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1 before
[bi'fo:] 1. preposition1) (earlier than: before the war; He'll come before very long.) drīz2) (in front of: She was before me in the queue.) priekšā; pa priekšu3) (rather than: Honour before wealth.) drīzāk/ labāk... nekā2. adverb(earlier: I've seen you before.) agrāk; iepriekš3. conjunction(earlier than the time when: Before I go, I must phone my parents.) pirms; iekams* * *iepriekš, agrāk; pa priekšu, priekšā; iekams, pirms; drīzāk nekā; pirms; priekšā -
2 before us
mūsu priekšā -
3 before (very) long
(soon: Come in and wait - he'll be here before long!) drīz -
4 before (very) long
(soon: Come in and wait - he'll be here before long!) drīz -
5 before/under one's very eyes
(in front of one, usually with no attempt at concealment: It happened before my very eyes.) kāda acu priekšā -
6 before dark
pirms tumsas iestāšanās -
7 before day
pirms ausmas -
8 before long
drīz -
9 before now
agrāk -
10 before one's time
par agru; priekšlaicīgi -
11 before the lights
rampas gaismā; uz skatuves -
12 before the wind
pa vējam -
13 before you can say knife
vienā mirklī; viens un divi -
14 before you could say jack Robinson
pirms kāds paguva atjēgtiesEnglish-Latvian dictionary > before you could say jack Robinson
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15 before-mentioned
iepriekšminētais -
16 accessary before the fact
tiešais līdzdalībnieks -
17 accessory before the fact
tiešais līdzdalībnieks -
18 can I nab a cup of coffee before we go?
vai es varētu pagūt iedzert tasi kafijas, pirms mēs ejam?English-Latvian dictionary > can I nab a cup of coffee before we go?
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19 day before yesterday
aizvakar -
20 do it now before you forget
izdari to tagad, iekams neesi aizmirsis
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Before — Be*fore , prep. [OE. beforen, biforen, before, AS. beforan; pref. be + foran, fore, before. See {Be }, and {Fore}.] 1. In front of; preceding in space; ahead of; as, to stand before the fire; before the house. [1913 Webster] His angel, who shall… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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before — [bē fôr′, bifôr′] adv. [ME biforen < OE beforan < be , BY + foran,FORE] 1. in advance; in front; ahead 2. in the past; previously [I ve heard that song before] 3. at an earlier time; sooner [come at ten, not before] prep … English World dictionary
before — before, ahead, forward are comparable when they mean in advance, especially in place or in time. Before is more commonly used in reference to time than to place. Its most frequent implication is previousness or priority {I have heard that before} … New Dictionary of Synonyms
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before — be·fore prep 1: in the presence of then personally appeared before me 2: to be judged or acted on by a case before the court a bill coming up before Congress Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 19 … Law dictionary
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before — O.E. beforan before, in front of, in the presence of, in former times, from P.Gmc. *bi by + *forana from the front, adverbial derivative of *fora (see FOR (Cf. for)). Cf. O.Fris. bifara, O.S. biforan, O.H.G. bifora, Ger. bevor. Contrasting … Etymology dictionary
before — [adv] earlier afore, aforetime, ahead, ante, antecedently, anteriorly, back, before present, ere, fore, former, formerly, forward, gone, gone by, heretofore, in advance, in days of yore, in front, in old days, in the past, past, precendently,… … New thesaurus
before — ► PREPOSITION , CONJUNCTION , & ADVERB 1) during the period of time preceding. 2) in front of. 3) in preference to; rather than. ORIGIN Old English, from BY(Cf. ↑by) + FORE(Cf. ↑fore) … English terms dictionary
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