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We are not calling for subsidies; but air traffic needs to have its locations protected in a much better way than has been the case to date.
Wir fordern keine Subventionen. Aber Luftverkehr braucht viel mehr Standortpflege als bisher.
In addition, SFMI- Chronopost has a better balance sheet structure than its competitors, and the return on the Post Office's investment in SFMI-Chronopost is particularly high,
Darüber hinaus habe die SFMI-Chronopost eine günstigere Bilanzstruktur als die übrigen Wettbewerber, und die Investitionsleistungen der Post im Bereich von SFMI-Chronopost seien besonders hoch.
© Europäische Union, 1998-2011
© European Union, 1998-2011
"It's better than what we had in Felden," said Las Bombas, leading Theo and Mickle behind the curtains screening a low platform.
»Es ist besser als das, was wir in Felden hatten«, sagte Las Bombas und führte Theo und Mickle hinter die Vorhänge, die eine niedrige Plattform abschirmten.
Alexander, Lloyd / WestmarkAlexander, Lloyd / Aufruhr in Westmark
Aufruhr in Westmark
Alexander, Lloyd
© 1981 by Lloyd Alexander
© der deutschsprachigen Ausgabe bei Arena-Verlag Georg Popp, Würzburg
Westmark
Alexander, Lloyd
© Lloyd Alexander, 1981
Could not available resources be spent better in a society which prioritizes prevention than to confront minors with measures and advice whose effects are as yet unpredictable?
Kann das Geld einer Gesellschaft, die sich Prävention auf die Fahnen schreibt nicht besser angelegt werden, als Minderjährige mit Maßnahmen und Informationen zu konfrontieren, deren Einfluss perspektivisch derzeit kaum abschätzbar ist?
© 2011 Deutsches Ärzteblatt
© 2011 Deutsches Ärzteblatt
"You find some better numbers. Colonel.
"Ihr müßt bessere Zahlen finden, Oberst.
Alexander, Lloyd / KestrelAlexander, Lloyd / Der Turmfalke
Der Turmfalke
Alexander, Lloyd
© der deutschsprachigen Ausgabe bei Arena-Verlag Georg Popp, Würzburg
© 1982 by Lloyd Alexander
Kestrel
Alexander, Lloyd
© Lloyd Alexander, 1982
Thus they were better motivated to get involved in student teaching.
Dadurch wurden sie besser motiviert, sich in der studentischen Lehre zu engagieren.
©2010 Schauseil-Zipf et al.
Translation projects must contribute to wider dissemination of the literature of the Member States throughout the third countries concerned and better knowledge of the literature of the third countries concerned within the Member States.
Ubersetzungsprojekte müssen zur besseren Verbreitung der Literatur der Mitgliedstaaten in den betreffenden Drittländern und zu einer besseren Kenntnis der Literatur der betreffenden Drittländer in den Mitgliedstaaten beitragen.
© Europäische Union, 1998-2011
© European Union, 1998-2011
The sale of credits in a better market environment is being prepared.
Der Verkauf von Krediten in einem besseren Marktumfeld wird vorbereitet.
© IKB 2004-2012
© IKB 2004-2012
"They're better off than the other one.
»Ihnen geht es besser als dem anderen.
Alexander, Lloyd / WestmarkAlexander, Lloyd / Aufruhr in Westmark
Aufruhr in Westmark
Alexander, Lloyd
© 1981 by Lloyd Alexander
© der deutschsprachigen Ausgabe bei Arena-Verlag Georg Popp, Würzburg
Westmark
Alexander, Lloyd
© Lloyd Alexander, 1981
Manekato studied Nemoto, wishing she could read the hominid’s small face better.
Manekato musterte Nemoto und wünschte sich, sie könnte den Gesichtsausdruck der kleinen Hominiden besser lesen.
Baxter, Stephen / OriginBaxter, Stephen / Ursprung
Ursprung
Baxter, Stephen
© 2001 by Stephen Baxter
© 2003 der deutschen Ausgabe und der Übersetzung by Ullstein Heyne List GmbH & Co. KG, München
Origin
Baxter, Stephen
© 2002 by Stephen Baxter
Interest income and interest expense are disclosed separately in order to give a better understanding of the composition of, and reasons for changes in, net interest.
Zinserträge und Zinsaufwendungen sind separat anzugeben, um ein besseres Verständnis für die Zusammensetzung des Zinsergebnisses und dessen Veränderung zu vermitteln.
Europe now has such an institution in the form of the European Financial Stability Facility – but the EFSF needs to be much better financed to allow it to fulfill this function.
Europa hat in Gestalt der Europäischen Finanzstabilisierungsfazilität inzwischen eine solche Institution – doch die EFSF muss deutlich besser finanziert werden, um diese Funktion zu erfüllen.
© 1995-2012 Project Syndicate
© 1995-2012 Project Syndicate
Using the Bornemann five-axis milling machines and Sinumerik 840D, Otto Bock has been able to boost production and, at the same time, achieve better levels of fit and comfort for its prosthetic and orthotic products.
Mit den fünfachsigen Fräsmaschinen von Bornemann und Sinumerik 840D konnte Otto Bock seine Produktion optimieren und gleichzeitig die Qualität, Passform und den Tragekomfort der Prothesen und Orthesen verbessern.
© Siemens AG 1996-2012
© 2008 by Siemens Aktiengesellschaft München und Berlin
© Siemens AG 1996-2012
© 2008 by Siemens Aktiengesellschaft Munich and Berlin
I was anxious to see what he really had to say but thought it better to wait, to let him tell me at his speed.
Ich hätte zu gern gewußt, was er in Wirklichkeit zu sagen hatte, hielt es aber für besser, abzuwarten, bis er von selbst zur Sache kam.
Connelly, Michael / The poetConnelly, Michael / Der Poet
Der Poet
Connelly, Michael
© 1996 by Michael Connelly
© 1998 der deutschen Ausgabe by Wilhelm Heyne Verlag GmbH & Co.KG, Munchen
© dieser Ausgabe 2005 by Wilhelm Heyne Verlag, Munchen, in der Verlagsgruppe Random House GmbH
The poet
Connelly, Michael
© 1996 by Hieronymous, Inc.
And, even with the wars and extinctions and all, isn’t that better than the alternative - better than nothing ?
Und ist das, trotz der Kriege und der Vernichtungsfeldzüge nicht besser als die Alternative - besser als nichts?
Baxter, Stephen / SpaceBaxter, Stephen / Raum
Raum
Baxter, Stephen
© 2000 by Stephen Baxter
© 2002 der deutschen Ausgabe und der Übersetzung by Verlag UllsteinHeyneList GmbH & Co. KG, München
Space
Baxter, Stephen
© 2001 by Stephen Baxter

