YOU SAID:
I am better than my friends
INTO JAPANESE
私は私の友人より
BACK INTO ENGLISH
I was from a friend of mine
INTO JAPANESE
私は私の友人から
BACK INTO ENGLISH
I got from a friend of mine
INTO JAPANESE
私は私の友人から得た
BACK INTO ENGLISH
I got from a friend of mine
That didn't even make that much sense in English.