had rather do

had rather do something

and had sooner do something

prefer to do something. (The had is usually expressed as the contraction, 'd.) I'd rather go to town than sit here all evening. They'd rather not.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Lesya	-	Ukrainian
Reynolds	['renəldz]
Ruslan	roo-SLAHN (Russian)	Russian, Tatar, Bashkir, Ukrainian, Belarusian, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Uzbek, Azerbaijani, Ossetian, Cheche
Francescu	-	Corsican
Rut	ROOT (Spanish)	Spanish, Icelandic, Swedish, Hebrew, Biblical Hebrew
Methodius	mə-THO-dee-əs (English)	Ancient Greek (Latinized)