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French
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Verb
valoir mieux
- (impersonal) to be better, to be preferrable
- Synonym: faire mieux de
- 2018, Pablo Montoya, Triptyque de l'infamie, translated from Spanish by Jean-Marie Saint-Lu
Mais quand je pense à ce qui est arrivé là-bas, je conclus qu’il a mieux valu que je ne visite pas ce continent.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
1995, Jacques Lacoursière, Histoire populaire du Québec, page 10:Au lieu de diriger tous nos jeunes gens vers les études classiques, ne vaudrait-il pas mieux engager tous les collèges à suivre l’exemple de celui de Chambly ; afin que, cessant d’encombrer les professions d’hommes oisifs, affamés et désespérés, nous puissions orner notre pays de bons et braves marchands, gros et gras, et d’industriels actifs, riches et éclairés ?- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- Il y a beaucoup d’occasions où il vaut mieux se taire que de parler. ― There are many occasions when it is better to be quiet than to speak.
- Il vaudrait mieux que tu te rhabilles avant que mon mari ne rentre. ― You'd better put your clothes back on before my husband comes home.
- Il aurait mieux valu ne pas savoir. ― It would have been better not to know.
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