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1 BETTER
• Better fed than taught - Большой, да дурной (Б), Велика Федора, да дура (B), Ростом с Ивана, а умом с болвана (P)• Whatever happens will turn out for the better in the end - Что Бог ни делает, все к лучшему (4)• You're no better than I am - От такого же слышу (O) -
2 better, best
بِصِحَّة جيّدة \ all right: also alright in good health: You look ill - are you (feeling) all right?. well: (the opposite of ill and unwell; see better, best) in good health: Don’t you fell well? You’ll soon get better if you drink this medicine. How are you? Very well, thank you. I feel best in the early morning (better than at any other time). -
3 better, well, best
أَكْثَر (من غيره) \ best, well, better: most: Of all fruit, I like apples best. better, well, best: more: I like coffee better than tea. further: more: We must go without further delay. more: giving comparative force to many adjs. and most advs.: She’s more beautiful than her mother. He runs more slowly than his son, with greater force; for greater periods, etc.: I like tea more than coffee. You should work more and play less, (the opposite of less) a greater number or amount (of): They need (some) more food. I have no more (or I haven’t any more) for them. They need many more loaves but I have only two more. You have more than I have. over: more: Boys aged 16 and over may enter this race. -
4 better, best
حَسَنًا \ all right: also (alright) yes, I agree: All right, I’ll do it for you, if you wish. well: (a word that may be said in different voices to express different feelings, such as anger, doubt, question, surprise, etc.) Well! What a lovely house! Well? What do you want?, (the adv. form of the adj. good; see better, best) in a good and pleasing way Well done! You played very well. -
5 better, best
جَيِّدًا \ well: (the adv. form of the adj. good; see better, best) in a good and pleasing way: Well done! You played very well, (no comparative forms) thoroughly Shake the bottle well. \ عَلَى نَحْو مُرْضٍ \ well: (the adv. form of the adj. good; see better, best) in a good and pleasing way: Well done! You played very well. -
6 better off
richer; happier in some way:أيْسَرُ حالا، أكْثَرُ غِنىYou'd be better off without him.
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7 get the better of
to overcome; to win (against):يَنْتَصِرُ على، يَتَغَلَّبُ عَلىHe got the better of his opponent / the argument.
•Remark: He is better today (not He is more better). He is much better is correct. You had better come / You'd better come (not You better come). -
8 had better
أَوْلَى بِـ \ had better: would be wise to: You had better try again tomorrow. \ خَيْرٌ لِـ \ had better: would be wise to: You had better try again tomorrow. \ مِن الأَفْضَل \ had better: would be wise to: You had better try again tomorrow. \ See Also الأَجْدى لِـ -
9 had better
يَحْسُن \ as well: (often just as well) wise, in regard to the future: It will be as well to take a raincoat (because it may rain). had better: would be wise to: You had better try again tomorrow. -
10 well, better, best
مُعَافًى \ healthy: having good health in general: Healthy children are not often ill. well, better, best: the opposite of ill and unwell; in good health: Don’t you fell well? You’ll soon get better if you drink this medicine. How are you? Very well, thank you. I feel best in the early morning (better than at any other time). -
11 well, (better, best)
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12 best, well, better
أَكْثَر (من غيره) \ best, well, better: most: Of all fruit, I like apples best. better, well, best: more: I like coffee better than tea. further: more: We must go without further delay. more: giving comparative force to many adjs. and most advs.: She’s more beautiful than her mother. He runs more slowly than his son, with greater force; for greater periods, etc.: I like tea more than coffee. You should work more and play less, (the opposite of less) a greater number or amount (of): They need (some) more food. I have no more (or I haven’t any more) for them. They need many more loaves but I have only two more. You have more than I have. over: more: Boys aged 16 and over may enter this race. -
13 think better of
1) to think again and decide not to; to reconsider:يُراجِعُ تَفْكيرَه، يُغَيِّر رأيَهHe was going to ask for more money, but he thought better of it.
يَكون لَدَيْه فِكْرَة جَيِّدَه عنI thought better of you than to suppose you would do that.
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14 gitsen daha iyi
you had better go -
15 gitsen iyi olur
you had better go -
16 bolje bi bilo da ideš
• you had better go -
17 лучше бы вы...
you had better... -
18 Sie sollten lieber gehen.
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19 más vale malo conocido que bueno por conocer
Ex. In a way it's probably just as well the deputy has become the new chief; it's a case of better the devil you know.* * *Ex: In a way it's probably just as well the deputy has become the new chief; it's a case of better the devil you know.
Spanish-English dictionary > más vale malo conocido que bueno por conocer
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20 краще
better; better and betterкраще вам? — are you ( any) better now?
тим краще — all the better, so much the better
якомога краще — to the best of one's ability, as well as can be
брати все краще — to take the best; амер. to eat the ginger
краще менше та ліпше — less, but better
краще пізно, ніж ніколи — better late than never
на все краще! — all the very best!, goodbye!
См. также в других словарях:
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you had better — you ought to, you must … English contemporary dictionary
you had better go — you must go, you should leave … English contemporary dictionary
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you'd better believe it — spoken used for telling someone that something is definitely true and that they should take it seriously They said I could lose my job over this. You d better believe it … English dictionary
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