之前 – phrases

Chinese	English
位于…之前	precede
况且、爆破人员不可假设在同一作业中新一轮爆破与之前其他轮爆破状态都一样	Furthermore, a blaster should not assume that a fresh shot being fired will behave like other shots previously fired at the same operation
在…之前	prior
大多数情况下、暴风骤雨来临之前是乌云翻滚	It is dark clouds that precede a rainstorm in most cases
通信兵想抄近路争取在天亮之前赶到指定位置	The messenger undertook to get to his destination before daybreak by taking a short-cut