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before [bɪ'fɔ:(r)]avant ⇒ 1 (a), 2 (a), 2 (b) en avant ⇒ 1 (b) devant ⇒ 2 (c)-(e) avant de, avant que ⇒ 3 (a) plutôt que de ⇒ 3 (b) précédent ⇒ 41 adverb(a) (at a previous time) avant;∎ you should have thought of that before tu aurais dû y penser avant;∎ haven't we met before? est-ce que nous ne nous sommes pas déjà rencontrés?;∎ I have never seen this film before c'est la première fois que je vois ce film;∎ I have/had seen it before je l'ai/l'avais déjà vu;∎ he's made mistakes before ce n'est pas la première fois qu'il se trompe;∎ such things have happened before c'est déjà arrivé;∎ she carries on driving as before elle continue de conduire comme auparavant ou avant∎ before the holidays avant les vacances;∎ the day before the meeting la veille de la réunion;∎ two days before your birthday deux jours avant ou l'avant-veille de votre anniversaire;∎ the day before yesterday avant-hier;∎ they arrived before us ils sont arrivés avant nous;∎ the couch won't be delivered before next Tuesday le divan ne sera pas livré avant mardi prochain;∎ it should have been done before now ça devrait déjà être fait;∎ before that, she was a teacher auparavant ou avant ça, elle était professeur;∎ that was before your time (you were not born) vous n'étiez pas encore né; (you had not arrived, joined etc) vous n'étiez pas encore là;∎ familiar it's not before time, and not before time ce n'est pas trop tôt(b) (in order, preference) avant;∎ her name was or came before mine in the list son nom était avant le mien sur la liste;∎ ladies before gentlemen les dames avant les messieurs;∎ she puts family before friends pour elle, la famille est plus importante que les amis;∎ they put quality before quantity ils font passer la qualité avant la quantité;∎ the welfare of the people comes before private concerns le bien-être du peuple passe avant tout intérêt privé;∎ before anything else, I would like to thank you avant tout, je voudrais vous remercier(c) (in space) devant;∎ formal on the table before them sur la table devant eux;∎ literary fields stretched away before us des champs s'étendaient devant nous;∎ figurative we have a difficult task before us nous avons une tâche difficile devant nous;∎ before my very eyes sous mes propres yeux;∎ Nautical to sail before the wind avoir le vent arrière ou en poupe;∎ Military the troops fled before the enemy les troupes se sont enfuies devant l'ennemi(d) (in the presence of) devant, en présence de;∎ he said it before witnesses il l'a dit devant ou en présence de témoins;∎ Law to appear before the court/judge comparaître devant le tribunal/juge;∎ she appeared before the committee elle s'est présentée devant le comité(e) (for the consideration of) devant;∎ the problem before us la question qui nous occupe;∎ Law the case before the court l'affaire portée devant le tribunal;∎ Law to bring a case before the court saisir le tribunal d'une affaire;∎ the matter went before the council l'affaire est passée devant le conseil∎ she hesitated before answering elle a hésité avant de répondre;∎ may I see you before you leave? puis-je vous voir avant que vous ne partiez ou avant votre départ?;∎ I saw him the day before he died je l'ai vu la veille de sa mort;∎ get out before I call the police! fichez le camp avant que je n'appelle la police ou sinon j'appelle la police!;∎ it'll be a long time before he tries that again il ne recommencera pas de sitôt, il n'est pas près de recommencer;∎ we should be able to finish before the boss gets back nous devrions pouvoir terminer avant le retour du patron;∎ it'll be summer before she plants the garden elle ne plantera pas le jardin avant l'été;∎ it'll be two years before the school is built l'école ne sera pas construite avant deux ans;∎ it was almost an hour before the ambulance arrived il a fallu presque une heure avant que l'ambulance n'arrive;∎ before I forget, they expect you this evening avant que je n'oublie, il faut que je te dise qu'ils comptent sur toi ce soir;∎ before you know it avant qu'on ait le temps de dire "ouf";∎ I'll be back before you know it je serai bientôt de retour;∎ it'll be Christmas before we know it le temps va passer vite jusqu'à Noël(b) (rather than) plutôt que de;∎ I'll die before I let him marry my daughter je mourrai plutôt que de le laisser épouser ma filled'avant, précédent;∎ the day before la veille;∎ the night before la veille au soir;∎ the week before la semaine d'avant ou précédente;∎ this summer and the one before cet été et celui d'avant ou le précédent
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