Able was I ere I saw him.
Source: tatoeba (307812)
Ere
//ɛə//
Synonyms for "ere" (23 found)
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Closest matches (5)
Strong matches (7)
Related words (11)
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Translations
19 translations across 12 languages.
Arabic
3 entries- أْبْكَر prep (before, sooner than)
- قبل ما prep (before, sooner than)
- قَبْل prep (before, sooner than)
Bulgarian
1 entries- преди prep (before, sooner than)
Czech
3 entries- dříve než prep (before, sooner than)
- před prep (before, sooner than)
- předtím než prep (before, sooner than)
Dutch
1 entries- eer prep (before, sooner than)
Finnish
1 entries- ennen prep (before, sooner than)
French
1 entries- avant prep (before, sooner than)
German
1 entries- vor prep (before, sooner than)
Italian
2 entries- dinanzi prep (before, sooner than)
- prima prep (before, sooner than)
Polish
1 entries- zanim prep (before, sooner than)
Portuguese
1 entries- antes prep (before, sooner than)
Russian
3 entries- до́ prep (before, sooner than)
- пе́ред prep (before, sooner than)
- пре́жде чем prep (before, sooner than)
Spanish
1 entries- antes prep (before, sooner than)
Sample sentences
16 total sentences available.
In the act of offering up his last prayer ere he made up his mind to float and be eaten, he saw a man look over the quarter of the brig : he raised both his hands ; he jumped himself up in the water, and, by the singularity of his motions fortunately attracted notice.
Source: tatoeba (1803861)
Indeed, they had never passed the grotto without leaving some token of respect. In the morning when they led their flocks to pasture, and again in the evening ere they started home, they paid worship to the Deities, and presented either a flower, a green bough, some fruit, or a libation of milk, as an offering; and this piety, as we shall see presently, had its reward.
Source: tatoeba (6212617)
But I heard him exclaim, ere he drove out of sight "Happy Christmas to all, and to all a good-night."
Source: tatoeba (6399693)
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