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1 before
A prep1 ( earlier than) avant ; the day before yesterday avant-hier ; the day before the interview la veille de l'entretien ; I was there the week before last j'y étais il y a deux semaines ; they hadn't met since before the war ils ne s'étaient pas vus depuis avant la guerre ; it should have been done before now ça aurait dû être fait avant ; phone if you need me before then téléphonez-moi si vous avez besoin de moi avant ; six weeks before then six semaines avant or auparavant ; she became a doctor, like her mother before her elle est devenue médecin comme sa mère ; before long it will be winter ce sera bientôt l'hiver ; before long, he was speaking Spanish fluently très vite, il parlait l'espagnol couramment ; not before time! ce n'est pas trop tôt! ; it was long before your time c'était bien avant ta naissance ;2 (in order, sequence, hierarchy) avant ; G comes before H in the alphabet dans l'alphabet le G est avant le H ; your name comes before mine on the list sur la liste ton nom est avant le mien ; the page before this one la page précédente ;3 (in importance, priority) avant ; to put quality before quantity placer la qualité avant la quantité ; for him, work comes before everything else pour lui le travail passe avant tout ; should we place our needs before theirs? devrions-nous accorder plus d'importance à nos besoins qu'aux leurs? ; ladies before gentlemen honneur aux dames ;4 ( this side of) avant ; turn left before the crossroads tournez à gauche avant le carrefour ;6 ( in front of) devant ; she appeared before them elle est apparue devant eux ; the desert stretched out before them le désert s'étendait devant eux ; before our very eyes sous nos propres yeux ; they fled before the invader ils ont fui devant l'envahisseur ;7 ( in the presence of) devant ; he was brought before the king on l'a amené devant le roi ; to appear before a court comparaître devant un tribunal ; to put proposals before a committee présenter des projets à une commission ; to bring a bill before parliament présenter un projet de loi au parlement ;8 ( confronting) face à ; they were powerless before such resistance ils étaient impuissants face à une telle résistance ; these are the alternatives before us voici les choix qui s'offrent à nous ; the task before us la tâche qui nous attend.B adj précédent ; the day before la veille ; the week/the year before la semaine/l'année précédente ; this page and the one before cette page et la précédente.C adv ( at an earlier time) avant ; as before comme avant ; before and after avant et après ; he had been there two months before il y était allé deux mois auparavant ; have you been to India before? est-ce que tu es déjà allé en Inde? ; I've never been there before je n'y suis jamais allé ; haven't we met before? on s'est déjà rencontré, il me semble? ; I've never seen him before in my life c'est la première fois que je le vois ; it's never happened before c'est la première fois que ça arrive ; long before bien avant.D conj1 ( in time) before I go, I would like to say that avant de partir, je voudrais dire que ; before he goes, I must remind him that avant qu'il parte, il faut que je lui rappelle que ; it was some time before she was able to walk again il lui a fallu un certain temps pour pouvoir marcher de nouveau ; before I had time to realize what was happening, he… avant que j'aie eu le temps de comprendre ce qui se passait, il… ; it will be years before I earn that much money! je ne gagnerai pas autant d'argent avant des années! ; oh, before I forget, did you remember to post that letter? avant que j'oublie, est-ce que tu as pensé à envoyer cette lettre? ;2 ( rather than) plutôt que ; he would die before betraying that secret il mourrait plutôt que de révéler ce secret ;3 (otherwise, or else) get out of here before I call the police! sortez d'ici ou j'appelle la police! ;4 ( as necessary condition) pour que (+ subj) ; you have to show your ticket before they'll let you in il faut que tu montres ton ticket pour qu'ils te laissent entrer.before you could say Jack Robinson en moins de temps qu'il ne faut pour le dire, en moins de deux ○ ; before you know where you are… on n'a pas le temps de dire ouf que… -
2 before last
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3 before tax
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4 before cutting
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5 before mentioned
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6 before tax
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7 before cutting
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8 before mentioned
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9 before tax
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10 before
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11 before mentioned
adj naprijed spomenut, naveden, gore spomenut -
12 before-mentioned
adj naprijed spomenut, naveden, gore spomenut -
13 before Christ
adj.antes de Jesucristo. -
14 before closing
adj.anterior al cierre.adv.antes del cierre. -
15 before last
adj.antes del pasado. -
16 before taxes
adj.antes de impuestos, antes de contribuciones, antes de deducir impuestos, antes de deducir los impuestos. -
17 before-cited
adj.antedicho, antes citado, antemencionado, antes mencionado. -
18 before-meal
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19 before-meals
adj.antes de comer. -
20 before-mentioned
adj.antes citado, antemencionado, antes mencionado, arriba mencionado.
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