better and better in Anglais

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Related terms: better, from bad to worse, more and more, less and less, fewer and fewer [Show more ▼] [Hide more ▲]

Categories (other): Locutions adverbiales en anglais, Anglais

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  "antonyms": [
    {
      "word": "worse and worse"
    }
  ],
  "categories": [
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Locutions adverbiales en anglais",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
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      "name": "Anglais",
      "orig": "anglais",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Anglais",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adv",
  "pos_title": "Locution adverbiale",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "better"
    },
    {
      "word": "from bad to worse"
    },
    {
      "word": "more and more"
    },
    {
      "word": "less and less"
    },
    {
      "word": "fewer and fewer"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
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        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ironies en anglais",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "This situation is just getting better and better. (ironique)"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "De mieux en mieux."
      ],
      "id": "fr-better_and_better-en-adv-ea3Lbghv",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Ironique"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "better and better"
}

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{
  "antonyms": [
    {
      "word": "worse and worse"
    }
  ],
  "categories": [
    "Locutions adverbiales en anglais",
    "anglais"
  ],
  "lang": "Anglais",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adv",
  "pos_title": "Locution adverbiale",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "better"
    },
    {
      "word": "from bad to worse"
    },
    {
      "word": "more and more"
    },
    {
      "word": "less and less"
    },
    {
      "word": "fewer and fewer"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Ironies en anglais"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "This situation is just getting better and better. (ironique)"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "De mieux en mieux."
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "Ironique"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "better and better"
}

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"better and better" meaning in Anglais

Adverb