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1  I was better when I wakened up.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson Burnett
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER XIV
2  I am always better when she is with me.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson Burnett
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER XIX
3  A gardener couldn't have told thee better.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson Burnett
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER XI
4  "The boy is extraordinarily better," he said.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson Burnett
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER XXIV
5  Us'd not be thinkin he'd better never been born.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson Burnett
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER XV
6  "He does look rather better, sir," ventured Mrs. Medlock.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson Burnett
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER XIV
7  He understood what Colin felt better than Colin did himself.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson Burnett
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER XXVI
8  Perhaps it would be better to go and see what the gardens were like.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson Burnett
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER IV
9  The master had better get you a governess, same as he said he would.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson Burnett
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER VI
10  Tha can put up with me for a bit sometimes when tha's got no one better.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson Burnett
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER X
11  "Let's hope they're changing for the better, Mrs. Medlock," he answered.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson Burnett
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER XX
12  Because she was the stronger of the two she was beginning to get the better of him.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson Burnett
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER XVI
13  She counted the times carefully and when she had finished she felt in better spirits.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson Burnett
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER VII
14  I never had any children myself and she's had twelve, and there never was healthier or better ones.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson Burnett
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER XII
15  But by this time he had begun to sleep better, he knew, and his dreams had ceased to be a terror to him.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson Burnett
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER XXVII
16  When he was very much interested he often spoke quite broad Yorkshire though at other times he tried to modify his dialect so that Mary could better understand.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson Burnett
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER XVIII
17  He mounted another step threateningly as if it were his energetic intention to jump down and deal with her; but as she came toward him he evidently thought better of it and stood on the top step of his ladder shaking his fist down at her.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson Burnett
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER XXI
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