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I. be·fore [bɪ'fɔːʳ] PREP

1. before (earlier):

before
ranije
before
pre +gen
the day before yesterday
prekjuče
the year before last
pretprošla godina
before everything else
pre svega
before long
ubrzo
before now
do sada
before now
već

2. before (in front of):

before
ispred +gen
before with verbs of motion
pre
the letter K comes before L
slovo K dolazi [or ide] ispred slova L
he was brought before the judge
izveden je pred sudiju
the task before us
zadatak pred nama
I'd go to prison before asking her for money
pre ću da odem u zatvor nego da je molim za novac

II. be·fore [bɪ'fɔːʳ] CONJ

1. before (at previous time):

before
pre nego što
but before I knew it, she was gone
pre nego što sam se osvestio, nestala je
just before ...
malo pre...

2. before (rather than):

before
pre nego
before
radije nego

3. before (until):

before
dok
not before
ne pre...

4. before (so that):

before
tako da

III. be·fore [bɪ'fɔːʳ] ADV (earlier)

before
ranije
before
pre
I have never seen that before
nikada ranije to nisam video
have you been to New York before?
jesi li ikada bio u Njujorku?
she has seen it all before
sve je to već videla
to be as before
vratiti se na staro
life went on as before
život se nastavio kao i ranije
before and after
pre i posle

IV. be·fore [bɪ'fɔːʳ] ADJ after n

before
raniji
before
prethodni
the day before, it had rained
prethodnog dana padala je kiša
read this line and the one before
pročitaj ovaj i prethodni red

a [eɪ, ə], before vowel an [æn, ən] ART indef

1. a (undefined):

a
neki

2. a after neg:

not a
nijedan
there was not a person to be seen
nije bilo nigde nikoga
I haven't got a chance
nemam šanse

3. a (one):

a
jedan
can I have a glass of water please?
molim vas, da li mogu da dobijem (jednu) čašu vode?
for half a mile
pola milje o pređenoj udaljenosti
to count to a thousand
brojati do hiljadu
one and a half
jedan i po

4. a before profession, nationality:

she's a teacher
ona je profesor
he's an Englishman
on je Englez

5. a introducing state:

a
≈ jedan
a 17th-century cottage
kuća iz 17-og veka
this is a very mild cheese
ovo je veoma blag sir

6. a (per):

he earns $100, 000 a year
ona zarađuje 100.000 dolara godišnje
three times a day
tri puta dnevno
twice a week
dvaput nedeljno
once a month
jednom mesečno

7. a (before a noun belonging to a particular group or category ):

it's a lion, not a tiger
to je lav, a ne tigar
to kneel before sb
kleknuti pred nekim
to appear before a magistrate
pojaviti se pred sudijom za prekršaje
to put the cart before the horse
raditi obrnutim redosledom
to put the cart before the horse
upregnuti konja za šarage
to grovel [before sb]
puzati pred nekim
to grovel [before sb]
ulagivati se nekome
before then
pre toga
before then
prethodno
don't count your chickens before they're hatched prov
prvo skoči, pa reci hop
don't count your chickens before they're hatched prov
ne delji ražanj dok je zec u šumi
the day before yesterday
prekjuče
to dangle sth before [or in front of] sb
namamljivati nekoga nečim