The actors got warmed up before the play.

演员们在演出前做了热身。

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Before the play started, the teams lined up facing each other.

在比赛开始前，两个队先面对面排好队。

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A few minutes before the play, my teacher came over to me.

就在开演前的几分钟，老师向我走了过来。

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He is tired of living. He kills himself before the play is over.

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They have less than two weeks to go before they must perform the play for the Shakespeare in the Courts program.

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At the wedding itself, many couples hire small chamber groups to play classical music before and at the end of the ceremony.

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Before the play began touring, the director of Milan's renowned Piccolo Teatro, had written to the Corriere della Sera newspaper complaining of pressure not to stage it.

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As for this year, Smith's touchdown throw to Vernon Davis to propel the Niners over the Saints may have essentially guaranteed a win but San Francisco already had a 69% chance of winning the game before the play.

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Before the play begins, with the house lights up, Ms. Shaw takes her place encased in a glass box stage right, dressed more or less like the image of Mary we've seen in churches and on candles.

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