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1  Things gotta get better, I figured.
The Outsiders By S. E. Hinton
Context   In Chapter 3
2  Besides, I look better with long hair.
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Context   In Chapter 1
3  It blows off steam better than anything.
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Context   In Chapter 2
4  I still had a headache, but I felt better.
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Context   In Chapter 7
5  Nup, pal, yer the ones who'd better watch it.
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Context   In Chapter 4
6  Two-Bit knew better than to scare Johnny like that.
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Context   In Chapter 2
7  Things were rough all over, but it was better that way.
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Context   In Chapter 7
8  I know," she said quietly, "but we'd better go with them.
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Context   In Chapter 3
9  After she gets out of school and I get a better job and everything.
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Context   In Chapter 1
10  Her long hair was pinned up, and in daylight she was even better looking.
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Context   In Chapter 8
11  I like Darry's cakes better; Sodapop always puts too much sugar in the icing.
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Context   In Chapter 7
12  I'm not saying that either Socs orgreasers are better; that's just the way things are.
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Context   In Chapter 1
13  You ought to know better than to run away in just a sweat shirt, and a wet one at that.
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Context   In Chapter 4
14  We knew better than to talk to Dally when his eyes were blazing and he was in a mood like that.
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Context   In Chapter 8
15  He had something that made people follow him, something that marked him different, maybe a little better, than the crowd.
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Context   In Chapter 8
16  I managed to get hold of some hair grease and comb my hair back so that it looked a little better before they got any pictures.
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Context   In Chapter 7
17  Dally was scowling, and from long and painful experience I knew better than to talk to him when his eyes were blazing like that.
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Context   In Chapter 6
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