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She had better not give me any of her nonsense if she wants me ever to find her another situation.
Ah ! il ne faut pas qu’elle m’ennuie, si elle veut que je la place encore...
Zola, Emile / FruitfulnessZola, Emile / Les Quatre Evangiles - Fecondite
Les Quatre Evangiles - Fecondite
Zola, Emile
Fruitfulness
Zola, Emile
There now! I had better go to bed, my head will be all the clearer to-morrow.
Tenez! il vaut mieux que je me couche, j'aurai la tête plus libre demain.
Zola, Emile / Pot-BouilleZola, Emile / Pot-Bouille
Pot-Bouille
Zola, Emile
Pot-Bouille
Zola, Emile
Bow thought the arrangement would be better too, and we changed places.
Mon compagnon acquiesça, estimant qu’en effet cela vaudrait mieux.
Jerome, Jerome Klapka / Three Men in a BoatJerome, Jerome Klapka / Trois hommes dans le bateau
Trois hommes dans le bateau
Jerome, Jerome Klapka
Three Men in a Boat
Jerome, Jerome Klapka
"It is my only chance of getting better.
– C'est la seule chose qui puisse me guérir.
Dumas fils, Alexandre / CamilleDumas fils, Alexandre / La Dame aux Camelias
La Dame aux Camelias
Dumas fils, Alexandre
Camille
Dumas fils, Alexandre
© New American Library, a division of Penguin Group
They knew what the ordinary man was thinking, for they were the best intelligence department in the Ottoman Empire - far better than Enver's Khafiyeh.
Ils savent ce que pense l’homme ordinaire, car ils forment un excellent service de renseignements, meilleur même que le Khafiyehr d’Enver Pacha.
Buchan, John / GreenmantleBuchan, John / Le prophète au manteau vert
Le prophète au manteau vert
Buchan, John
Greenmantle
Buchan, John
© Wordsworth Editions Limited 1994
'I never thought you'd get better.
Je n’espérais pas que vous guérissiez.
Dickens, Charles / The Old Curiosity ShopDickens, Charles / Le magasin d'antiquites
Le magasin d'antiquites
Dickens, Charles
The Old Curiosity Shop
Dickens, Charles
© Wordsworth Editions Limited 1995
Phosphorescent bodies are much better illumined by the blue and violet rays—that is to say, by the part of the spectrum comprised between the lines G and H.
Les corps phosphorescents sont beaucoup mieux illuminés par les rayons bleus et violets, c'est-à-dire par la portion du spectre comprise entre les raies G et H.
Le Bon, Gustave / The evolution of forcesLe Bon, Gustave / L'évolution des forces
L'évolution des forces
Le Bon, Gustave
© 1905, by Ernest Flammarion, Paris
The evolution of forces
Le Bon, Gustave
© Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co., London, 1908
Is it no better?"
Ça ne va pas mieux?
Zola, Emile / Pot-BouilleZola, Emile / Pot-Bouille
Pot-Bouille
Zola, Emile
Pot-Bouille
Zola, Emile
He had the artistic temperament, and wanted a story to be better than God meant it to be.
Il avait le tempérament artiste, et il prétendait embellir la vérité toute nue.
Buchan, John / Thirty-Nine StepsBuchan, John / Les Trente-Neuf Marches
Les Trente-Neuf Marches
Buchan, John
Thirty-Nine Steps
Buchan, John
Du Poizat, obstinately intent upon getting the better of his father, had again one morning knocked at the old miser's door.
Du Poizat, entêté, voulant monter sur le dos de son père, selon l'expression de Gilquin, était revenu un matin frapper à la porte de l'avare.
Zola, Emile / His ExcellencyZola, Emile / Son Excellence Eugene Rougon
Son Excellence Eugene Rougon
Zola, Emile
His Excellency
Zola, Emile
If they were not stolen, so much the better.
S'ils n'ont pas été volés, tant mieux.
"His young friend - the Sergeant has the advantage of me by thirty years; yes, he is thirty years my senior, and as many my better."
– Son jeune ami ? – Il est vrai que le sergent a l’avantage de trente ans sur moi. – Oui, il est plus âgé de trente ans, et par conséquent il vaut d’autant mieux que moi.
Cooper, James Fenimore / The Pathfinder, or, the Inland SeaCooper, James Fenimore / Le lac Ontario
Le lac Ontario
Cooper, James Fenimore
The Pathfinder, or, the Inland Sea
Cooper, James Fenimore
© State University of New York 1981
Hadn't thee better give'em a word of advice, before they come up, just to tell'em handsomely they'll be shot if they do?"
Ne ferais-tu pas bien de leur envoyer un mot d’avis, avant de les laisser se mettre en route? ne fût-ce que pour les avertir loyalement qu’ils se feront tuer?»
Beecher Stowe, Harriet / Uncle Tom's CabinBeecher Stowe, Harriet / La case de l'oncle Tom
La case de l'oncle Tom
Beecher Stowe, Harriet
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Beecher Stowe, Harriet
When I was getting better, he never bothered me with a question.
Quand je me trouvai mieux, il ne m'importuna pas de questions.
Buchan, John / Thirty-Nine StepsBuchan, John / Les Trente-Neuf Marches
Les Trente-Neuf Marches
Buchan, John
Thirty-Nine Steps
Buchan, John
At last, she experienced profound disgust at the life she was leading, feeling that vice succeeded no better with her than the comedy of remorse.
Puis elle eut des dégoûts profonds, elle sentit que le vice ne lui réussissait pas plus que la comédie du remords.
Zola, Emile / Therese RaquinZola, Emile / Therese Raquin
Therese Raquin
Zola, Emile
Therese Raquin
Zola, Emile

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Collocations

good buy
bonne affaire
bonded good
marchandise en douane
finished good
produit fini
good governance
bonne gouvernance
producer good
bien de production
good faith
bonne foi
good delivery
bonne livraison
good-till-cancelled order
ordre à révocation
a world of good
le plus grand bien
best seller
best-seller
durable good
bien de consommation durable
economic good
bien économique
good manners
bonnes manières
good name
renommée
in a good mood
de bonne humeur

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