idiom · neutral
on the mend
UK/ɒn ðə ˈmend/US/ɑːn ðə ˈmend/ON·the·MEND
speakingtask2
recovering; getting better after an illness or injury
Examples
“The patient is on the mend and should be discharged soon.”
“After a week in bed, I'm finally on the mend.”
“Sales were down last month but now they're on the mend.”
Band 8 sentence
“After a difficult surgery, she's slowly been on the mend and should return to work next month.”
Collocations
- be on the mend
- slowly/quickly on the mend
Word family
be on the mend verb phrase
Common mistakes
on mend→on the mend
in the mend→on the mend
Say it for a higher band
5recover→6getting better→7+on the mend
Synonyms
recover
improving
Easily confused
recover
“After the operation he took several weeks to recover.”
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