Minor Repair
I have got an umbrella as a gift. It is dark grey with a design of people doing some outdoor activities and there is a sign on it 'Go Nice Places, Do Good Things'.
I walked carrying the umbrella on it's lace and waving it a bit. The lace broke down and the umbrella fell down.
When I got home I decided to fix it. I examined the handle and found a place where it was screwed on and started taking it apart.
I took off a cover with a button overlay out of the handle and saw a mechanism of the handle inside. The metal brace that hold two ends of the lace together was loosened, and the brace cogs didn't hold the lace tightly. I bent the brace off, threw both ends of the lace in and bent it down with force with pliers so that the cogs got stuck in the lace.
Then I fed a loop of the lace through the hole in the cover, put the cover on and screwed it back to the handle.
The umbrella was fixed up.
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Minor Repair
I have got an umbrella as a gift. It is dark grey with a design of people doing some outdoor activities and there is a sign on it which says 'Go Nice Places, Do Good Things'.
I walked carrying the umbrella by its strap and waving it a bit. The strap broke down and the umbrella fell down.
When I got home I decided to fix it. I examined the handle and found a place where it was screwed on and started taking it apart.
I took off a cover with a button overlay out of the handle and saw the mechanism of the handle inside. The metal brace that holds two ends of the strap together was loose, and the brace cogs didn't hold the strap tightly. I bent the brace off, threw both ends of the strap in and bent it down with force, with pliers, so that the cogs got stuck in the strap.
Then I fed a loop of the strap through the hole in the cover, put the cover on and screwed it back onto the handle.
The umbrella was fixed up.
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Minor Repair
I have got an umbrella as a gift. It is dark grey with a design of people doing some outdoor activities and there is a sign on it 'Go Nice Places, Do Good Things'.
I walked about carrying the umbrella by its loop and waving it about a bit. The lace broke down and the umbrella fell to the ground.
When I got home I decided to fix it. I examined the handle and found a place where it was screwed on and started taking it apart.
I took off a cover with a button overlay out of the handle and saw the mechanism of the handle inside. The metal brace that holds the two ends of the loop together was loosened, and the brace cogs didn't hold it tightly. I bent the brace off, threw both ends of the loop in and bent it down with force with pliers so that the cogs got stuck in the loop.
Then I fed a loop of the ?? through the hole in the cover, put the cover on and screwed it back to the handle.
The umbrella was fixed _.
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Well done, Aud! A great paragraph describing what you did. In English a lace is used for shoes or other items that have to be tied together. For something that holds an umbrella, which you can't pull tighter, we usually say "strap". Keep up the good practice!
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