of+something+greater

a falta de otra cosa mejor que hacer — for lack of anything better to do

nunca he visto nada mejor — I've never seen anything better

es mejor de lo que creía — it's better than I thought

este es mejor que aquel — this one is better than that one

no hay nada mejor que una buena comida — there's nothing better than a good meal

sería mejor callarse — it'd be better to keep quiet

hubiera sido mejor no decir nada — it would have been better to say nothing

será mejor que te vayas — you'd better go

de estos dos refrescos, ¿cuál es el mejor? — which is the better (out) of these two drinks?

¿quién es tu mejor amigo? — who is your best friend?

está entre las diez mejores — she is among the ten best

ser el mejor de la clase — to be the best in the class, be top of the class

es el mejor de todos — he's the best of all

vive el mejor momento de su carrera deportiva — he is at the peak of his sporting career

un jamón de la mejor calidad — a top quality ham, a ham of the highest quality

os deseo (todo) lo mejor — I wish you all the best, my best wishes (to you)

lo mejor de España es el clima — the best thing about Spain is the climate

lo mejor del caso es que... — the good thing is that..., the best part of it is that...

tengo unos abuelos que son lo mejor del mundo — my grandparents are the best in the world

lo mejor que podemos hacer es callarnos — the best thing we can do is keep quiet

ahora lo entiendo todo un poco mejor — I understand everything a bit better now

yo canto mejor que tú — I can sing better than you

lo hace cada vez mejor — he's getting better and better

¿te sientes algo mejor? — do you feel any better?

ahora estoy un poco mejor de dinero — I'm a bit better off now

así está mucho mejor — it's much better like that

¡pues si no quieres venir con nosotros, mejor! — well, if you don't want to come with us, so much the better!

¿quién es el que lo hace mejor? — who does it best?

este es el texto mejor redactado de todos — this text is the best written of all

mejor quedamos otro día — why don't we meet another day?, it'd be better if we met another day

mejor vámonos — we'd better go

• a lo mejor — maybe

a lo mejor viene mañana — he might come tomorrow, maybe he'll come tomorrow

a lo mejor hasta nos toca la lotería — we might even win the lottery

va a ser mejor que... — it's better if...

cuanto más grande mejor — the bigger the better

es mejor que te sientes ahí — you'd be better off sitting there

sabe mucho mejor así — it tastes much better like that

mi mejor amiga — my best friend

productos de la mejor calidad — products of the highest quality

lo mejor es que le digas la verdad — it's best if you tell her the truth

luego lo pensé mejor — then I thought better of it

pintas cada vez mejor — your painting is getting better and better

mejor dicho: me lleva dos años, mejor dicho, dos y medio — she's two years older than me, or rather, two and a half

éste es el lugar desde donde se ve mejor — this is where you can see best (from)

la versión mejor ambientada de la obra — the best-staged production of the play

a lo mejor: a lo mejor este verano vamos a Italia — we may o might go to Italy this summer

mejor lo dejamos para otro día — why don't we leave it for another day?

mejor me callo — I think I'd better shut up

es la mejor de la clase — she's the best in the class

va a ser mejor que... — it's better if...

cuanto más grande mejor — the bigger the better

es mejor que te sientes ahí — you'd be better off sitting there

sabe mucho mejor así — it tastes much better like that

mi mejor amiga — my best friend

productos de la mejor calidad — products of the highest quality

lo mejor es que le digas la verdad — it's best if you tell her the truth

luego lo pensé mejor — then I thought better of it

pintas cada vez mejor — your painting is getting better and better

mejor dicho: me lleva dos años, mejor dicho, dos y medio — she's two years older than me, or rather, two and a half

éste es el lugar desde donde se ve mejor — this is where you can see best (from)

la versión mejor ambientada de la obra — the best-staged production of the play

a lo mejor: a lo mejor este verano vamos a Italia — we may o might go to Italy this summer

mejor lo dejamos para otro día — why don't we leave it for another day?

