1.b> i> , -; come before 5 o'clock 5 ; they took a walk before dinner ; (just) before the meeting () / ; before Christ ; he came an hour before the time ; before answering the letter he re-read it / ; the generations before us ;
2.b> i> ; she saw a road before her ; she sat (just) before me () ; he stared before him ; to kneel before the throne ;
3.b> i> 1) i> ; ; before one's (very) eyes ; before smb.'s face , ; he spoke out before everyone / ;
2) , ..i> i> ; he appeared before the judge [the court, the committee] [, ] ;
3) i> -, -; the question is before the meeting [the committee, Parliament] [, ]; the case before the court ;
4.b> , i> / i> , ; his whole life is before him ; he was a man with no future before him ; we have two problems before us , ;
5.b> i> / i> / i> i> i> -; a general comes before a colonel ; to be before others in class [at school] [] ;
6.b> .i> i> / i> ... , ; he will die before betraying his country , ; death before dishonour ; I love him before myself , ;
7.b> i>:i> the day before yesterdayb> ; before everything elseb> ; before longb> ; before nowb> ; it ought to have been done before now ; before thenb> .
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