better
/ˈbɛt.ə/ verbe C2En français : améliorer
- To improve. · attempts to better the lot of the refugees· This government will better our society.
- To become better; to improve.
- To surpass in excellence; to exceed; to excel; to improve on. · He summed the whole thing up in a way that I couldn't possibly better.
- To give advantage to; to support; to advance the interest of.
Pluriel better · He/she/it betters · Prétérit bettered · Participe passé bettered · Forme en -ing bettering
Formes du verbe
- Forme de base
- better
- He/she/it
- betters
- Prétérit
- bettered
- Participe passé
- bettered
- Forme en -ing
- bettering
Dans la bibliothèque
“Madame,” replied Villefort, with a mournful smile, “I have already had the honor to observe that my father has—at least, I hope so—abjured his past errors, and that he is, at the present moment, a firm and zealous friend to religion and order—a better royalist, possibly, than his son; for he has to atone for past dereliction, while I have no other impulse than warm, decided preference and conviction.” Having made this well-turned speech, Villefort looked carefully around to mark the effect of his oratory, much as he would have done had he been addressing the bench in open court.
“Well, so much the better,” said the supercargo; “for it is not pleasant to think that a comrade has not done his duty.”
Things went better than Marilla feared, however.
“So much the better.
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