mejor me callo — I think I'd better shut up

es la mejor de la clase — she's the best in the class

las líneas telefónicas están sobrecargadas — the telephone lines are all busy

las líneas telefónicas están sobrecargadas — the telephone lines are all busy

étudier dans les moindres détails — to study in minute detail

expliquer en détail — to explain in detail

entrer dans les détails — to go into detail

raconter quelque chose en détail — to give a detailed account of something

analyse de détail — detailed analysis

acheter/vendre (quelque chose) au détail — to buy/sell (something) retail

Il cherchait à connaître le détail de ce dossier. — He wanted to know the details of the file.

dans le détail — in detail

en détail — in detail

C'est peut-être un détail, mais... — It may be just a detail, but...

dans les moindres détails — in minute detail

négliger les détails — to overlook the details

le détail — retail

prix de détail — retail price

I can't go any further — non posso più andare avanti, oltre

how much further is it? — quanto manca ancora?

to get further and further away — allontanarsi sempre di più

further back, forward — più indietro, avanti

further back than 1964 — prima del 1964

a year further on — un anno dopo

we must look further ahead — dobbiamo guardare ancora più avanti

we will enquire further into the matter — faremo delle ricerche più approfondite

I won't delay you any further — non voglio trattenerla oltre

a further 10%, 50 people — un altro 10%, altre 50 persone

further changes — ulteriori cambiamenti

to have no further use for sth. — non avere più bisogno di qcs.

without further delay — senza ulteriori ritardi, senza indugio

there's nothing further to discuss — non c'è nient'altro da dire

the further end — l'altro capo

the further bank — la riva opposta

I can't go any further — non posso più andare avanti, oltre

how much further is it? — quanto manca ancora?

to get further and further away — allontanarsi sempre di più

further back, forward — più indietro, avanti

further back than 1964 — prima del 1964

a year further on — un anno dopo

we must look further ahead — dobbiamo guardare ancora più avanti

we will enquire further into the matter — faremo delle ricerche più approfondite

I won't delay you any further — non voglio trattenerla oltre

a further 10%, 50 people — un altro 10%, altre 50 persone

further changes — ulteriori cambiamenti

to have no further use for sth. — non avere più bisogno di qcs.

without further delay — senza ulteriori ritardi, senza indugio

there's nothing further to discuss — non c'è nient'altro da dire

the further end — l'altro capo

the further bank — la riva opposta

be no mean athlete/feat — kein schlechter Sportler/keine schlechte Leistung sein

I meant him no harm — ich wollte ihm nichts Böses

I meant to write, but forgot — ich hatte [fest] vor zu schreiben, aber habe es [dann] vergessen

do you mean to say that...? — willst du damit sagen, dass...?

I meant it to be a surprise for him — es sollte eine Überraschung für ihn sein

they are meant for each other — sie sind füreinander bestimmt

be meant to do something — etwas tun sollen

I really mean it, I mean what I say — ich meine das ernst; es ist mir Ernst damit

the name means/the instructions mean nothing to me — der Name sagt mir nichts/ich kann mit der Anleitung nichts anfangen

don't be mean! — sei doch nicht so geizig or knauserig!

you mean thing! — du Geizhals or Geizkragen!

it made me feel mean — ich kam mir richtig schäbig or gemein vor

he is no mean player — er ist ein beachtlicher Spieler

a sportsman/politician of no mean ability — ein sehr fähiger Sportler/Politiker

the golden or happy mean — die goldene Mitte

what do you mean by that? — was willst du damit sagen?

the name means nothing to me — der Name sagt mir nichts

it means starting all over again — das bedeutet or das heißt, dass wir wieder ganz von vorne anfangen müssen

a pound means a lot to her — für sie ist ein Pfund eine Menge Geld

your friendship/he means a lot to me — deine Freundschaft/er bedeutet mir viel

you mean everything to me — du bist alles für mich

to mean to do sth — etw tun wollen

to be meant for sb/sth — für jdn/etw bestimmt sein

to mean sb to do sth — wollen, dass jd etw tut

sth is meant to be sth — etw soll etw sein

what do you mean to do? —

I only meant to help — ich wollte nur helfen

without meaning to sound rude — ich möchte nicht unverschämt klingen(, aber...)

