better

• better off

  We're no better off now than what we were before.

• even better

  It got even better.

• far better

  Wherever its East German ally, the German Social Union, did well, the Christian Democrats did far better.

• little better

  You tell your lover boy next time he goes lion hunting he should get himself just a little better organized.

• have been better

  Would it not have been better for them to wait until the children came home for Christmas?

• do better

  The previous day Bull took out a newspaper advertisement promising to do better in future.

• better get

  Well we want, I better get

• better known

  Maccheroni — better known as marcaroni.

• i better

• better tell

  ‘I suppose you'd better tell me all about it.

• lot better

  ooh it is, it's a lot better, yes quite a while

• better have

  So you better have something er,something for tea.

• better way

  Far better way to go than that but

• bite better

• be better

  and we will certainly be better with than without him.

• better equipped

  I was probably better equipped to compete in the Tour de France than play top class football.’

• get better

  ‘I know I'll get better, but what happens after that?’

• better understanding

  There can never be an excuse for what happened to James Bulger, but we should all hope that some day there will be a better understanding of why it happened.