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Collocations

better-looking
ansehnlicher
fare better
besser abschneiden
so much the better
desto besser
better half
Ehehälfte
better natured
gutmütiger
better informed
kenntnisreicher
have the better of the play
mehr vom Spiel haben
so much the better
umso besser
much better
viel besser
better fed
wohlgenährtere
better mannered
wohlgesittetere
better than nothing
besser als nichts
change for the better
Besserung
better oneself
sich verbessern
get the better
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Word forms

well

adjective
Positive degreewell
Comparative degreebetter
Superlative degreebest

good

adjective
Positive degreegood
Comparative degreebetter
Superlative degreebest

better

noun
SingularPlural
Common casebetterbetters
Possessive casebetter'sbetters'

well

adverb
Positive degreewell
Comparative degreebetter
Superlative degreebest

better

verb
Basic forms
Pastbettered
Imperativebetter
Present Participle (Participle I)bettering
Past Participle (Participle II)bettered
Present Indefinite, Active Voice
I betterwe better
you betteryou better
he/she/it bettersthey better
Present Continuous, Active Voice
I am betteringwe are bettering
you are betteringyou are bettering
he/she/it is betteringthey are bettering
Present Perfect, Active Voice
I have betteredwe have bettered
you have betteredyou have bettered
he/she/it has betteredthey have bettered
Present Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I have been betteringwe have been bettering
you have been betteringyou have been bettering
he/she/it has been betteringthey have been bettering
Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I betteredwe bettered
you betteredyou bettered
he/she/it betteredthey bettered
Past Continuous, Active Voice
I was betteringwe were bettering
you were betteringyou were bettering
he/she/it was betteringthey were bettering
Past Perfect, Active Voice
I had betteredwe had bettered
you had betteredyou had bettered
he/she/it had betteredthey had bettered
Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I had been betteringwe had been bettering
you had been betteringyou had been bettering
he/she/it had been betteringthey had been bettering
Future Indefinite, Active Voice
I shall/will betterwe shall/will better
you will betteryou will better
he/she/it will betterthey will better
Future Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will be betteringwe shall/will be bettering
you will be betteringyou will be bettering
he/she/it will be betteringthey will be bettering
Future Perfect, Active Voice
I shall/will have betteredwe shall/will have bettered
you will have betteredyou will have bettered
he/she/it will have betteredthey will have bettered
Future Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will have been betteringwe shall/will have been bettering
you will have been betteringyou will have been bettering
he/she/it will have been betteringthey will have been bettering
Future in the Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I should/would betterwe should/would better
you would betteryou would better
he/she/it would betterthey would better
Future in the Past Continuous, Active Voice
I should/would be betteringwe should/would be bettering
you would be betteringyou would be bettering
he/she/it would be betteringthey would be bettering
Future in the Past Perfect, Active Voice
I should/would have betteredwe should/would have bettered
you would have betteredyou would have bettered
he/she/it would have betteredthey would have bettered
Future in the Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I should/would have been betteringwe should/would have been bettering
you would have been betteringyou would have been bettering
he/she/it would have been betteringthey would have been bettering
Present Indefinite, Passive Voice
I am betteredwe are bettered
you are betteredyou are bettered
he/she/it is betteredthey are bettered
Present Continuous, Passive Voice
I am being betteredwe are being bettered
you are being betteredyou are being bettered
he/she/it is being betteredthey are being bettered
Present Perfect, Passive Voice
I have been betteredwe have been bettered
you have been betteredyou have been bettered
he/she/it has been betteredthey have been bettered
Past Indefinite, Passive Voice
I was betteredwe were bettered
you were betteredyou were bettered
he/she/it was betteredthey were bettered
Past Continuous, Passive Voice
I was being betteredwe were being bettered
you were being betteredyou were being bettered
he/she/it was being betteredthey were being bettered
Past Perfect, Passive Voice
I had been betteredwe had been bettered
you had been betteredyou had been bettered
he/she/it had been betteredthey had been bettered
Future Indefinite, Passive Voice
I shall/will be betteredwe shall/will be bettered
you will be betteredyou will be bettered
he/she/it will be betteredthey will be bettered
Future Perfect, Passive Voice
I shall/will have been betteredwe shall/will have been bettered
you will have been betteredyou will have been bettered
he/she/it will have been betteredthey will have been bettered