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better

['betə] брит. / амер.

1. прил.
  1. сравн. ст. от good 1.
  2. лучший, наилучший, высший
  3. более подходящий
  4. предик. чувствующий себя лучше, выздоравливающий
  5. больший
2. нареч.
  1. сравн. ст. от well I, 1.
  2. лучше
  3. больше; в большей степени
  4. полнее; сильнее
3. сущ.
  лучший; лучшее
4. гл.
  1. улучшать; поправлять, исправлять, совершенствовать
  2. улучшаться; совершенствоваться
  3. превосходить, превышать
  4. улучшаться, увеличиваться, расти
сущ.
тот, кто заключает пари

Law (En-Ru)

better

держащий пари, сторона в сделке на пари

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Any live man is better than any dead man but no live or dead man is very much better than any other live or dead man.
— Всякий живой лучше всякого мертвого но нет таких среди живых ли мертвых чтобы уж очень были лучше других мертвых и живых.
Faulkner, William / The Sound and the FuryФолкнер, Уильям / Шум и ярость
Шум и ярость
Фолкнер, Уильям
© О. Сорока (наследник), перевод, 1973
© "Азбука-классика", 2006
The Sound and the Fury
Faulkner, William
© 1984 by Jill Faulkner Summers

So much better than going to the Lower Rooms.
Я в полном восторге — насколько это лучше, чем Нижние залы.
Austen, Jane / Northanger AbbeyОстин, Джейн / Нортенгерское аббатство
Нортенгерское аббатство
Остин, Джейн
© Издательство "Художественная литература", 1988
Northanger Abbey
Austen, Jane
© 2006 Adamant Media Corporation

For when I fasten on a man, nothing can induce me to release my hold: and I am left to myself, which is all the better.
Уж если я за кого ухвачусь, то держу мертвой хваткой; в таких случаях даже лучше, чтобы все от меня отвернулись.
Thackeray, William Makepeace / The memoirs of Barry Lyndon, esq: written by himselfТеккерей, Уильям Мейкпис / Записки Барри Линдона, эсквайра, писанные им самим
Записки Барри Линдона, эсквайра, писанные им самим
Теккерей, Уильям Мейкпис
© Издательство "Художественная литература", 1975
The memoirs of Barry Lyndon, esq: written by himself
Thackeray, William Makepeace
© 2006 Adamant Media Corporation

She looked better than the last time I had seen her.
Сейчас она выглядела лучше, чем во время нашей предыдущей встречи.
Child, Lee / The EnemyЧайлд, Ли / Враг
Враг
Чайлд, Ли
© 2004 by Lee Child
© Перевод. В. Гольдич, И. Оганесова, 2010
© Издание на русском языке. ООО "Издательство "Эксмо", 2010
The Enemy
Child, Lee
© 2004 by Lee Child

“We’ve got better clothes stashed with the… less-conspicuous vehicles.
– У нас припрятана одежда получше… В других машинах.
Meyer, Stephenie / The HostМайер, Стефани / Гостья
Гостья
Майер, Стефани
© Н. Балашова, 2010
© Издание на русском языке AST Publishers
© Stephenie Meyer, 2008
The Host
Meyer, Stephenie
© 2008 by Stephenie Meyer

He wasn't good on bribes, or cajolery, or appeals to his better nature.
Он плохо воспринимал посулы, уговоры или обращения к лучшей стороне его натуры.
Pratchett, Terry / SourceryПратчетт,Терри / Посох и Шляпа
Посох и Шляпа
Пратчетт,Терри
© Издание на русском языке, оформление ООО "Издательство "Эксмо", 2008
Sourcery
Pratchett, Terry
© Terry and Lyn Pratchett 1988

I respect Anna Vassilyevna from the depths of my heart, she's been awfully good to me; but she's no better than a hen.
Я Анну Васильевну уважаю от всего сердца, она же моя благодетельница но ведь она курица.
Turgenev, I.S. / On the eveТургенев, И.С. / Накануне
Накануне
Тургенев, И.С.
© Издательство "Художественная литература", 1976
On the eve
Turgenev, I.S.
© 1st World Library, 2008

As a rule, almost always in fact, he was ever so much better and more good-humoured.
Обыкновенно и даже почти всегда он бывал несравненно свежее и бодрее.
Dostoevsky, Fyodor / A Raw YouthДостоевский, Фёдор / Подросток
Подросток
Достоевский, Фёдор
© Издательство "Советская Россия", 1979
A Raw Youth
Dostoevsky, Fyodor

'You'll know better by-and-by, my man,' he said.
— Скоро ты это будешь лучше знать, мой мальчик, — сказал он.
Dickens, Charles / Dombey and SonДиккенс, Чарльз / Торговый дом "Домби и сын"
Торговый дом "Домби и сын"
Диккенс, Чарльз
© Издательство "Художественная литература", 1959
Dombey and Son
Dickens, Charles
© 2009 by Classic Books International

