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1 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. -
2 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. -
3 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). -
4 and-æfa
ð, [v. andóf; Ivar Aasen andöva and andov], a boating term, to paddle against tide, current, and wind, so as to prevent the boat from drifting astern; þá féll á stormr svá mikill, at þeir fengu eigi betr en andæft, had nothing better than to lay to, Sturl. ii. 121; the vellum MSS. wrongly andhætt.2. metaph. in the corrupt form andæpta, to reply feebly against; with dat., ekki er þess getið at Þórðr andæpti þessari vísu, Th. returned no reply to this libel, Sturl. i. 22. Now absol. to speak in a disjointed way, to ejaculate; andæpti skáld upp úr móðu, fram eru feigs götur; skilja sköp, skamt er að landi, brosir bakki mót, of rhymed incoherent words of a poet in the act of sinking beneath the waves, vide Espól. Ísl. Árb. the year 1823, Sigurðr Breiðfjörð in a poem in the Smámunir. -
5 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. -
6 Better Education And Training
Education: BEATУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > Better Education And Training
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7 Better Homes And Gardens
Mass media: BHGУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > Better Homes And Gardens
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8 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. -
9 think better of it
غَيَّرَ رأيه \ change one’s mind: to come to have a new opinion; make a different decision: We were going to go to America for a holiday, but we changed our minds and stayed at home instead, change one’s opinion or intention I was going to London today, but I changed my mind and stayed at home. think better of it: to change one’s plan; decide (wisely) not to do sth.: I planned to leave my job, but then I thought better of it., to change one’s plan; decide not to do sth. I planned to leave my job, but then I thought better of it. -
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 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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13 dexterē and dextrē
dexterē and dextrē adv. with comp. [dexter], dexterously, skilfully: obeundo officia, L.: nemo dexterius fortunā est usus, played his cards better, H. -
14 Failing Better Offer
Abbreviation: FBO (A caveat for many occasions-business negotiating, social diaries, time managemen and planning,quality management, percentage management)Универсальный русско-английский словарь > Failing Better Offer
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15 Global And Local Objectives For Better Education
Education: GLOBEУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > Global And Local Objectives For Better Education
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16 National Association for Better Radio and Television
Abbreviation: NAFBRATУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > National Association for Better Radio and Television
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17 BETRI
* * *a. compar., better;þeim þótti betra at, they thought it better to.* * *betra, compar., and BEZTR, baztr, batztr, the superl. to ‘góðr,’ which serves as the posit.:—in the compar. the primitive a becomes e; thus old poets of the beginning of the 11th century, as Sighvat, rhyme betri—setrs; the old form batri however occurs, 655 xx. 4: in the superl. the a was kept till the end of the 12th century. Sighvat rhymes, last—bazti; old vellum MSS. now and then still spell with a (bazt, baztr …), Glúm. 371, Heið. S. Ísl. ii. 324, Grág. ii. 165, 252, Fms. xi. 214, 220, Hm. 13, 26, 47, Hkv. Hjörv. 39, Lb. 12, Pd. 11, Ýt. 27, 625. 42, Fms. x. (Ágrip) 418; baþztra (baztra), gen. pl., 398, 401 (but betþt, 385); bazta (acc.), Eluc. 36: sing. fem. and neut. pl. bözt, with a changed vowel, bözt heill, n. pl., Skv. 2. 19; böztu (böþtu), pl., Fms. x. 401, 403, 415: it is spelt with z, tz (in Ágrip even þt), or zt, in mod. spelling often s, as in mod. Engl., and pronounced at present as an s, [Goth. batizo, superl. batisto; A. S. batra and betsta, besta; Engl. better and best; Germ. besser and beste]:—better, best; meira ok betra, Nj. 45, 193; betri, Dipl. v. 18; beztr kostr, Nj. 1, Eg. 25; beztr bóndi, Ld. 22.β. kind, friendly towards one; with dat., er honum hafði baztr verit, 625. 42; er mér hefir beztr verit, Fms. vii. 274: er þér fyrir því bezt …, it is best for thee, thou doest best to accept it, Nj. 225; því at þinn hlutr má eigi verða betri en góðr, 256; betra byr ok blíðara, 625. 4: with gen., meðan bezt er sumars, during the best part of the summer, Sks. 29, etc. etc., v. góðr. -
18 Oficina para el Mejor Comercio
Ex. The Committee also was designed to function as a watchdog and to receive reports on questionable sales practices and transmit them to agencies such as the Better Business Bureau and the Federal Trade Commission.* * *Ex: The Committee also was designed to function as a watchdog and to receive reports on questionable sales practices and transmit them to agencies such as the Better Business Bureau and the Federal Trade Commission.
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19 HEAD
• Better be the head of a dog (a fox, a lizard, a mouse) than the tail of a lion - Лучше быть головой собаки, чем хвостом льва (Л)• Better be the head of an ass than the tail of a horse - Лучше быть головой собаки, чем хвостом льва (Л)• Better be the head of the yeomanry than the tail of the gentry - Лучше быть первым в деревне, чем последним в городе (Л)• Big head and little wit (/A/) - Большой, да дурной (Б), Велика Федора, да дура (B), Голова что чан, а ума ни на капустный кочан (Г), Лоб что лопата, а ума небогато (Л), Ростом с Ивана, а умом с болвана (P)• Big head, little sense - Большой, да дурной (Б), Голова что чан, а ума ни на капустный кочан (Г)• Good head does not want a hat (A) - Была бы голова здорова, а на голове шапка будет (B)• Hat will never be worn without a head (A) - Была бы голова здорова, а на голове шапка будет (B)• Heads I win, tails you lose - Мое - мое и твое - мое (M)• Heaviest head of corn hangs its head lowest (The) - Пустой колос голову кверху носит (П)• I'll stick my head out - Где наше не пропадало (Г), Чем черт не шутит b (4)• Keep the bowels open, the head cool, and the feet warm and a fig for the doctors - Держи голову в холоде, живот в голоде, а ноги в тепле (Д)• Keep your head up! - Выше нос! (B)• Many heads are better than one - Одна голова хорошо, а две лучше (O)• Mickle (Muckle) head, little wit - Большой, да дурной (B), Голова что чан, а ума ни на капустный кочан (Г)• Small head, big ideas - Мал, да удал (M), Мал золотник, да дорог (M)• So many heads, so many wits - Сколько голов, столько и умов (C)• There's no head like an old head - Старый волк знает толк (C)• Two heads are better than one - Одна голова хорошо, а две лучше (O), Ум - хорошо, а два - лучше (У)• Use your head for something besides a hat rack - Голова не колышек, не шапку на нее вешать (Г)• When the head aches, all the body is the worse - Артель атаманом крепка (A)• Who has a head will not want a hat - Была бы голова здорова, а на голове шапка будет (Б) -
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!
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