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formerly; before (with gen.); earlier; before now; prior to; earlier on; afore; erst; on former occasions; before this; sooner in someone's life (bookworm); back in the day (He was a good kid back in the day. • We wouldn't be working for him if our family still had the same status it did back in the day. Niya); where once (V. V. Manachina); at an early date; ahead of something (чего-либо; The work was finished four days ahead of the deadline. – Работа была закончена на четыре дня раньше срока. TarasZ); ahead of (TarasZ); erewhile; erewhiles; heretofore; first; in advance; this side (до определённого срока); in advance of (чего-либо); sooner; this side of (определённого срока); early (suburbian); erstwhile (VLZ_58); it used to be (sea holly); back in the old days (Today with GPS it's a non-brainer, but back in the old days it was quite a challenge. Interex); in the past (With the new Rogers trailer, we're able to haul many different pieces of heavy equipment. In the past, we had to hire out some of this hauling work. Lenochkadpr); time was (Time was, if you missed church everybody knew it. 4uzhoj); at early time points (Alex_Odeychuk); already (Alex_Odeychuk); previously; pro-; ahead of; I used to (когда говоривший рассказывает о прошлом; например, о работе которая у него была, но сейчас он уже там не работает.: I used to work in advertising.
• I used to smoke. TranslationHelp); anciently; anteriorly; precedently; above (as stated above – как сказано выше) |
| Gruzovik |
ahead; firstly |
| Игорь Миг |
in days past |
| archaeol. |
further back in time (He reacted to a recent report that archaeologists found wood structures from before Homo sapiens were said to exist in Zambia, Africa, from around 476,000 years ago. Mainstream scientists had previously estimated that humans like us first appeared 300,000 years ago, though Cremo believes they existed much further back in time. -- гораздо раньше  coasttocoastam.com ART Vancouver) |
| cliche. |
used to + verb (My son's lunch used to consist of a peanut butter and jelly sandwich but he's not allowed that now because of peanut allergies in his class. ART Vancouver); it used to be that (It used to be that if you wanted to buy groceries you had to drive to the store. Now you can order your groceries online. ART Vancouver) |
| hist. |
in earlier times (Alex_Odeychuk) |
| inf. |
used to (I used to enjoy gardening, but I don't have time for it now. Val_Ships); used to be (Used to be, you could buy anything for a bottle of vodka. SirReal) |
| Makarov. |
aforetime |
| media. |
before |
| poetic |
erenow |
| relig. |
beforetime |