I meant it as a joke — das sollte ein Witz sein

I meant you to have it — das solltest du haben

I was meant to do that — ich hätte das tun sollen

you are meant to be on time — du solltest pünktlich sein

he wasn't meant to be a leader — er war nicht zum Führer bestimmt

I thought it was meant to be hot in the south —

if he means to be awkward... —

I mean it! — das ist mein Ernst!, ich meine das ernst!

do you mean to say you're not coming? — willst du damit sagen or soll das heißen, dass du nicht kommst?

do you really mean it this time? — ist es dir diesmal ernst or Ernst damit?

he means well/no harm — er meint es gut/nicht böse

to mean well by sb — es gut mit jdm meinen

I meant no harm by what I said — was ich da gesagt habe, war nicht böse gemeint

a happy mean — der goldene Mittelweg

be no mean athlete/feat — kein schlechter Sportler/keine schlechte Leistung sein

I meant him no harm — ich wollte ihm nichts Böses

what do you mean by [saying] that? — was willst du damit sagen?

mean to do something — etwas tun wollen

I mean to be obeyed — ich verlange, dass man mir gehorcht

I meant to write, but forgot — ich hatte [fest] vor zu schreiben, aber habe es [dann] vergessen

do you mean to say that...? — willst du damit sagen, dass...?

I meant it to be a surprise for him — es sollte eine Überraschung für ihn sein

they are meant for each other — sie sind füreinander bestimmt

I meant you to read the letter — ich wollte, dass du den Brief liest

be meant to do something — etwas tun sollen

I really mean it, I mean what I say — ich meine das ernst; es ist mir Ernst damit

the name means/the instructions mean nothing to me — der Name sagt mir nichts/ich kann mit der Anleitung nichts anfangen

magnai reipublicai gratia,

the double meaning: tu, bis denis grandia libris Qui scribis Priami proelia, magnus homo es,

magna ossa lacertosque Exuit,

magnus fluens Nilus,

magna et pulcra domus,

montes,

templa caelitum,

aquae,

oppidum maximum,

maximum pondus auri, magnum numerum frumenti, vim mellis maximam exportasse,

magna pecunia mutua,

copia pabuli,

multitudo peditatus,

divitiae,

populus,

interea magnum sol circumvolvitur annum,

magnum vocans solis (annum) comparatione lunaris,

magno post tempore,

magna voce confiteri,

tribunorum,

vir magnus in primis,

nemo igitur vir magnus sine aliquo adflatu divino umquam fuit,

magnus hoc bello Themistocles fuit, nec minor in pace,

Cato clarus atque magnus habetur,

amicus,

virtus,

infamia,

eloquentia, gravitas, studium, contentio,

multo major alacritas, studiumque pugnandi majus,

causa,

opus et arduum,

quamquam id magnum, et arduum est,

magna loqui,

magnum est efficere, ut quis intellegat, quid sit illud, etc.,

probitatem vel in eis, quos numquam vidimus, vel, quod majus est, in hoste etiam diligimus,

quarum (stellarum) ex disparibus motionibus, magnum annum mathematici nominaverunt, etc.,

jam magno natu,

homo magnus natu,

qui (Livius) fuit major natu quam Plautus et Naevius,

audivi ex majoribus natu,

hic una e multis, quae maxima natu, Pyrgo,

annos natus major quadraginta,

civis major annis viginti,

cum liberis, majoribus quam quindecim annos natis,

ex duobus filiis major, Caes B. C. 3, 108, 3: Fabii Ambusti filiae duae nuptae, Ser. Sulpicio major minor Licinio Stoloni erat,

