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• Comparatively good
• Superior of two alternatives
• More satisfactory or partly recovered
• More competent, perhaps like seaman
• Recovered from illness - more satisfactory
• Superior of two
• More gifted or competent - maybe a seaman?
• Partly or fully recovered from illness
• 'Discretion is the . . . . . . part of valour'
• How one might be gambling on improvement
• One does not drink when there's beer about and one is at the races, perhaps
• Does it do more good to get the teetotaller in the ale?
• It's an improvement for the non-drinker to have some drink around
• It's an improvement if the teetotaller has a drink around here
• Is there any improvement in the sort of person you'd find at the racecourse