Usage examples of "por delante" in Spanish with translation to English

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Tom se sentó dos filas por delante de mí. Tom sat two rows ahead of me.
Nuestro coche fue rápido y pronto se puso por delante de los otros coches. Our car was fast and soon got ahead of the other cars.
Mary arguyó que Tom estaba tres palabras por delante de ella, pero cuando él se giró, vio que entre él y ella solo había dos. Mary argued that Tom stood three words ahead of her, although when he turned back, he saw that, between she and he, there were only two.
Y yo sé que no lo hiciste solo para ganar las elecciones. Y sé que no lo hiciste por mí. Lo hiciste porque entendés la magnitud de la tarea que tenemos por delante. Porque así como celebramos esta noche, sabemos que los desafíos que traerá el mañana son los mayores de nuestras vidas: dos guerras, un planeta en peligro, la peor crisis financiera del siglo. And I know you didn't do this just to win an election. And I know you didn't do it for me. You did it because you understand the enormity of the task that lies ahead. For even as we celebrate tonight, we know the challenges that tomorrow will bring are the greatest of our lifetime: two wars, a planet in peril, the worst financial crisis in a century.
Todavía tenemos diez millas por delante. We still have ten miles to go.
Tienes toda la vida por delante. Life lies in front of you.
Tienes aún toda la vida por delante. Life lies in front of you.
Aún hay un largo camino por delante. There's still a long way to go.
Pasamos por delante de la tienda sin percatarnos de ella. We went by the shop without noticing it.
Las reformas educacionales aún tienen un largo camino por delante. Educational reforms still have a long way to go.
Ve por delante. Go on ahead.
Algunos dicen que el bote se perdió, otros que fue tragado por una ballena. Some say the boat got lost, others say it was swallowed by a whale.
Eso lo hizo delante de mí. He did this before my face.
Damos por sentado que la televisión existe. We take it for granted that television exists.
Desde que rompió con él, le ha estado poniendo verde delante de todos sus amigos. Ever since he broke up with her she's been talking trash about him to all her friends.
Solo solo conexiones o accesorios especificados por el fabricante. Only use attachments or accessories specified by the manufacturer.
Quizás el único adjetivo de la lengua inglesa que puede ir delante del sustantivo que modifica es "desconocido". Perhaps the only adjective in the English language that can follow the noun it modifies is "unknown".
Se arruinó la salud por trabajar demasiado. He ruined his health by working too much.
Algunos dicen que la sociedad debería corregirse primero, pero eso es poner la carreta delante del caballo. Some say society should be corrected first, but that is to put the cart before the horse.
La Mona Lisa fue pintada por Leonardo da Vinci. The Mona Lisa was painted by Leonardo da Vinci.
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