Gelo maximus stirpis,

ut nubere vellet mulier viro, major juniori,

in gen.: Cyrus major,

quaerere uter major aetate fuerit, Homerus an Hesiodus, cum minor Hecuba fuerit quam Helena,

si minor negotiis majoris intervenerit,

Itan tandem hanc majores famam tradiderunt tibi tui, Ut, etc.,

ibi mei sunt majores siti, pater, avos, proavos, abavos,

L. Philippus, vir patre, avo, majoribus suis dignissimus,

patres majoresque nostri,

more majorum,

spes tamen una est, aliquando populum Romanum majorum similem fore,

majores natu,

maxima virgo,

de istis rebus in patria majores natu consulemus,

magni esse,

magni aestimare,

magni existimans interesse ad decus,

emere agros poterunt quam volent magno,

magno vendere,

conducere aliquid nimium magno,

magno illi ea cunctatio stetit,

ornatus muliebris majoris pretii,

multo majoris alapae mecum veneunt,

senatus auctoritatem sibi maximi videri,

extollere aliquid in majus,

celebrare,

nuntiare,

credere,

accipere,

magnum clamat,

inclamare,

exclamat derepente maximum,

quae (facinora) istaec aetas fugere magis quam sectari solet,

saliendo sese exercebant magis, quam scorto aut saviis,

magis honorem tribuere quam salutem accipere,

nisi forte magis erit parricida, si qui consularem patrem, quam si quis humilem necarit,

magis ut consuetudinem servem, quam quod, etc.,

quam magis exhausto spumaverit ubere mulctra, Laeta magis pressis manabunt flumina mammis, i. e. quo magis,... eo magis,

tam magis illa fremens... quam magis effuso crudescunt sanguine pugnae,

quamobrem etsi magis est, quod gratuler tibi, quam quod te rogem: tamen etiam rogo, etc.,

magis est, ut ipse moleste ferat, errasse se, quam ut, etc.,

umbra es amantum magis quam amator,

magis adeo id facilitate quam alia ulla culpa mea contigit,

aditus ad consulatum non magis nobilitati quam virtuti pateret,

magis ratione et consilio quam virtute vicisse,

ut magis virtute quam dolo contenderent,

se magis consuetudine sua quam merito eorum civitatem conservaturum,

timori magis quam religioni consulere,

jus bonumque apud eos non legibus magis quam natura valebat,

non duces magis quam milites callent (obsistere, etc.),

in dicendo irasci, dolere... non sunt figurae, non magis quam suadere,

Romanos nec magis jam dolo capi quam armis vinci posse,

pro certo habens non magis Antonio eripi se quam Caesari Brutum posse,

non magis Alexandri saevitiam quam Bessi parricidium ferre potuisse,

nec magis post proelium quam in proelio caedibus temperatum est,

non Apollinis magis verum atque hoc responsum est,

quid philosophia magis colendum?

quanto magis Aliensi die Aliam ipsam reformidaturos?

quam Juno fertur terris magis omnibus unam... coluisse,

Albanum sive Falernum Te magis appositis delectat,

quid habetis, qui mage immortales vos credam esse quam ego siem?

quis homo sit magis meus quam tu es?

