comparative degree of bien; better / superlative degree of bien; best

the best of one's ability, one's best

better and better

each one more so than the other, in a trying-to-outdo-each other manner

It's a good thing; fortunately; used to express that a chance happening is favorable

(impersonal) to be better, to be preferrable

at best; best-case scenario

(literally) to like better

for want of something better, faute de mieux

(informal) had better