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English words starting with “B”

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bend

regular verb
Louisiana Creole:pliyé
Synonyms:fold

“Pliy pa li sinon to pe pa særvi li.”

— Don't bend it, or else you won't be able to use it.

berry

noun
Louisiana Creole:dêmi, démir, démur

“Mo linm fé mò un smouthi dêmi.”

— I love making me a berry smoothie.

beside

preposition
Louisiana Creole:proximity: a koté; ora, orò

“A koté lamézon Jérémi té trouvé un særpen.”

— Beside the house, Jérémi found a snake.

“Ora pi-la, li lésé baÿ.”

— She left the pan beside the water well.

besides

preposition
Louisiana Creole:pasé

best

Verb, Adjective
Louisiana Creole:to get all dressed up, hitch, harness; in one's Sunday atlé, (atèl)

best

adjective
Louisiana Creole:méyœr
Louisiana Creole:gaçon d'onè, gason d'onœr, garson

bet

regular verb
Louisiana Creole:parié, fé pari, pari

“Mo pari twa li p'alé vini.”

— I bet you he won't show up.

“Li té parié mò di pyas.”

— He bet me ten dollars.

betray

regular verb
Louisiana Creole:traï

“Un padná, çé kékunn ki va pa traï twa.”

— A friend is someone who will not betray you.

better

Adjective
Louisiana Creole:myé

better

Adjective
Louisiana Creole:meyeer

better

idiom
Louisiana Creole:vo myé

“Vo myé to pa kwi ça ojordi afòs y'alé rentré tar.”

— It's better that you don't cook that today as they will return late.

better

regular verb
Louisiana Creole:mélyoré
Synonyms:ameliorate

“Mo mandé bon Djé mélyoré mô manman.”

— I asked God to make my mother better.

“Ça va mélyoré tô sitiwasyon-la.”

— It will ameliorate your predicament.