Informal terms for a difficult situation:
— He got into a terrible fix.

synonyms: hole, jam, kettle of fish, mess, muddle, pickle.

Roget 265: rest; stillness etc. adj.; quiescence; stagnation, stagnancy; fixity, immobility, catalepsy; indisturbance^†; quietism.    quiet, tranquility, calm; repose etc. 687; peace; dead calm, anticyclone^†; statue-like repose; silence etc. 203; not a breath of air, not a mouse stirring; sleep etc. (inactivity) 683.    pause, lull etc. (cessation) 142; stand still; standing still etc. v.; lock; dead lock, dead stop, dead stand; full stop; fix; embargo.    resting place; gite [Fr.]; bivouac; home etc. (abode) 189; pillow etc. (support) 215; haven etc. (refuge) 666; goal etc. (arrival) 292.    ... show more

Roget 704: difficulty; hardness etc. adj.; impracticability etc. (impossibility) 471; tough work, hard work, uphill work; hard task, Herculean task, Augean task^†; task of Sisyphus, Sisyphean labor, tough job, teaser, rasper^†, dead lift.    dilemma, embarrassment; deadlock; perplexity etc. (uncertainty) 475; intricacy; entanglement, complexity etc. 59; cross fire; awkwardness, delicacy, ticklish card to play, knot, Gordian knot, dignus vindice nodus [Lat.], net, meshes, maze; coil etc. (convolution) 248; crooked path; involvement.    nice point, delicate point, subtle point, knotty point; vexed question, vexata quaestio [Lat.], poser; puzzle etc. (riddle) 533; paradox; hard nut to crack, nut to crack; bone to pick, crux, pons asinorum [Lat.], where the shoe pinches.    nonplus, quandary, strait, pass, pinch, pretty pass, stress, brunt; critical situation, crisis; trial, rub, emergency, exigency, scramble.    scrape, hobble, slough, quagmire, hot water, hornet's nest; sea of troubles, peck of troubles; pretty kettle of fish; pickle, stew, imbroglio, mess, ado; false position.    set fast, stand, standstill; deadlock, dead set.    fix, horns of a dilemma, cul de sac [Fr.]; hitch; stumbling block etc. (hindrance) 706.    [difficult person] crab; curmudgeon.    ... show more

Dutch: opstopping, repareren, jam, gaatje

Something craved, especially an intravenous injection of a narcotic drug.

The act of putting something in working order again.

synonyms: fixing, fixture, mend, mending, repair, reparation.

Dutch: herstel, herstellingswerk, lapwerk, redres, reparatie, stopwerk
Polish: naprawa

An exemption granted after influence (e.g., money) is brought to bear.

A determination of the place where something is:
— He got a good fix on the target.

synonyms: localisation, localization, locating, location.

Polish: lokalizacja

Restore by replacing a part or putting together what is torn or broken.

synonyms: bushel, doctor, furbish up, mend, repair, restore, touch on.

Dutch: verbeteren, herstellen, lappen, lijmen, maken, redresseren, repareren, verstellen

Cause to be firmly attached:
— She fixed her gaze on the man.

synonyms: fasten, secure.

Roget 43: join, unite; conjoin, connect; associate; put together, lay together, clap together, hang together, lump together, hold together, piece together [Fr.], tack together, fix together, bind up together together; embody, reembody^†; roll into one.    attach, fix, affix, saddle on, fasten, bind, secure, clinch, twist, make fast etc. adj.; tie, pinion, string, strap, sew, lace, tat, stitch, tack, knit, button, buckle, hitch, lash, truss, bandage, braid, splice, swathe, gird, tether, moor, picket, harness, chain; fetter etc. (restrain) 751; lock, latch, belay, brace, hook, grapple, leash, couple, accouple^†, link, yoke, bracket; marry etc. (wed) 903; bridge over, span.    braze; pin, nail, bolt, hasp, clasp, clamp, crimp, screw, rivet; impact, solder, set; weld together, fuse together; wedge, rabbet, mortise, miter, jam, dovetail, enchase^†; graft, ingraft^†, inosculate^†; entwine, intwine^†; interlink, interlace, intertwine, intertwist^†, interweave; entangle; twine round, belay; tighten; trice up, screw up.    be joined &c.; hang together, hold together; cohere etc. 46.    ... show more

Dutch: borgen

Decide upon or fix definitely:
— Fix the variables.

synonyms: define, determine, limit, set, specify.

Roget 604: have determination etc. n.; know one's own mind; be resolved etc. adj.; make up one's mind, will, resolve, determine; decide etc. (judgment) 480; form a determination, come to a determination, come to a resolution, come to a resolve; conclude, fix, seal, determine once for all, bring to a crisis, drive matters to an extremity; take a decisive step etc. (choice) 609; take upon oneself etc. (undertake) 676.    devote oneself to, give oneself up to; throw away the scabbard, kick down the ladder, nail one's colors to the mast, set one's back against the wall, set one's teeth, put one's foot down, take one's stand; stand firm etc. (stability) 150; steel oneself; stand no nonsense, not listen to the voice of the charmer.    buckle to; buckle oneself put one's shoulder to the buckle oneself put one's shoulder to the wheel, lay one's shoulder to the wheel, set one's shoulder to the wheel; put one's heart into; run the gauntlet, make a dash at, take the bull by the horns; rush in medias res, plunge in medias res; go in for; insist upon, make a point of; set one's heart upon, set one's mind upon.    stick at nothing, stop at nothing; make short work of etc. (activity) 682; not stick at trifles; go all lengths, go the limit [Slang], go the whole hog; persist etc. (persevere) 604.1; go through fire and water, ride the tiger, ride in the whirlwind and direct the storm.    ... show more

Roget 25: quantify, measure, fix, estimate, determine, quantitate, enumerate.   