Violetta's acting became steadily better, and freer.
Игра Виолетты становилась все лучше, все свободнее.
Turgenev, I.S. / On the eveТургенев, И.С. / Накануне
Накануне
Тургенев, И.С.
© Издательство "Художественная литература", 1976
On the eve
Turgenev, I.S.
© 1st World Library, 2008

But they all understood that this openness and freedom were only apparent – he knew better than any of them what could, and what could not, be talked about.
Но все понимали, что простота и свобода, с которой он говорил, были лишь кажущиеся, – он, как никто, знал, о чем можно, а о чем нельзя говорить.
Grossman, Vasily / Life and FateГроссман, Василий / Жизнь и судьба
Жизнь и судьба
Гроссман, Василий
© Издательство "Книжная палата", 1988
Life and Fate
Grossman, Vasily
© 1980 by Editions L'Age D'Homme
© 1985 by Collins Harvill

For a time we thought he'd be Guenevere, but even without the full figure, he makes a better President than a Guenevere, don't you think?
Сперва мы думали, что он будет госпожой Гунивер, но, даже несмотря на свой костюм, он все-таки больше похож на президента, чем на Гунивер, вы не находите?
Steinbeck, John / The Pastures of HeavenСтейнбек, Джон / Райские пастбища
Райские пастбища
Стейнбек, Джон
© Издательство "Правда", 1989
The Pastures of Heaven
Steinbeck, John
© John Stainbeck, 1932
© renewed John Steinbeck, 1960

That's better than painting the thing merely to pique Maisie. I can do it now because I have it inside me.
И это лучше, чем писать эту головку исключительно только в пику Мэзи; теперь я могу написать эту «Меланхолию», потому что я понял и почувствовал ее нутром.
Kipling, Joseph Rudyard / The Light That FailedКиплинг, Джозеф Редьярд / Свет погас
Свет погас
Киплинг, Джозеф Редьярд
© "Издательство П. П. Сойкина", 1915
The Light That Failed
Kipling, Joseph Rudyard
© 2011 by Victorian Secrets

You are no better than an idolater and are on a level with the Tatar and the Mordva.
Всё одно, что идолопоклонник и на одной линии с татарином или мордвой состоишь.
Dostoevsky, Fyodor / The possessedДостоевский, Фёдор / Бесы
Бесы
Достоевский, Фёдор
© Издательство "Художественная литература", 1989
The possessed
Dostoevsky, Fyodor

Although the term fractal is defined in Chapter 3, I continue to believe that one would do better without a definition (my 1975 Essay included none).
Хотя в главе 3 мы и определили термин фрактал, я все же продолжаю считать, что наша тема представляет собой как раз такой случай, когда лучше всего обойтись совсем без определения (в эссе 1975 г., кстати, никакого определения не было).
Mandelbrot, Benoit / The Fractal Geometry of NatureМандельброт, Бенуа / Фрактальная геометрия природы
Фрактальная геометрия природы
Мандельброт, Бенуа
© Б. Мандельброт, 2002
© Перевод на русский язык, Институт компьютерных исследований, 2002
The Fractal Geometry of Nature
Mandelbrot, Benoit
© 1977, 1982, 1983 by Benoit B. Mandelbrot

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'betəAdjectiveлучший; наилучший; высшийExamples

better feelings — лучшие чувства

User translations

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лучше
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Collocations

a great deal better

гораздо лучше

all the better

тем лучше

at or better

купить по обусловленной цене или дешевле

at or better

продать по обусловленной цене или дороже

be better off

быть богаче

better evidence

более достоверное доказательство

better evidence

более надежное

better half

дражайшая половина

better half

жена

better hand

перевес

better hand

превосходство

better hand

преимущество

better nature

лучшая половина

better nature

лучшее "я"

better nature

лучшее в характере

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
Past	bettered
Imperative	better
Present Participle (Participle I)	bettering
Past Participle (Participle II)	bettered

Present Indefinite, Active Voice
I better	we better
you better	you better
he/she/it betters	they better

Present Continuous, Active Voice
I am bettering	we are bettering
you are bettering	you are bettering
he/she/it is bettering	they are bettering

Present Perfect, Active Voice
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
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
I bettered	we bettered
you bettered	you bettered
he/she/it bettered	they bettered

Past Continuous, Active Voice
I was bettering	we were bettering
you were bettering	you were bettering
he/she/it was bettering	they were bettering

Past Perfect, Active Voice
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
I am bettered	we are bettered
you are bettered	you are bettered
he/she/it is bettered	they are bettered

Present Continuous, Passive Voice
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
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
I was bettered	we were bettered
you were bettered	you were bettered
he/she/it was bettered	they were bettered

Past Continuous, Passive Voice
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
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
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
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

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better

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better

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well

good

better

well

better

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