Unpacking took the best part of a week. He was bested in the argument. He went round to the back door, where he thought it best, in the first place, to knock. This rule is often ignored in practice, but it still has many devoted adherents. In certain fixed expressions, however, best is used idiomatically for comparisons between two: Put your best foot forward.
This information should not be considered complete, up to date, and is not intended to be used in place of a visit, consultation, or advice of a legal, medical, or any other professional. Ernest Hemingway wrote several bestsellers. But governments must also remember that businesses are self-interested actors who will try to rig the system for their own benefit. I've read the best part of two hundred books on the subject. Usage Note: According to a traditional rule of grammar, better, not best, should be used in comparisons between two things: Which house of Congress has the better attendance record? En el banquete de boda wedding reception lee los telegramas enviados por los que no han podido asistir, presenta los discursos que vayan a dar algunos invitados, da su propio discurso, casi siempre en clave de humor y sobre el novio, y propone un brindis por la pareja de recién casados newly-weds. May the best team win! The four overall rankings — , , and — are based on factors that indicate academic quality, such graduation rates and faculty resources.
She sings best of all. I was somewhat distant lately, and my lady promised me head every Tuesday of the week when I'm nice to her, so I better be on my best. But the purest and best matrons of Greece refuse to be my guests. The rankings provide a good starting point for students trying to compare schools. Had I not best go to her? May I go and play outside? I suspect that the large, mild boy, the son of a neighboring farmer, who mainly shared our games, had but a dim notion of what I meant by my strange people, but I did my best to enlighten him, and he helped me make a dream out of my life, and did his best to dwell in the region of unrealities where I preferably had my being; he was from time to time a Moor when I think he would rather have been a Mingo. News offers dozens of more-focused to help prospective undergraduate students compare schools based on the qualities that matter most to them, such as on campus and percent of students who live in.
He was shouting a lot, but I think I got the best of the argument. My personal best in that race is eighteen minutes, four seconds. El best man se encarga, entre otras cosas, de los anillos de boda, de llevar al novio a la iglesia a tiempo y de dar la bienvenida a los invitados. For example, can research the schools that are best-equipped to serve them; students interested in historically black colleges and universities can explore the rankings; and can learn which schools already have a strong non-U. The best doctrines become the worst, when they are used for evil purposes.
Affordability is another key consideration for students and their families, so U. We don't want to send the child away to school but we're doing it for the best. Intner, and Jean Riddle Weihs, Introduction to Technical Services, : There are the bests for each institution, the bests for coalitions, and, of course, the bests for the group as a whole. She is disappointed at not getting into university but she'll just have to make the best of it and find a job. The knowledge center offers additional insights and tips about different types of education aid, including grants, loans and scholarships. Old Frisian, Old Saxon, Middle Dutch best, Old High German bezzist, German best, Old Norse beztr, Gothic batists. Link to this page: But that this is evidently absurd is clear from other arts and sciences; for with respect to musicians who play on the flute together, the best flute is not given to him who is of the best family, for he will play never the better for that, but the best instrument ought to be given to him who is the best artist.
To be able to do something with the best of them is recorded by 1748. She'd marry me—she'd marry you, if you was the best thing in sight. He'll do his best to be here on time. See Usage Notes at ,. In addition to the rankings, prospective students can explore extensive statistical profiles for the more than 1,800 schools in the U. News created lists of and schools that to the most students.
Compare Low German , English , West Frisian , German , Danish. I've never seen you fight like that before. Families can see additional data points by signing up for the. Pray accept this author's copy with his best and hopefullest wishes. Together, the rankings and profiles can help students learn about a range of school options — public and private, large and small — throughout the country, some of which they might not have considered before.
The best of his works is the Olympian Zeus, made at Elis after his exile. Policing the relationship between government and business in a free society is difficult. That name best befits thee. I don't think it will, mind, but it's best to be prepared, so give me the key. In informal often jocular contexts, best may be inflected further and given the comparative and the superlative ; these forms are also nonstandard. Bines, I like him and I dare say you've done the best thing for him, unusual as it was. Best girl is first attested 1881, American English; best man is 1814, originally Scottish, replacing groomsman.