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better² [bétə] pridevnik
boljši; primernejši; ki se bolje počuti

no better than pravzaprav
he is no better than he should be nič boljšega ne moremo od njega pričakovati
she is no better than she should be razuzdanka je
my better half moja boljša polovica
better part večji del
better than več kakor
pogovorno the better the day the better the deed čim večji praznik tem več dela opravimo
upon better acquaintance če se človek bliže seznani
one's better angel angel varuh
he has seen better days nekoč se mu je bolje godilo
he is better than his word naredi še več, kot je obljubil
the better hand prednost, premoč
the better sort pomembni ljudje
his better self njegova boljša stran
I am better as I am raje sem tak kakor sem
he is none the better for it nič mu ne koristi

better³ [bétə] prislov
bolje, primerneje

to be better bolje se počutiti
to be better off biti v boljšem položaju, biti premožnejši
I had better start bolje bi bilo, če bi že začel
you had better not bolje ne!, tega vam ne svetujem
I know better ne boste me ukanili, ne dam se potegniti za nos
ameriško, pogovorno you'd better believe it lahko mi verjameš
so much the better, all the better tem bolje
to get better okrevati
I like it none the better for it zato mi ni nič ljubši
he always knows better nič si ne da dopovedati
I thought better of it bolje sem si premislil

better⁴ [bétə] samostalnik

my betters moji predstojniki
for better for worse v vsakem primeru
to change for the better poboljšati se
to get the better of premagati, prekositi

better⁵ [bétə]

1. prehodni glagol
popraviti, izboljšati, izpopolniti, preseči

2. neprehodni glagol
popraviti, spopolniti, poboljšati se, napredovati

to better up oplemenititi

betterment [bétəmənt] samostalnik
boljšanje, izboljšava; povečanje vrednosti; melioracija

betting [bétiŋ] samostalnik
stava

bettor [bétə] samostalnik
tisti, ki stavi

between¹ [bitwí:n] prislov

betwixt and between niti eno niti drugo
in between sredi, v sredini
few and far between na redko, v velikih razdaljah
the space between vmesni prostor
betwixt and between na pol
to stand between posredovati
far between zelo redek
between servant pomožni služabnik

between² [bitwí:n] predlog
med

between the devil and the deep sea, between two fires med Scilo in Karibdo, med dvema ognjema
between you and me and the bed (ali gate) post strogo zaupno
between you and me (pogovorno I), between ourselves med nama povedano
between two stools med dvema stoloma
there's many a slip between the cup and the lip, between the cup and the lip a morsel may slip ne hvali dneva pred večerom
hit between wind and water zadet na občutljivem mestu
between whiles (ali times) tu pa tam
between hay and grass ne tič ne miš, niti eno niti drugo
they had no penny between (the two of) them niti eden niti drugi nista imela prebite pare
between stations na odprti progi
we have bought it between us kupila sva to skupaj

between-decks [bitwí:ndeks] samostalnik
množina medpalubje

betweentimes [bitwí:ntaimz] prislov
ameriško medtem

betwixt [bitwíkst]
arhaično, poetično ➞ between

be up neprehodni glagol
biti pokonci, vsta(ja)ti; jeziti se

be up against nameravati
be up and down biti bolehen
be up to biti enak, primeren; nameravati; ukvarjati se s čim

bèv

ne reči ne bèv ne mev to keep silence; not to utter a word

bevel³ [bévəl] prehodni glagol & neprehodni glagol
poševno postaviti; poševno odrezati; zvijati, nagibati se

bevelled prirezan

bevel¹ [bévəl] pridevnik
poševen; topokoten

bevel protractor vogelnica

bevel² [bévəl] samostalnik
poševnik, vogelnica

bevel-edge [bévəledž] samostalnik
tehnično faseta

bevel-wheel [bévəlhwi:l] samostalnik
stožčasti zobnik

beverage [béveridž] samostalnik
pijača