good IIr>-i> compari>;
2.b> 1) ; one's better feelings ; that's better than nothing ; he's far better at English than me ; her English has got a lot better recently i> ;
2) / ; ; it would be better for him to keep quiet i> , ; ; you are a better man for this job than I am ;
3.b> / ; I feel / I am / better today ; are you feeling any better? ? I hope you get better soon , ;
4.b> ; ; the better part / half / of smth. , ; I haven't been there for the better part of twenty years , ;
5.b> . .i> : one's betters ; ; ; to change for the better ;
better sortb> / ; one's better halfb> , ; all the betterb>, so much the betterb> [.i> .i> much IIr> ]; to get the better ofb> i> , ; i> ; professional curiosity got the better of him ; Seattle got the better of its rivals from Portland "" / ""; he got the better of them ; to think (all) the better of smb.b> ; he's no better than a beggarb> ; to do / to be / better than one's wordb> ; for better orb> (for)b> worseb> , ; the better handb> ; he's no better than a foolb> , ; no better than she should beb> .i> .