不丢面子。

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A former Israeli ambassador to Washington and member of the ruling Likud party, Zalman Shoval, says the United States and Israel are patching up their differences.

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More than 1,500 opposition officials endorsed a document that spelled out their common goals after a daylong convention aimed at patching-up their differences.

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Andrews is burying himself in work--like patching up the knee of Sacramento Kings star Chris Webber.

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In New Orleans, they're tearing down moldy sheetrock, clearing out festering carpets, patching up roofs.

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Workmen are busily patching up the neighbouring buildings and repainting markings on the newly resurfaced road.

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