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Russian
Pronunciation
Conjunction
пре́жде чем • (préžde čem)
- previous to, before
1905, Фёдор Сологуб , chapter IX, in Мелкий бес; English translation from John Cournos and Richard Aldington, transl., The Little Demon, New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1916:— У меня́ враги́ есть, — пробормота́л Передо́нов, уны́ло рассма́тривая рю́мку с жёлтою во́дкою, пре́жде чем вы́пить её.- — U menjá vragí jestʹ, — probormotál Peredónov, unýlo rassmátrivaja rjúmku s žóltoju vódkoju, préžde čem výpitʹ jejó.
- " I have enemies," growled Peredonov, as he looked dejectedly into his glass of yellow vodka before drinking it.