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"text": "You had better finish that homework on time, if you want to get a good grade.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"text": "“Will we get it finished?” / “We had better.”",
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},
{
"text": "The project had better get finished by the current deadline.",
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"Should; ought to; need to; must."
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"(idiomatic, with bare infinitive, informal) Should; ought to; need to; must."
],
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"word": "had best"
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{
"word": "'d better"
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{
"word": "better"
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{
"code": "ast",
"lang": "Asturian",
"sense": "should; ought to; must",
"word": "valir más"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "should; ought to; must",
"word": "ser millor"
},
{
"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"roman": "zeoi³ hou²",
"sense": "should; ought to; must",
"word": "最好"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "zuìhǎo",
"sense": "should; ought to; must",
"word": "最好"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"note": "olisi parasta (subject in genitive)",
"sense": "should; ought to; must"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "should; ought to; must",
"word": "valoir mieux"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "should; ought to; must",
"word": "avoir intérêt"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "should; ought to; must",
"word": "faire bien de"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "unda",
"sense": "should; ought to; must",
"word": "უნდა"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "ǯobia",
"sense": "should; ought to; must",
"word": "ჯობია"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "should; ought to; must",
"word": "dovere"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "should; ought to; must",
"word": "seria melhor"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "should; ought to; must",
"word": "deveria"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "should; ought to; must",
"word": "face bine"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"note": "(dative case, + past tense or infinitive) лу́чше (lúčše)",
"sense": "should; ought to; must"
},
{
"code": "ru",
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"note": "(nominative or dative case, + past tense or infinitive) ...бы лу́чше (...by lúčše)",
"sense": "should; ought to; must"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "should; ought to; must",
"word": "valer más"
}
]
}
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"tags": [
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{
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},
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"synonyms": [
{
"word": "had best"
},
{
"word": "'d better"
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{
"word": "better"
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],
"translations": [
{
"code": "ast",
"lang": "Asturian",
"sense": "should; ought to; must",
"word": "valir más"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "should; ought to; must",
"word": "ser millor"
},
{
"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"roman": "zeoi³ hou²",
"sense": "should; ought to; must",
"word": "最好"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "zuìhǎo",
"sense": "should; ought to; must",
"word": "最好"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"note": "olisi parasta (subject in genitive)",
"sense": "should; ought to; must"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "should; ought to; must",
"word": "valoir mieux"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "should; ought to; must",
"word": "avoir intérêt"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "should; ought to; must",
"word": "faire bien de"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "unda",
"sense": "should; ought to; must",
"word": "უნდა"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "ǯobia",
"sense": "should; ought to; must",
"word": "ჯობია"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "should; ought to; must",
"word": "dovere"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "should; ought to; must",
"word": "seria melhor"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "should; ought to; must",
"word": "deveria"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "should; ought to; must",
"word": "face bine"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"note": "(dative case, + past tense or infinitive) лу́чше (lúčše)",
"sense": "should; ought to; must"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"note": "(nominative or dative case, + past tense or infinitive) ...бы лу́чше (...by lúčše)",
"sense": "should; ought to; must"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "should; ought to; must",
"word": "valer más"
}
],
"word": "had better"
}
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