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better

/ˈbɛt.ə/ verbe C2

En français : valoir mieux

  1. Had better. (colloquial) · It's getting late. You better get on home.· Nobody better hurt any of my kids.
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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.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 51 · C1
“Well, so much the better,” said the supercargo; “for it is not pleasant to think that a comrade has not done his duty.”
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 7 · C1
Things went better than Marilla feared, however.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 108 · C1
“So much the better.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 47 · C1

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