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I . before [bıˈfɔː] PREP

1. before [表示时间]:

before
the day before last

2. before [表示位置]:

before
He stood before me.

3. before [表示重要性等]:

before
before

II . before [bıˈfɔː] ADV

III . before [bıˈfɔː] CONJ

1. before [表示时间]:

before
It was three days before he came back.

2. before:

before
I'll die before I'd go there.

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

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She was also prohibited from hunting for a period of three years, and ordered to take the hunter education and ethics course before obtaining her next hunting licence.
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The trouble recently is that very few acknowledge the gesture and sometimes men barge through before women.
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It's corn-fed and aged for 21 days before being roasted in rock salt and transferred to domed stainless steel carts and carved.
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In this match he scored 44 runs before being run out.
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However, most Scottish serfs had been freed before this time.
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This made him a more serious character, even displaying leadership qualities which had not been shown before or since.
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More was to come: an evening gospel service before a bedraggled homecoming at nine or 10 o'clock.
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One night shortly before the battle, a powerful dust storm destroyed many of the dummy vehicles.
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He later worked as a window cleaner for 12 months before selling the round for a profit.
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Balance your chequebook before spending any money in 2016.
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