better
/ˈbɛt.ə/ verbo C2- Had better. · It's getting late. You better get on home.· Nobody better hurt any of my kids.
Formas del verbo
- Forma base
- better
- He/she/it
- betters
- Pasado
- bettered
- Participio pasado
- bettered
- Forma en -ing
- bettering
De la biblioteca
“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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