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| Subject | English | Russian |
| gen. | you'd best not | не надо (What that internal data format actually is is somewhat flexible and depends on the architecture, which means you'd best not depend on it being the same everywhere. Alex_Odeychuk) |
| fig. | you'd better not | лучше не надо |
| gen. | you'd better not | только попробуй (a threat) |
| inf. | you'd better not be toying with me | не нужно со мной в игры играть (Technical) |
| gen. | you'd better not contradict him! | вы ему лучше не противоречите! |
| gen. | you'd better not plan on it | вы лучше на это не рассчитывайте |