Usage examples of "porte avant" in French with translation to English

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N'ouvrez pas la porte avant l'arrêt du train. Don't open the door till the train stops.
Ouvre la porte avant que le chien ne vienne ici ! Open the door before the dog gets here!
Ferme bien la porte à clefs avant d'aller au lit. Be sure to lock the door before you go to bed.
Il boutonna son manteau avant de sortir par la porte. He buttoned up his coat before walking out the door.
Une fois que le cheval s'est enfui, c'est trop tard pour fermer la porte de l'écurie. It is too late to shut the stable-door after the horse has bolted.
Les Français sont vraiment un peuple bizarre : parmi ceux qui lisent cette phrase, un sur deux va vérifier si l'espace avant le double point est bien fine et insécable. The French are a really strange people: every other person who reads this sentence will check if the space before the colon is really thin and non-breaking.
J'ouvre la porte et je vois deux garçons qui se tiennent côte à côte. I open the door and I see two boys standing next to each other.
Le candidat lâcha la bonne réponse juste avant que le temps ne soit écoulé. The contestant blurted out the right answer just before the time ran out.
J'ai ouvert la porte lentement. I opened the door slowly.
Vous ne pouvez pas analyser les données efficacement avant d'avoir tracé un graphique. You cannot analyse the data efficiently unless you draw a plot.
N'oublie jamais de verrouiller la porte. Never forget to lock the door.
J'ai peur qu'il ne soit pas là avant 13 heures. I'm afraid he won't be here until 1:00.
Au moment où il ouvrait la porte, il sentit quelque chose brûler. The instant he opened the door, he smelt something burning.
L'uranium doit être enrichi avant d'être utilisé dans les armes nucléaires. Uranium has to be enriched before it can be used in nuclear weapons.
Cette porte permet d'accéder au jardin. This gate allows access to the garden.
Le médicament doit subir des essais cliniques avant approbation. The drug must go through clinical trials before being approved.
J'ai pénétré dans le musée par la mauvaise porte. J'aurais dû faire plus attention. I entered the museum through the wrong gate. I should have been more careful.
Il met un point d'honneur à faire dix pompes avant d'aller se coucher. He makes a point of doing ten push-ups before going to bed.
Elle porte des vêtements de créateurs. She wears designer clothes.
Assure-toi d'éteindre la lumière avant de partir, je te prie. Please be sure to turn off the light before you leave.
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