quam mage amo quam matrem meam,

quem ego ecastor mage amo quam me,

jam scibo, utrum haec me mage amet, an marsupium,

nec magis hac infra quicquam est in corpore nostro,

neque lac lacti magis est simile, quam ille ego similis est mei,

ars magis magna atque uber, quam difficilis et obscura,

corpora magna magis quam firma,

vultu pulchro magis quam venusto,

neque ego hoc homine quemquam vidi magis malum,

ab secundis rebus magis etiam solito incauti,

ita fustibus sum mollior miser magis quam ullus cinaedus,

sapiunt magis,

magis curae est, magisque afformido, ne, etc.,

magis metuant,

tum magis id diceres, Fanni, si, etc.,

cum Pompeius ita contendisset, ut nihil umquam magis,

magis velle, for malle: quod magis vellem evenire,

magis aedilis fieri non potuisset,

ecastor neminem hodie mage Amat corde atque animo suo,

ut quadam magis necessaria ratione recte sit vivendum,

magis anxius,

hic magis tranquillu'st,

nihil videtur mundius, nec magis compositum quicquam, nec magis elegans,

nemo fuit magis severus nec magis continens,

quod est magis verisimile,

magis admirabilis oratio,

magis communia verba,

nescio quo pacto magis quam in aliis suum cuique pulchrum est,

magis aperte,

magis impense,

magis est dulcius,

magis majores nugae,

magis modum in majorem,

contentiores mage erunt,

qualis in dicendo Hierocles Alabandeus, magis etiam Menecles, frater ejus, fuit,

illud ad me, ac multo etiam magis ad vos,

tanto magis Dic, quis est?

ut quidque magis contemplor, tanto magis placet,

vicina cacumina caelo, quam sint magis, tanto magis fument,

quanto ille plura miscebat, tanto hic magis in dies convalescebat,

sed eo magis cauto est Opus, ne huc exeat, qui, etc.,

atque eo magis, si, etc.,

eoque magis quod, etc.,

5, 1: immo vero etiam hoc magis, quam illi veteres, quod, etc.,

hoc vero magis properare Varro, ut, etc.,

quo magis cogito ego cum meo animo,

magis quam id reputo, tam magis uror,

tam magis illa fremens... Quam magis, etc.,

quanto mage... tam magis,

quam magis in pectore meo foveo, quas meus filius turbas turbet... magis curae est magisque afformido, ne, etc.,

quam magis te in altum capessis, tam aestus te in portum refert,

densior hinc suboles Quam magis, etc.,

cum Vercingetorix nihilo magis in aequum locum descenderet,

cum cotidie magis magisque perditi homines tectis ac templis urbis minarentur,

de Graecia cotidie magis et magis cogito,

magis deinde ac magis,

post hoc magis ac magis,

for which also: magisque ac magis deinceps,

magis atque magis,

post, vento crescente, magis magis increbescunt,

magis decorum'st Libertum potius quam patronum onus in via portare,

mihi magis lubet cum probis potius quam cum improbis vivere,

his vero auditis multo magis,

finge enim malle eum magis suum consequi quam, etc.,

domus erat non domino magis ornamento quam civitati,

non Hannibale magis victo a se quam Q. Fabio,

conficior enim maerore, mea Terentia, nec me meae miseriae magis excruciant quam tuae vestraeque,

si aliqua in re Verris similis fuero, non magis mihi deerit inimicus quam Verri defuit,

non nascitur itaque ex malo bonum, non magis quam ficus ex olea,

Quint. prooem. § 26: non magis Gaium imperaturum, quam per Baianum sinum equis discursurum,

nec eo magis lege liberi sunto,

deinde credas mihi affirmanti velim, me hoc non pro Lysone magis quam pro omnibus scribere,

miserebat non poenae magis homines, quam sceleris, quo poenam meriti essent,

sed istud magis minusve vitiosum est pro personis dicentium,

minora vero plerumque sunt talia, ut pro persona, tempore, loco, causa magis ac minus vel excusata debeant videri vel reprehendenda,

quaedam tamen et nationibus puto magis aut minus convenire,

quosdam minus aut magis osos veritatem,

aut minus, aut magis,

alia magis, alia minus, v. Hand, Turs. III. p. 560): mihi videntur omnes quidem illi errasse... sed alius alio magis,

sunt omnino omnes fere similes, sed declarant communis notiones, alia magis alia,

alii aliis magis recusare,

haec una res in omni libero populo maximeque in pacatis tranquillisque civitatibus praecipue semper floruit,

quid commemorem primum aut laudem maxime?

nos coluit maxime,