before

earlier in time

更早的

previously

以前

I had known her before

我以前认识她

as I said before

就像我之前说的

he called me the day before but your call had come n earlier

他前一天打电话给我，但你的电话来得更早了

her parents had died four years earlier

她父母四年前去世了

I mentioned that problem earlier

我刚才提到过那个问题

earlier

at or in the front

在前面或前面

I see the lights of a town ahead

我看到前面城镇的灯光

the road ahead is foggy

前面的路有雾

staring straight ahead

直视前方

we couldn’t see over the heads of the people in front

我们看不到前面人的头

with the cross of Jesus marching on before

带着的十字架前进

ahead

in front