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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 - FeconditeLes Quatre Evangiles - FeconditeZola, EmileFruitfulnessZola, 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-BouillePot-BouilleZola, EmilePot-BouilleZola, 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 bateauTrois hommes dans le bateauJerome, Jerome KlapkaThree Men in a BoatJerome, 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 CameliasLa Dame aux CameliasDumas fils, AlexandreCamilleDumas 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 vertLe prophète au manteau vertBuchan, JohnGreenmantleBuchan, 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'antiquitesLe magasin d'antiquitesDickens, CharlesThe Old Curiosity ShopDickens, 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 forcesL'évolution des forcesLe Bon, Gustave© 1905, by Ernest Flammarion, ParisThe evolution of forcesLe Bon, Gustave© Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co., London, 1908
Is it no better?"Ça ne va pas mieux?Zola, Emile / Pot-BouilleZola, Emile / Pot-BouillePot-BouilleZola, EmilePot-BouilleZola, 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 MarchesLes Trente-Neuf MarchesBuchan, JohnThirty-Nine StepsBuchan, 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 RougonSon Excellence Eugene RougonZola, EmileHis ExcellencyZola, Emile
If they were not stolen, so much the better.S'ils n'ont pas été volés, tant mieux.http://www.canlii.org/en/ 25.11.2011http://www.canlii.org/en/ 25.11.2011
"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 OntarioLe lac OntarioCooper, James FenimoreThe Pathfinder, or, the Inland SeaCooper, 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 TomLa case de l'oncle TomBeecher Stowe, HarrietUncle Tom's CabinBeecher 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 MarchesLes Trente-Neuf MarchesBuchan, JohnThirty-Nine StepsBuchan, 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 RaquinTherese RaquinZola, EmileTherese RaquinZola, 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 degree | well |
Comparative degree | better |
Superlative degree | best |
good
adjective
Positive degree | good |
Comparative degree | better |
Superlative degree | best |
better
noun
Singular | Plural | |
Common case | better | betters |
Possessive case | better's | betters' |
well
adverb
Positive degree | well |
Comparative degree | better |
Superlative degree | best |
better
verb
Basic forms | |
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Past | bettered |
Imperative | better |
Present Participle (Participle I) | bettering |
Past Participle (Participle II) | bettered |
Present Indefinite, Active Voice | |
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I better | we better |
you better | you better |
he/she/it betters | they better |
Present Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I am bettering | we are bettering |
you are bettering | you are bettering |
he/she/it is bettering | they are bettering |
Present Perfect, Active Voice | |
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I have bettered | we have bettered |
you have bettered | you have bettered |
he/she/it has bettered | they have bettered |
Present Perfect Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I have been bettering | we have been bettering |
you have been bettering | you have been bettering |
he/she/it has been bettering | they have been bettering |
Past Indefinite, Active Voice | |
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I bettered | we bettered |
you bettered | you bettered |
he/she/it bettered | they bettered |
Past Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I was bettering | we were bettering |
you were bettering | you were bettering |
he/she/it was bettering | they were bettering |
Past Perfect, Active Voice | |
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I had bettered | we had bettered |
you had bettered | you had bettered |
he/she/it had bettered | they had bettered |
Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I had been bettering | we had been bettering |
you had been bettering | you had been bettering |
he/she/it had been bettering | they had been bettering |
Future Indefinite, Active Voice | |
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I shall/will better | we shall/will better |
you will better | you will better |
he/she/it will better | they will better |
Future Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I shall/will be bettering | we shall/will be bettering |
you will be bettering | you will be bettering |
he/she/it will be bettering | they will be bettering |
Future Perfect, Active Voice | |
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I shall/will have bettered | we shall/will have bettered |
you will have bettered | you will have bettered |
he/she/it will have bettered | they will have bettered |
Future Perfect Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I shall/will have been bettering | we shall/will have been bettering |
you will have been bettering | you will have been bettering |
he/she/it will have been bettering | they will have been bettering |
Future in the Past Indefinite, Active Voice | |
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I should/would better | we should/would better |
you would better | you would better |
he/she/it would better | they would better |
Future in the Past Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I should/would be bettering | we should/would be bettering |
you would be bettering | you would be bettering |
he/she/it would be bettering | they would be bettering |
Future in the Past Perfect, Active Voice | |
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I should/would have bettered | we should/would have bettered |
you would have bettered | you would have bettered |
he/she/it would have bettered | they would have bettered |
Future in the Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I should/would have been bettering | we should/would have been bettering |
you would have been bettering | you would have been bettering |
he/she/it would have been bettering | they would have been bettering |
Present Indefinite, Passive Voice | |
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I am bettered | we are bettered |
you are bettered | you are bettered |
he/she/it is bettered | they are bettered |
Present Continuous, Passive Voice | |
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I am being bettered | we are being bettered |
you are being bettered | you are being bettered |
he/she/it is being bettered | they are being bettered |
Present Perfect, Passive Voice | |
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I have been bettered | we have been bettered |
you have been bettered | you have been bettered |
he/she/it has been bettered | they have been bettered |
Past Indefinite, Passive Voice | |
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I was bettered | we were bettered |
you were bettered | you were bettered |
he/she/it was bettered | they were bettered |
Past Continuous, Passive Voice | |
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I was being bettered | we were being bettered |
you were being bettered | you were being bettered |
he/she/it was being bettered | they were being bettered |
Past Perfect, Passive Voice | |
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I had been bettered | we had been bettered |
you had been bettered | you had been bettered |
he/she/it had been bettered | they had been bettered |
Future Indefinite, Passive Voice | |
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I shall/will be bettered | we shall/will be bettered |
you will be bettered | you will be bettered |
he/she/it will be bettered | they will be bettered |
Future Perfect, Passive Voice | |
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I shall/will have been bettered | we shall/will have been bettered |
you will have been bettered | you will have been bettered |
he/she/it will have been bettered | they will have been bettered |