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the better part of

大部分 / 大半

表示「某物的大部分」或「大半时间」。例如 `the better part of the day` 就是一天的大部分时间。这里指比武大会会持续「差不多一周」的大半时间。

are certainly on their way to King's Landing already. To turn them back now--

The tourney will take the better part of a week.

Before the games are over, my son will be born,