Prepare for eating by applying heat:
— Fix breakfast for the guests, please.

synonyms: cook, make, prepare, ready.

Dutch: opmaken, bereiden, brouwen, klaarmaken, koken, toebereiden

Take vengeance on or get even:
— That'll fix him good!.

synonyms: get, pay back, pay off.

Set or place definitely.

Kill, preserve, and harden (tissue) in order to prepare for microscopic study.

Roget 60: reduce to order, bring into order; introduce order into; rally.    arrange, dispose, place, form; put in order, set in order, place in order; set out, collocate, pack, marshal, range, size, rank, group, parcel out, allot, distribute, deal; cast the parts, assign the parts; dispose of, assign places to; assort, sort; sift, riddle; put to rights, set to rights, put into shape, put in trim, put in array; apportion.    class, classify; divide; file, string together, thread; register etc. (record) 551; catalogue, tabulate, index, graduate, digest, grade.    methodize, regulate, systematize, coordinate, organize, settle, fix.    unravel, disentangle, ravel, card; disembroil^†; feaze^†.    ... show more

Make fixed, stable or stationary:
— Let's fix the picture to the frame.

synonym: fixate.

Make infertile.

synonyms: desex, desexualise, desexualize, sterilise, sterilize, unsex.

Roget 158: be impotent etc. adj.; not have a leg to stand on.    vouloir rompre l'anguille au genou [Fr.], vouloir prendre la lune avec les dents [Fr.].    collapse, faint, swoon, fall into a swoon, drop; go by the board, go by the wayside; go up in smoke, end in smoke etc. (fail) 732.    render powerless etc. adj.; deprive of power; disable, disenable^†; disarm, incapacitate, disqualify, unfit, invalidate, deaden, cramp, tie the hands; double up, prostrate, paralyze, muzzle, cripple, becripple^†, maim, lame, hamstring, draw the teeth of; throttle, strangle, garrotte, garrote; ratten^†, silence, sprain, clip the wings of, put hors de combat [Fr.], spike the guns; take the wind out of one's sails, scotch the snake, put a spoke in one's wheel; break the neck, break the back; unhinge, unfit; put out of gear.    unman, unnerve, enervate; emasculate, castrate, geld, alter, neuter, sterilize, fix.    shatter, exhaust, weaken etc. 160.    ... show more

Dutch: steriliseren

Influence an event or its outcome by illegal means.

Put (something somewhere) firmly:
— Fix your eyes on this spot.

synonyms: deposit, posit, situate.

Roget 184: place, situate, locate, localize, make a place for, put, lay, set, seat, station, lodge, quarter, post, install; house, stow; establish, fix, pin, root; graft; plant etc. (insert) 300; shelve, pitch, camp, lay down, deposit, reposit^†; cradle; moor, tether, picket; pack, tuck in; embed, imbed; vest, invest in.    billet on, quarter upon, saddle with; load, lade, freight; pocket, put up, bag.    inhabit etc. (be present) 186; domesticate, colonize; take root, strike root; anchor; cast anchor, come to an anchor; sit down, settle down; settle; take up one's abode, take up one's quarters; plant oneself, establish oneself, locate oneself; squat, perch, hive, se nicher [Fr.], bivouac, burrow, get a footing; encamp, pitch one's tent; put up at, put up one's horses at; keep house.    endenizen^†, naturalize, adopt.    put back, replace etc. (restore) 660.    ... show more

Make ready or suitable or equip in advance for a particular purpose or for some use, event, etc:
— I was fixing to leave town after I paid the hotel bill.

synonyms: gear up, prepare, ready, set, set up.

Roget 321: be dense etc. adj.; become solid, render solid etc. adj.; solidify, solidate^†; concrete, set, take a set, consolidate, congeal, coagulate; curd, curdle; lopper; fix, clot, cake, candy, precipitate, deposit, cohere, crystallize; petrify etc. (harden) 323.    condense, thicken, gel, inspissate^†, incrassate^†; compress, squeeze, ram down, constipate.    ... show more

Roget 150: be firm etc. adj.; stick fast; stand firm, keep firm, remain firm; weather the storm, stay the course, stick to the course, keep the faith, don't give in, don't buckle under.    settle, establish, stablish^†, ascertain, fix, set, stabilitate^†; retain, keep hold; make good, make sure; fasten etc. (join) 43; set on its legs, float; perpetuate.    settle down; strike roots, put down roots, take root; take up one's abode etc. 184; build one's house on a rock.    ... show more

Dutch: bereiden, opzetten, klaarmaken, opmaken, prepareren, voorbereiden