之前

你十一點之前離開後做什麼去了?
   You left before eleven. What did you do afterward?

她在期末考試之前非常緊張。
   She was all nerves before the final exams.

他在四十歲之前已積聚了一大筆財富。
   Before he was forty he amassed a large fortune.

那是在這一事件之前。
   That was antecedent to this event.

你的名字在我之前。
   Your name comes before mine.

交來之前仔細核對一下。
   Check it carefully before you hand it in.

他去美國之前必須先溫習他的英文。
   He needs to brush up his English before he goes to the U.S.

候選人們直到選舉日之前一直在遊說拉票。
   The candidates canvassed right up to election day.

我們發出這些包裹之前請一一核對打鉤。
   Please check off the parcels before we send them out.

小事一樁。星期五之前我可以把車修好。
   It's a cinch. I'll have the car repaired by Friday.

護士縫合傷口之前先把它清洗乾淨。
   The nurse cleansed the wound before stitching it.

就在婚禮開始之前,新郎退縮,溜走了。
   The groom got cold feet just before the wedding and ran off.

你明晚之前必須準備好錢。
   You must come up with the money by tomorrow night.

從海軍退伍之前,他是個中校。
   Before his retirement from the navy, he was a commander.

朱麗亞找到了工作,所以在學位授予之前就離開了大學。
   Julia found a job and left the university before the conferment of her degree.

請在回答之前仔細考慮一下問題。
   Before writing your answers please give careful consideration to the questions.

讓我們在樹液堅固成團之前將之收集起來。
   Let's collect the sap before its consolidation into a hard mass.

我採取行動之前一定和你商量。
   I'll do nothing without consulting you.

在戰爭爆發之前我一直與他保持通信聯繫。
   I had kept up a correspondence with him until the war broke out.

在擦玻璃窗之前,把揩布弄濕。
   Damp the cloth before you clean the windows.