bessern

I v/t make s.th. better, improve; (jemanden) reform; (Bedingungen) better

II v/refl improve, get better; Wetter: auch brighten up; moralisch: mend one’s ways; er hat sich nicht gebessert he hasn’t changed, he’s still the same (as ever)

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to remedy; to correct; to reform; to improve;

sich bessern

to reform; to correct; to get better; to improve

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bẹs|sern ['bɛsɐn]

1. vt

1) (= besser machen) to improve, to (make) better; Verbrecher etc to reform

2) (old) (= ausbessern) to mend; (= verbessern) to improve

2. vr

(moralisch, im Benehmen) to mend one's ways

bessere dich (hum inf) — mend your ways!

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(to improve or remove faults from: The criminal's wife stated that she had made great efforts to reform her husband.) reform

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bes·sern

[ˈbɛsɐn]

I. vr

▪ sich akk \bessern

1. (ein besseres Benehmen zeigen) to improve, to do better, to turn over a new leaf prov, to mend one's ways

2. (besser werden) to improve, to get better

sein [Gesundheits]zustand hat sich gebessert he has recovered

II. vt

▪ jdn \bessern to reform sb, to change sb for the better

▪ etw \bessern to improve upon sth

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1.

reflexives Verb improve; <person> mend one's ways

2.

transitives Verb improve; reform <criminal>

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bessern

A. v/t make sth better, improve; (jemanden) reform; (Bedingungen) better

B. v/r improve, get better; Wetter: auch brighten up; moralisch: mend one’s ways;

er hat sich nicht gebessert he hasn’t changed, he’s still the same (as ever)

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1.

reflexives Verb improve; <person> mend one's ways

2.

transitives Verb improve; reform <criminal>

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v.

to amend v.

to better v.

to improve v.

to reclaim v.