Better
Better verb - To be greater, better, or stronger than.
Repay
Repay verb - To make a return payment to.
Common collocations
| everyone | better everyone | repay everyone |
Both words in one sentence
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Austin is under the impression that he saves people only to make himself feel better or to repay the sin of once using his sister as a meat shield from a missile blast.
Source: Literature / Hollow Places -
I Owe You My Life: After Kaito saves Reika from some kidnappers, she demands that he allow her to repay the favor and if he cant think of anything better shell hire him as her bodyguard.
Source: Visual Novel / Akatsuki No Goei -
Lovett seem to think of themselves as being in a more conventional Victorian rags to riches story, with Lovett planning a better life away from the city, and Toby believing that he can protect and repay her for saving him.
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